Bear hunting on oats.



When on the fields spring crops are ripened, the bears begin to visit oats. Bear hunting on oats

For one night the bear, creeping on back, raking up with forefeet oats and sucking round it, can spoil rather large plot of a field. At this time hunting for bears on oats starts.

Having determined places of arrival of bears on the field, it is necessary on a tree, in thirty for forty steps from a trace very cautiously, without superfluous noise, to build a scaffold - cover (labaz). It is even better to make labaz beforehand, since one summer.

It is necessary to get into labaz before the sunset, trying not to make a noise.

All these safety measures are necessary because quite often the bear which has already eaten oats, spends all day time here, not far, in places which are difficult of access. Having caught suspicious noise and especially conversation on the oats - field, where the animal goes to be fed, he will not come here any more and he will attend another oats - field.

If the animals are not scared, they go out on the oats - field before dark. This large heavy animal is able to go on a wood very silently. That is why sitting on labaz, it is necessary to observe absolute silence: no smoking, no coughing and each second to be on the alert. The smoker should chew fir- tree needles before to get on labaz.

It is necessary to wait for the animal when he comes on a light strip of oats. And here, taking aim at a forward part of carcass very quickly, time after time, to shoot. It makes shooting easy. If the bear has left wounded, he will be found only with good Eskimo dogs (huskies).

There is another way of oats - hunting on bears.

Having determined on traces where the bears go out on oats, since the evening, approximately an hour, before the sunset, the hunter hides at edge of the oats - field on the side of bear - track, so that the wind pulls on him from the side of the field.

Having convinced and found out that there is no danger, the animal goes out on the strips of cereals very early and begins to suck oats - panicles.

The hunter on a soft grass makes himself less evident on a rifle - shot and shoots at him.

It is necessary to watch the bear all the time and to begin to move only then when he regales himself with oats. As soon as the bear will stop to suck oats, the hunter must hide.

The costume of the hunter should be protective colour. It would be better if the hunter holds ahead of itself a small shield from fir - tree twigs or from straw. It depends on background, on which the hunter has to put on a mask.

At every concealing of the animal it is necessary to take into account the direction of the wind.

If there are good Eskimo dogs (huskies), it is possible in the early morning to go round with them the oats - strips, which are attended by bears. And as soon as the dogs will take a fresh trace it is necessary to release them. Usually the animal spends all his time in a wood thicket, not far from oats and with good Eskimo dogs it is not difficult to find the bear.

As soon as Eskimo dogs (huskies) attack the bear, it is necessary very quickly with reliable comrade to conceal the bear from the lee side and very cautious to shoot at bear.


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