Glorious Mayhem

Glorious Mayhem

Dead Stars

Bear Camp Redux

Killer bruins, killer secrets, and killer brisket.

Matt Smythe
Jul 21, 2026
∙ Paid
One for the record books.

By the time Oren Bouchard found him, John Smith was long dead. Bouchard and his wife Whinny were outfitters for black bear hunts, archery hunts specifically, in Northern Alberta. They were held in high regard for putting their clients on record-book animals at sometimes pucker-inducing close range. In almost thirty years of host…

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