First Day  Black Bear

featuring Chris Martin

 Chris Martin

1. Big Game Hunting. 2. Your Start. 4. The Camp. 5. The Guides. 6. The Lodge. The Food. 7. Day 1. 9. Sizing the Bears. 10. Hands On. 11. Three Things.

 Chris Martin

I've been hunting big game probably for about 40 years, few breaks in between here and there, life gets in the way but always come back to it. I Deer hunt, Turkey hunt, and this was my first Bear hunt.

Big Game Hunting

 Chris Martin

My uncles. That was my introduction to hunting, you know, of course they were all older than I was but, you know, they started taking me along and introduced me to hunting. That had been their lifestyle since they were kids as well.

Your Start in Hunting

 Chris Martin

It's a great place. Very happy with it. Great place, great people. Very comfortable. I've been, I've been to quite many different places in the last 10 years or so and this is by far as friendly and welcoming a group of people and outfitters I've ever hunted with. You know they're working hard for you without any doubt about that.

The Camp

 Chris Martin

It's a hardworking bunch of people. I mean they're going at it from first thing in the morning till sometimes 2, 2 o'clock the next morning. They have to get ready for the next day's hunt for the other people. So they're putting in tremendous number of hours.

The Guides

 Chris Martin

It's great. Comfortable. It's got everything you need. Just very homey, really it's a nice place. Well if you don't find enough to eat here then you're not even trying because yes there is plenty of food and it's great food too. This, the food here is as good, well it's better, than any of the other lodges I have hunted with.

The Lodge. The Food.

 Chris Martin

You know a lot of things you're thinking about, like if you've not done this before, been in a bear stand when you're bear hunting, you don't know what to expect. The bears wanted to get up close and personal in my stand with me.

Day 1 Thoughts

 Chris Martin

Well, you know, being new to the bear hunting and trying to judge bears, you know, I was listening to everyone in camp. They had been here previously, years past, so had a lot of good information about how to judge a boar and you're trying to apply that when you're out on the stand.

Sizing the Bears

 Chris Martin

The size the size of the head, the weight of the head. We were taking some pictures you know, you need to kind of hold the head up so that you get a good picture of the head and then just the sheer weight of the head alone is surprising.

Hands On

 Chris Martin

Three Things to Remember

 Chris Martin

Three Things to Remember

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