BC Bear Hunt Recap
Jun 12 2007
We have finally made it back onto US soil after our two week Grizzly hiatus in Southern British Columbia. I have finally found a place that has a larger grizzly bear density than my elk hunting stomping grounds her in Wyoming. Nate and I glassed up over 20 bears in six days with two of them being true trophies. We bumped another three bears face on the trail while horseback, making the final grizzly tally right at 23 bears in six days of hunting. We encountered some very warm, sunny spring days along with some horrendous rain storms, as well as snow and hail. A little of everything and some very long days to boot - you gotta love springtime in the Rockies.
BC Bear Update
Jun 04 2007
Nate and I are out of the hills for the night. We need fresh horses, more food and horse feed. The country is rough, as Ike knows. Four of the five horses were sored up pretty bad.
We have seen over 20 bears and have been hunting a true monster for a week. It is infested with Grizzlies. The big bear is a hawg. Possibly an 8 footer. At least 600 lbs. We should kill him. If not some good 6-7 footers around.
Ike, we spotted “dirty goat” the other day. Some killer footage so far.
I got tossed off the horse and broke the GL, and almost broke my neck in a rock pile. Pretty sore. Good times. Some good rain footage and leading the horses over a 50 foot deep avalanche, good stills too.
Well, have to run and help re-shoe a few horses. Talk to you later,
Guy N. Guy Eastman
Eastmans’ Hunting Journals
Guy Eastmans’ Tag Analysis (2007 Seminar)
Feb 08 2007I just wanted to extend a thank you for taking the time to answer my questions at the Denver ISE show. I asked you several questions regarding the Schnee’s Sheep hunter boots. I ended up buying a pair and I finally received them a couple of days ago. I love them. They are so comfortable. In your lecture you made mention that you would post your 5 year plan on your blog. I noticed that you updated your blog with the 5 day backcountry hunt which helps to reassure me that what I’m doing and taking with me on my hunts is the same thing that guy’s like you and Cameron are also taking. 1. In your lecture you spoke about writing down a 5 year structured plan for drawing in several states. My question for you is why do you have 5 different areas to draw for in a certain state like Colorado if it takes 4 or 5 years to draw a tag in them areas. For example, if your plan for elk in Colorado was to look like this
Response to Areas
Feb 07 2007As promised to all of you who were kind enough to attend my lecture, here is the list of counties and units that I listed in my presentation. Keep in mind that these are the units contained in my application plans over the past five or six years. I change up my choices quite often from year to year, depending on the circumstances. Be sure you apply for as many tags as possible in your home state of residence. All of the Western states give preferential treatment to their residents, not only monetarily but almost 80% or more of the tags are set aside for the state’s resident applicants. You should always apply for your own state first and then use any remaining financial resources to apply for additional states. Let’s break it down a little further…
Response to Better Wake Up
Dec 09 2006Thanks for returning my message. Before I comment on that I should tell you a little about myself. My wife and I took over a dental practice in Thermopolis in 1998. I believe you were already in college. My wife and I being UW grads couldn’t wait to return to the state after dental school in Nebraska. I had rifle hunted a lot in school but got the archery bug going to Sheridan College and UW. High School sports ate up the majority of time when I was younger and hunting filled that void as I got older. The preparation, staying in shape, and anticipation of the hunt. In the late eighties I got hooked on Bowhunter Magazine and made VHS copies of many of your grandpa’s movies and I believe your Uncle Rod’s Mule Deer movies. The years in Nebraska were painfully long. Hunting over pressured whitetails on 20 acres of “wilderness” listening to garage doors opening and dogs barking as the sun came up in the east as the farm houses woke up to go do chores about killed me. The reason I mention this is Dave from Tulsa ought to get himself out to the West and contribute to our economy if he wants to hunt out here so bad. I applaud you again on thoughtfully articulating the legal argument of states rights regarding wildlife management. Hopefully it won’t get overturned any time in the near future.