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!

While filming at Ralph & Vicki’s I got to participate in an amazing thing they do, it’s called Quiver of Dreams. It’s their version of a Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes.

Basically they get all their viewers to fill out a questionaire and then they draw one lucky viewer to recieve a thousands of dollars worth of prizes. The cool thing about it is that Ralph & Vicki themselves deliver the prizes to the winner.

It was truely an amazing event and fortunately Ralph & Vicki posted a clip on their web site so you can see the lucky winners reaction. 

http://www.archerschoicemedia.com/fl/history.html

The last part of April I went to Western Illinois to do some behind the scenes filming of Ralph & Vicki Cianciarulo. I had a chance to meet them briefly the month before when we were filming interviews for Whitetail Country down in Atlanta. 

I was excited about getting a chance to hang out with them for a couple of days. It was neat to get to see their day to day life. These two are great to be around and it doesn’t matter if the cameras are rolling or not, what you see is what you get. They are fun to be around and there is never a dull moment around these two.

Be sure to check out their shows on The Outdoor Channel!

For more information, check out their web site  www.archerschoicemedia.com