Finally, the door was unlocked, and I jumped in, starting up the truck and hauled out of there like the devil himself was after us. I started laughing and asked Craig if he saw how big the bear was, must been 500 pounds I said. Craig said that the way he was shaking the truck, I thought he was at least 650 pounds. I never told Craig it was me shaking the truck, so don't tell him if you ever meet him. We built a blind for two, and Craig was going to video tape the hunt for me.
Nothing comes in the first night.
Opening day was on a workday, so I could only hunt after work. The next afternoon would prove to be the most-hair raising day of both of our lives. For those of you that are hunters you know most deer are shot within an hour of sundown. So thinking like a deer hunter, we expected the bears to be the same way. We piled in the blind around 4 p.m. and planned on reading hunting magazines while we were waiting for the bear to show up.