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Now Our Prize Trophy Hunts of 2006
Scott from Michigan says:
The first day at Ituksum, we checked and rebaited Tims
baits on the quads, we rode back into camp shot a few arrows and headed back out for an afternoon hunt. The first night,
I passed on a bear (about 125 pounds) that was very cautious. There was some big tracks along the road by the bait site
and a bigger bear was what probably caused the nervousness. The third afternoon of the hunt, I climbed into my
stand at a different bait site, not long after I settled in, the wind shifted and started to blow towards the bait after a
couple more minutes, I decided to lower my stand down a head to a different bait. it was getting late when
I hurried into the other site, and when I had got to the bait we had just rebaited around noon, the bait was already wiped
out! I stood there for a minute thinking I should just back out and come back early tomorrow, but then decided to restack
the tires to make it look like there was bait there and quickly hung my stand fifteen yards off the bait and settled
in for the rest of the evening. Forty five minutes later, I heard some noise to my right and saw a nice bear heading
towards the bait. As he made his way in, He started angling towards me and got into some thick brush, I still wasnt
sure how big he was, but when he popped out of the brush halfway to the bait (all of seven yards)!! there was no doubt
from his pumkin sized head and big body he was a shooter, he was still slightly quartering towards me as he stood there scent
checking the bait, he finally turned broadside I slowly drew my longbow, picked a spot and released I heard him crash
only forty or fifty yards away. Beautiful 275 lb boar with a perfect hide, The week only got better with the great fising
we enjoyed. Had a great week at Ituksum, looking forward to coming back! Scott London, Blanchard, MI
| Scotts trophy Sept 4th 2006 |
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Jeff from OHIO says:
My hunting experience was outstanding.
I new from the start we would all see bear. I couldn’t believe all of the signs we were seeing and the quality
baiting that Tim was doing was excellent. The hardest part was choosing one area to hunt over another. I was fortunate
in taking my bear the first evening. That gave me plenty of time to fish and enjoy the beauty of the surrounding area.
The only thing I regret is not having my family there to enjoy it with me. I am hoping next year that I can bring them
up for vacation. Thanks for your hospitality and I look forward to bringing a group of guys next year!
| jeff's bear Aug 26th 2006 |
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Ron's story goes like this: We booked a hunt with Tim Jensen from Ituksum Camp in canda.We met Tim at Grand Rapids Hunting
Expo and decided to go with his camp. We drove up in the summer to check out the place with our quads and get a feel for the
place. Tim was more than happy to show us around with quads and check out the country. That was a great weekend and we felt
good about our hunt coming up that fall. So we came back in late august for the bear hunt with our hunting equipment and fishing
stuff for a week. The first night of the hunt was slow with no action. We ended up taking our quads to hunt with and for some
reason I thought it would be a good idea to hide my key next to the quad in the leaves. What a mistake that turned out to
be. Lucky for me, Scott stopped by to see if I shot any thing with his quad only to see me looking for my quad key. He said
"what in the world are you doing?" I just looked it him and said "you wouldn’t believe it, I lost my dam key." So after
a few swear words we decided to wait till the next day to look some more. I grabbed my bow and jumped on Scott quad with him
and back to camp we go. The next day my luck turned out a lot better we found my key right away and I asked Tim if we could
move the bait back a little farther back because I just didn’t feel good about how close it was set up. Tim said no
problem let's see what we can do with it. Turns out there was no good tree to move my stand so we ended up moving the bait
back about seven yards to give me a little more room. NOW we had the stand around 18 yards, or so just right for me to make
my move. I talked to Tim about the first night that nothing showed up and he said no problem that I should stick with it and
the bears were hitting it hard so don’t worry about it. The second night we did the two men in, one out thing to make
the bears think that it’s safe to come in. It worked because not even one hour in to it I looked over and saw a grouse
fly right in front of me and land on a tree looking back at the right for some reason? I thought something going on and for
sure, here sits a big bear looking at my direction for at least a half hour or so. My heart was going crazy and I had time
to calm down. It walked right in front of me at 10 yards and stopped, and looked right at me and I thought don’t move
his got ya! So a few seconds went by and it started to walk again so slowly I raised my bow when its head was away from me.
It looked at the bait and saw it was moved back a little. No problem it walked right to it and I pulled my bow back rested
the pin on it at that time the bear turned side ways and I let her fly. WHACK it hit right behind the front shoulder just
right! What a rush that sight was to see. It ran about 20 yards or so and crashed than started to moan for a few seconds.
I just sat there and calmed down because I wanted to jump out of tree and see what I just shot. I knew it was a large bear
right from the start so I waited about half hour and climbed down to see my bear and thank the lord for what just happened.
After that I went back to camp to tell Tim the good news, he was happy for me and wanted to go get it right away. We had a
few fishermen in camp that day and I asked them if they could help go get it with us and there boys were very eager to help
us too. We got the bear back to camp and put it on Tim’s new game pole that just got built right before we got there,
with his scale it weighted 215 lbs. My biggest bear I ever shot! Good way to break in my new mathews bow. So from there on
was none stop fishing that was just as good as the bear hunting. We caught many walleyes and pike with many fish dinners during
the week. The whole trip was the best hunting and fishing of my life. Tim was a great guide to spend a week with. His expertise
is A-1 in my book. He shares his experience with you to make your stay the best he can! ITUKSUM is the real deal!
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