This year I was lucky enough to draw a tag for area 51. My son Bobby was not so lucky. We were forced to bait both area 51 and the no-quota area, we started baiting on the 14th of August and were surprised at the amount of activity that we had in both areas!
replenishing baits
We continued to bait all of our sites twice a week and had cameras on all of the bait sites. Again we were surprised at the number of bears that we had on each site! (Some had more than 10 bears) From those pictures we made a “HIT LIST” Of bears that we wanted to target.
Bobby and his bear
Bobby’s first day was windy but the temp. was nice and cool. he arrived at his stand about 2:30 pm. within minutes he had several small bears on the bait, But Bobby knew there were bigger bears on this bait and passed these bears up. shortly after that one of his “target” bears showed up! After about 10 minutes of circling the bear finally comitted to the bait and Bobby Put a 3 blade rage powered by his matthews Drenlin thru his heart and lungs, the bear only went 16 yards!
volkswagon alive and well
My bear “Volkswagon” made one daylight appearance before we ran out of camera light. I am holding out for him and hope to be able to share my hunt with you!
I would like to say congrats to my son and hunting partner Bobby. Great job!
Great Report!
I was disappointed we didn’t get to meet last weekend Bob but I don’t blame you one bit for choosing bears over pistols!!
Tell Bobby congrats!
Way to go Bobby
Must have been tough on that 16 yard track job 
Congrats on the bear Bobby, he looks like a dandy!
Atta boy Bobby
Thanks for sharing the hunt with us Bob and Good Luck with “Volkswagen”
Great bear Bobby and what a giant to be chasing Bob. Volkswagen is HUGE!
Thanks for the story Bob and congrats to your son on a nice bear!
Congrats to you both sounds like a great hunt
Nice report Bob an congrats to Bobby on his bow bear!
It sounds like Bobby and you are spending a lot of quality father/son time together. 
Hunting truly brings out the best in relationships! 
Congrats Bobby! It’s never easy letting an animal go like that, though I’m guessing having trail cam pics of better bears had to help. Still, with the reports I’ve been hearing of poorer bear hunting, esp. early, congrats on holding out for a good one!
Joel
Congrats Guys! Nice first report Bob.
Thanks for sharing your hunt with us! Lets all hope we see Volkswagon make a mistake! Congrats to Top Heavy on a great Archery Bear!
Congrats to you both!!! Way to hold out on that big one Bobs!
Congrats awesome bear
Congrats Bobby looks like a great bear
