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     Monday found us gathering for lunch and heading out to hunt.  Once again the day passed without my phone ringing, and once again some of the guys had seen bears.  Mike had seen two bears, and Steve had seen one, but neither had a shot.  We headed back to the lodge for some chow, and rest.

     Tuesday found us eating a great lunch once again and heading out to the woods to try once again to take a bear,  Once again the bears seemed to have the upper hand.  Today Mike saw another bear, and no one else saw anything.  It was beginning to look like it was going to be a long week.

      We met around the table on Wednesday for a fabulous lunch, and left with high hopes of filling some bear tags.  We hunted the whole afternoon, and the whole gang saw no bears.  We headed back for some chow, stories and rest.

     Thursday we were going to try out some new stands so after a great lunch we headed out to give another area a try.  After I got all the guys tucked into their blinds, Mike and I went to his site where we were going to try and call a bear with a predator call.  Mike climbed into his tree stand and I sat in a chair back towards the rode where I controlled my electronic call.  Midway through my calling sequence a strange vibration alerted me that someone was calling.  I quietly exited the area, walked to my truck and drove off.  The caller was Mickey who had just shot his first bear.  I met Mickey at his stand and we walked right to the bear, which had run only a few steps.  We loaded the bear into my truck.  It wasn't too long and my phone rang again.  This time it was Steve Spence who had just harvested his second bear in as many trips to Mountain View Drifter Lodge & Outfitters.  Steve was archery hunting, so I had him use a string tracking device.  This made trailing the bear very easy as we just followed the string to the bear.  Once we got the bear loaded into the truck I headed out to pick up the rest of the guys.  Then I learned that Mike had seen a bear on the stand we were using the predator call just prior to me leaving the area.  The bear was actually on the bait when I stood to leave.  Well today we took 2 nice bears back to the lodge with us.

     Friday Matt, Mike and I hunted some new stands.  We hunted all afternoon, and we did not see any bears.  So in a week of hunting 4 hunters had seen 7 bears and taken two of those.  We enjoyed a great steak dinner that evening and some hearty laughs around the dining room table.