Success with Vicki in Canada
Back in 2004 I went to Alaska to film a Spot & Stalk Grizzly hunt with a bow. We stayed 3 weeks, but did not have any success. It was a fun trip, but I one of my career goals is to film a successful bear hunt with a bow!
I was pleased to find out a few weeks back that I would be going to Manitoba with Vicki Cianciarulo to film a bear hunt. This was my chance to get back in the bear woods to have another crack at the bears!
We were hunting with Adrenaline Outfitters and they did a top notch job with the hunt. The accommodations were first class and they had excellent hunting.
We were hunting outside the Duck Mountain Provincial Park and we were putting in a lot of hours in the stand! We were trying to get to the stand between 1 and 3 and we were not coming down until 10. The bears would start showing up around 5, but if things got slow we always had the squirrels to keep us entertained.
The neat thing for me was getting to see color-phased bears. For the first time in my life I got to see some chocolate colored bears. To me they looked like miniature Grizzly bears! The other neat thing was being able to share hunt camp with Ralph and Vicki. I have always been a fan of Archer’s Choice and it was a pleasure being in camp with them.
As for the hunt, Vicki shot a beautiful black bear. The bear came in to 16 yards and she made an excellent shot. The bear only took 7 steps after the shot!!! Needless to say I would rather fight Vicki than have her shoot at me with her bow!!!
Here is a picture I took of Vicki with her bear shortly after the harvest!
Nice! I enjoy watching Ralph & Vicki’s shows…and now I can connect with the fella running the camera!
Spot and stalk after any bear is tricky - with a bow is just extra tricky. We took one (black bear) with a rifle this year spot and stalk - and that was one of the most fun hunts I’d been on. Unfortunately, I did a poor job in running the camera, and we didn’t get the shot on film, but thats the way it goes sometimes for us!
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 am
Very nice. You need to get Ralph and Vicki out here for a Coues hunt!
July 5th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Man that sounds cool. I’d love to get one of them color phased bears. Are Ralph & Vicki as crazy as they act on the show? They don’t seem to be as uptight as some of the hosts from other shows.
July 7th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Great stuff! Congrats on the hunt! I agree with Desert Rat; get Ralph and Vicki out here on a Coues hunt.
July 7th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Moose - They are very down to earth and I enjoyed being in camp with them. With them, what you see is what you get!
Desert Rat/Darren - Who would be a good contact for Coues Deer??
July 7th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Shoot me an e-mail and I can point you in the right direction…
July 7th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Likewise, send me an email and I will offer my $0.02.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
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July 20th, 2008 at 2:24 am