As winter is foreseeable, I am very close to my 18 winters in my life. This is quite meaningful for me since not many teens in my village live up to this age, and it is soon to be my second year leaving my home and living alone in this no man's land. I want to make it special and I am thinking, hunting down a bear alone would be a great ceremony for this special year. I am quite good at seal and small games hunting, occasionally trapped down some elks, and even managed to take down a large herd of wolfs. But I am certainly not a master level hunter, at least not specialized in active nor big game hunting. So I would like to seek advises from all the great hunters who see this message, what should I prepare? Also which trap works the best, the trap pit with sharp stakes or heavy deadfall bear trap? I am quite competent in trapping but I still fear the bear would escape from the trap, should I make multiple traps in the region? Any other advises you want to give?