MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY, DAY 3: WENT TO A FRIEND OF GEORGE'S, JIM, AND BORROWED 2 4 WHEELERS WHILE GEORGE'S 4 WHEELER AND 4 WHEELER TRAILER GET FIXED. THE 3 OF US WENT TO THGE GATES CREEK BAIT TO PUT UP THE STAND, THE BAIT WAS HIT HARD THE NIGHT OF DAY 2 SO WE WENT BACK LATER, WERE SET UP BY 6:20 P.M. AND SAT UNTIL 11:45 P.M., BUT NOTHING CAME IN. IT WAS DRY BUT UNCOMFORTABLY COLD.

WHEN WE WENT TO GATES CREEK IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON TO SET UP THE STAND ALL 3 OF US WERE CARRYING IN A SHOULDER/CHEST STYLE RIG, GEORGE WAS CARRYING A 6 INCH FA 454 WITH SOME FA FACTORY 260gr AMMO, JIM WAS CARRYING A 4 INCH MODEL 29 LOADED WITH HORNADY FACTORY 180 GRAINERS, AND I WAS CARRYING MY LINEBAUGH RUGER REDHAWK 45 COLT WITH SOME 260gr WFN RELOADS. THIS IS GRIZZLY AND BLACK BEAR COUNTRY AND BEST TO BE PREPARED.