Diary of a Wisconsin Bear Guide
By Mike Foss
Northern Wisconsin Outfitters
Sorry I have not been keeping up with the weekly update. I have been in the field with our bear hunters and am exhausted and working hard. The bear season is winding down with most hunters already successful. The task now is to take down some stands down and leave some active stands going.
I have mixed feelings about this year’s bear hunt. Everyone had a shot opportunity except two hunters. One of them will be coming up this coming weekend to try his luck again.
I fooled a smart bear this past week. This bear would sneak into where the hunter was sitting, look up at him and walk away. I decided to move the stand and bait a site about 150 yards away in a small open area where I have seen bears numerous times while on my why to bait the original stand. We used a hollow log from another bait station, set the stand up, placed a Cuddeback Camera and used totally different bait. To my surprise it took only 6 hours for those bears to find the new bait station. Two days later the hunter was putting his tag on a nice bear. I love it when a plan comes together.
I do have some hair-raising wolf stories and bear stories to tell in the near future. Bears do what they do and one archery hunter’s minor mistake cost him a bear of a life time. Until next time, Good Hunting.
Mike Foss