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Bear School: How to Hunt a Trophy Bear (Part 4) by Bill Vaznis

Bait Site Test Score Well, here is what I think is going on. The first tree stand sounds like the ideal black bear set-up, but it is not unless you have never seen a bear before or all you want … Continue reading

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Bear School: How to Hunt a Trophy Bear (Part 3) by Bill Vaznis

Part Three: Black Bear Behavior Behavior of other bears at the site can be another indication a dominant bruin is working a particular bait. For example, a yearling bruin may eat nervously or very early in the evening, and then … Continue reading

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Bear School: How to Hunt a Trophy Bear (Part 2) by Bill Vaznis

Part Two: Identifying Big Bear Sign First keep in mind that nearly all book bears are males, and these big boars don’t advertise their presence in a manner that smaller boars, yearlings and sows with cubs so often do.  So, … Continue reading

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Bear School: How to Hunt a Trophy Bear by Bill Vaznis

I looked down at my watch, and then up into the sky. I reckoned darkness would soon prevail when I thought I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye. I twisted my head ever so slowly and … Continue reading

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