Missouri opened its first bear season this year in what turned out to be a tightly regulated hunt and a very competitive draw. Kelsie Wikoff was one of the hunters who drew a tag. This week we talk about how you hunt an area you've never been to for a prey you've seldom ever even seen. For Kelsie, it involved frequent scouting trips, trail cams, and talking to lots and lots of people. The verdict? She harvested one of Missouri's first black bears early in the season.

4:00 Growing up in a small town... like, 350 villagers kind of small

6:00 Missouri's first ever bear season

11:00 From drawing a tag to creating a hunt plan

13:00 How do you hunt a new-to-you area for a prey you've seldom ever seen? Talk to people; set up trail cams

14:00 Differentiating individual bears in trail cam photos

17:00 Waiting in a tree stand for three days before seeing THE bear

20:00 After the shot... bears aren't a bloody harvest due to their fat content

22:00 Bear fat soaps for your bridesmaids, anyone? Lip balms? 

24:00 A scary bear run-in in Alaska

28:00 Finding your bear after the shot and safely approaching it

31:00 Bear fleeing bear... right into your tree stand

32:00 Being surrounded by ducks before shooting light... #magicinthefield

35:00 Geese executing a barrel roll

36:00 Watching your kids harvest their first deer 

37:00 Mentoring a new hunter

41:00 Dog-on-vacation blunders, followed by hunting-pheasants-without-a-dog blunders

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