Prep for Maine Bear Hunt

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In just 8 days I will be headed north on my Maine bear hunt with Foggy Mountain Guide Service. I am preparing my gear for the hunt. 

My Bear Hunt Check list

  • Hunt directions & Maps, Eye Glasses
  • License’s, Med’s
  • Payment and Tip money
  • Browning 7mm RM Rifle, Leupold VX6,Nosler Partition bullets and hard and soft gun case
  • 10mm 15 shot Glock 20 sidearm
  • Phone and charger
  • Garmin In-Reach gps/SOS
  • Buck Knife
  • Fishing Tackle ( trout fishing near lodge)
  • Worms
  • Backpack
  • Tripods/bipods
  • Cameras charged up and pen and paper
  • Binoculars
  • Soap and scent remover
  • Safety harness
  • Rain gear
  • Hats
  • Head lamps with new batteries.
  • Paracord
  • First aid kit
  • Pee Jug
  • Camo Pants and shirts, face camo
  • Underwear and socks
  • Bug repellent
  • Spray pants for ticks
  • Boots and sneakers
  • Tart Granny Smith apples for mouth/throat moisture on stand. Silences cough.
  • Food snack bars
  • Water bottles
  • 2 coolers for game meat

I am ready to go!

In the meantime enjoy Labor Day.

In my family we do lobsters, clams, corn on cob and cold beer. 

Have Fun!!

Wish You “Good Hunting!”

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.