JCS,
Thank you for taking us along on your hunts. That is a great bear!
Curious though, what happens if you do call in grizzly and he is not happy about being tricked. SSS?
I am ALWAYS "bear aware" and even more so in known grizz areas. So site selection with lots of defendable space is key. Last year I called three Grizz in two days. A lone boar and a sow with two year old cub (2/3 of her size). Happily I saw them all at a distance and just like in this situation I stop calling immediately. Bears usually lose interest quickly and will just go back to feeding and drift on by. If I am discovered by a bear, I have a plan that I have mentally rehearsed a thousand times starting with soft talking, potentially deploying bear spray and ending with taking a knee and waiting for one good close range rifle head shot in the case of a determined charge. I always hope for the best but I also plan and train for the worst.
