Day 2 of bear season in the life of a Maine Guide

Well Mother Nature has thrown in a monkey wrench on us, it was too hot yesterday which I truly believe is causing the bears to move late. We headed out to the sites just a bit after 2:00pm, and everyone was wet by 4:00pm. We are using our furthest leased lands as the first week we have the longest hunting time. Therefore it allows us to get over there and get set with still a good 4 hours on the sites. 7 out of 8 hunters went out, one, the "Pain" didn't feel well so stayed back at camp. 4 out of the seven saw bear, a couple were small and left along and the others did not present a shot. I sat out with my lady hunter Jill and it was so dam hot in the stands many thoughts run through my mind. We all did the showers with the scent free soaps and clean unscented clothes after. Sprayed down with the scent cover sprays and all the rest, so we started out scent free. However I had sweat running off be and between places unmentionable for a good 2 hours before things got even reasonably comfortable. At 7:20pm, the temp dropped very noticeably, but I don't think it was enough to get the animals moving. We heard a pack of coyotes off to our left for a few minutes, and I do believe we heard a bear getting up, snorting and snuffling, but by that time we only had minutes left. Jill is an archer so it is harder with light conditions to see for a good killing shot. A rifle hunter, as myself, have an advantage with a scope that gathers light and you can wait to the last minute, but an archer does not have. We very quietly left the stand and so quiet that I know we did not disturb anything. So hopefully tonight will be better, however the weather man didn't give me much hope on the 11:00pm news.......