2010 Brown Bear/Moose HuntNovember 26, 2010

Danny Coosemans appears to be one of those hunters that is blessed with good luck. Of course hunting in an area that has good game populations, hiring a competent guide, and then following his directions often produces it’s own kind of luck. Danny joined us from Panama with several of his regular hunting companions. They arrived on September 23 and were immediately drenched in the season’s worst storm. Danny’s primary desire was to kill a big Brown Bear. However, he also wanted to take a Moose if he got the chance.Garrett was guiding him and had seen several good bulls with a group of cows in one of the traditional rutting areas. He and Danny spent the first day looking the rutting herd over and trying to select the best out of a group of 4 or 5 bulls. On the second day they got up early and arrived at the field just before day break. There were a lot of cows milling about in the willows with the bulls so it took some patience to get into position. Garrett called a nice bull in and with a well placed shot Danny had an excellent trophy to take back to Panama. The third day was spent packing the meat, cape, and horns back to camp. The fourth day of the hunt was going to be spent doing a little recon work. Garrett and Danny would look for fresh sign of where a good sized trophy Brown Bear had been feeding on the Salmon during the last few days. Then they would put up a spike camp and hunt the bear for several days. Of course you guessed it! Danny and Garrett didn’t even arrive at the Salmon hole before a good Brown Bear was spotted. They quickly did some maneuvering to keep down wind of the Brownie and moved in for a shot. Danny calmed his nerves and placed the slug in the bread basket. His second trophy in 4 days was down. There was a lot of celebrating in camp that night as he and his buddies now had 2 Brown Bear and a Moose in the bag.