September 17, 2008

Opening day of Mule deer season. Sandi has drawn a buck tag near home here in Northern Alberta. We spot a nice buck out is a swathed canola field with about an hour to go before sundown. We tried a long circuitous stalk on him only to find he was more interested in feeding in the center of the half section. There was just no way to close the distance as the minutes counted down we resigned ourselves that we weren't going to get a shot at him and turned to work our way out of the field before dark. To our surprise a large black bear had came out into the field behind us. Sandi had a tag left from spring bear so we quickly slapped together a make shift plan and headed after the big bear. Having a spare tag in her pocket completely turned around what was looking to be a bust on deer opener. All the action is captured on film and will make for a great episode of the new season of Outdoor Quest.