Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

So, you hunt, your whole life. You know your goal. The one to send to the local paper. Not many of us get to fulfill that goal. But Jan Johnson can do just that.

You see, he saw it in his trail cam. He saw the beast- not really in focus, but he knew it was the one he wanted! Bigger than he had seen in his years of hunting bear. He has shot more than 20 bears in his years, so once he saw this beast near his land, there was nothing worth wasting his no quota tag on but the big one. It was time to make his hunt epic.

He had been watching the bait since about 5 p.m. that evening through light, chi...