I'm sure that it can be done, on fishing trips in northern Saskatchewan I have seen numerous black bears on the shore line but I think it would be a challenge, for a couple of reasons. You can not shoot sows with cubs and the cubs may be hidden if they are young, it is difficult to determine the sex of a bear without observing their behaviour, bears in general can move through the brush without making a sound, it's almost eerie, ghost liken and I would think very difficult to track. This is of course during a spring hunt when fishing for northern pike, walleye and lake trout is normally done. Another consideration is that the the fur coat of the black bear will worsen as the weather warms up and they loose their winter coat. The hide will become patchy as they rub their winter hair off. A fall hunt along the rivers either in a power boat or drifting will probably give you better results for a spot and stalk type of hunt. The leaves are typically off the trees by then so it would be easier to see. The furs are will be thicker as the bears are preparing for hibernation but you do run the risk of missing on your timing to hunt them. Once the grass gets a killing frost and it looses its nutritional value the bears get serious about denning. And the fishing is poorer or the season may be closed.
Good luck, have a great hunt.
Was the Ontario/Manitba border, hit by a Miata - bear apparently was under the car, lifted himself out crawled into the bush and died, was weighed a day or two later
That sounds about right. I'm heading for Manitoba in August about 4 hrs north of Winnipeg. There was getting to be too many people in the area in Ontario where I went...
