Interview With The Bear Hunter

“It’s like a life-long dream. The heart-pounding excitement of harvesting an animal this size is unbelievable. It’s almost like hitting the lottery to be as lucky and fortunate to hunt something this big. Knowing that you went one-on-one with this animal in their world — it’s amazing to be able to outwit him in his world.”
 — New Jersey hunter Joe Piserchia explains the thrill of victory in the state’s current bear hunt, where he took down a 20-year-old bear weighing nearly 600 pounds. Part of Piserchia’s strategy to outwit the bear “in his world” involved weeks of scouting the bear and tracking the animal with motion sensor cameras.