Brad’s almost bear continued.
After Brad blowing it on the “sure thing” the second morning of our three day hunt, we were all pretty bummed out. I even had my wife criticizing me for not “backing Brad up!” I didn’t even know my wife knew what a “backup” was, …
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Back in 1979 (In a galaxy far far away) my brother Brad, his wife Jennie, my wife Lorna and myself found ourselves on a bear hunt. Over the years I had taken several bear from the Baldwin camp, but my younger brother Brad could never …
Seeing how we are on the subject of bear hunting I’ll keep the stories rolling for awhile. There are six Ansel “boys” and the fine looking lad holding the bears head is my youngest brother Dean. It’s hard to call him “little brother,” as he’s 5′ 11” and …
Seeing how we are on the topic of “big bears” I must give my little brother his due! This is a picture of his huge “stick bow” harvested Upper Peninsula black bear. Even though mine weighed a few more pounds, Darryl’s had a head like a bushel basket. …
Alright back to the story. Deerton was the first place I stopped to check for bear activity, and from my talks with Albert Beauchamps I knew this bait was “hot!” Albert was cutting wood when I pulled into his “camp” driveway. I was really excited about him filling …
The Ansel family started bear hunting around Marquette Michigan back in 1973. We were invited to spend a week hunting the Dick Baldwin property by Dicks son Gary. We met Gary through Herm Fowler, who happened to be my dad’s boss. Herm knew my dad Norm loved to …
My name is Mike Ansel, and I have spent over 50 years enjoying all the benefits that come with being an outdoors person. I come from a family of six (6) boys, who’s father (Norm) loved to hunt and fish. By the time we were 2-3 years old we were …
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