collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight  (Read 13454 times)

Offline HUNTINCOUPLE

  • Lost Somewhere on the Praire of Klickitat Co. Chasing The Elusive BENCHLEG DEERS.
  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 8082
  • Location: Lyle WA, 98635
  • Yep, my avatar is from my front porch. #2835
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2013, 07:54:15 AM »
OK now great job! Now the pics???? :tup:
Slap some bacon on a biscut and lets go, were burrnin daylight!

Most peoples health is a decision not a condition?

Kill your television!  ICEMAN SAID TO!

Life Member of Hunting  Washington  Forum.

Time in the woods is more important than timing the moon.

Online Boss .300 winmag

  • FLY NAVAL AVIATION
  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+22)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2010
  • Posts: 17764
  • Location: Skagit Valley
  • How do you measure trying, you do, or you don’t.
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2013, 08:06:23 AM »
Congrats, hmmm bear pics.  :tup:
"Just because I like granola, and I have stretched my arms around a few trees, doesn't mean I'm a tree hugger!
Hi I'm 8156, our leader is Bearpaw.
YOU CANNOT REASON WITH A TIGER WHEN YOUR HEAD IS IN ITS MOUTH! Winston Churchill

Keep Calm And Duc/Ski Doo On!

Offline saylean

  • Team Slayer Packmule
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jun 2007
  • Posts: 8380
  • Location: Stanwood
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #17 on: April 27, 2013, 12:07:34 PM »
Meats on the way to butcher, hide to taxidermist....story should be up soon I would expect....

Offline bearmanric

  • RIP Colockumelk
  • Business Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+6)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2007
  • Posts: 4176
  • Location: Tenino Wa
  • Tenino Wa
    • Rick Robbins  rrcalls
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2013, 12:13:57 PM »
Sweet. Rick :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
RIP Colockumelk
Facebook rrcalls no website.

Offline dc1608

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Tracker
  • **
  • Join Date: Dec 2011
  • Posts: 86
  • Location: tacoma, washington
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2013, 12:18:08 PM »
Good job on the bear.  Can't wait for photos!
If you are going to do it do right the first time.

Offline X-Force

  • Solo Hunter
  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2007
  • Posts: 5506
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2013, 01:40:15 PM »
So a little story…

First I would like to apologize that I don’t have any pictures yet. I also don’t have any great pictures because I did not bring a camera with me when I harvested the bear. The pictures I do have and hope to post soon where taken after the cavalry arrived and then it was all business.

A little back story

Since the first weekend in April I have been working on my new house; stripping popcorn, demoing walls, generally making a mess. My wife and I have an in house target date for the middle of June. With that schedule I knew that my time hunting this spring would be minimal to say the least.

With that being said I took the last two days off work just to work on the house… no hunting. My wonderful wife said that since I took off work I don’t need to waste my time hunting. I needed to be productive.

The story

Well last night after putting in long nights all last weekend and most of the days this week I said, “hey honey lets go for a hike” aka bear hunting. She shot me down about as fast at the words came out of my mouth… typical. So running late I had to stop by ACE and the house to get things together so that I could work on the house after my evening hunt.

The whole time I have had the place I haven’t had one neighbor stop in to say hi, no welcome to the neighborhood etc. Last night that changed. I had a nice elderly lady stop in to welcome me to the neighborhood and asked if she would snoop around the place. I was grateful to have someone finally show interest in their new neighbors plus I got to show all the things we are doing with the place.

After all the looking and bsing I was running another 30 min behind and I didn’t leave Woolley until 6.
Even though I was running late I wanted to stick to my plan of hitting a spot Saylean and I looked over last time I had this tag.

I got through the gate, drove to a predetermined spot, dumped the truck and slowly hunted through stands of trees that are just about the right age. Its early in the season and I didn’t see any fresh peels, no scat, no real sign of bears. I worked my way into a clearing with ankle high grass and caught a couple elk out in the open. I hunkered down so as not to spook them and watched a herd of about 20 feed 45 to 80 yards from me. Eventually an old cow got down wind of me and pushed the herd out of sight. With the elk busting me but not barking I decided to head up farther. But just before I hit the timber again I caught elk out of the corner of my eye. They didn’t bust. The cow pushed them just out of sight but they turned and were working their way back.

I again hunker down. It was getting to be the right time of the evening. Critters were stirring. Within 10 or so minutes I hear something rustling in the brush… Just by the sound I knew I was at least going to see black. As the bear came into view it laid down. With a dead tree in the way all I could see was its head. It was a good bear. Immediately, I knew I wanted to take him I just had to be patient.

The wait seemed to drag on forever but was probably no more the 10 minutes. But with all the bloodsuckers swirling my head it took all my strength not to start swiping them by the handful.

The bear got up and started to feed toward me. As he did he cleared all the brush and branches between him and I giving me a clear window. Now, all I had to do was wait for the shot to present itself. Meanwhile the elk herd either smelt me again or spotted the bear. A cow started barking and it was make or break time.

This whole time while the bear was walking toward me I kept the cross hairs on him. When the cow barked the bear was almost dead on straight on me. I didn’t want the bear to skedaddle so I settled the cross hairs center of chest and squeezed. The bear spun on a dime and nailed the trail it came in on. Within seconds I hear the death bawl.

I can’t believe he went 40 yards. The bullet clipped one lung and took out his heart.

To be continued. Im working on an hour sleep.
People get offended at nothing at all. So, speak your mind and be unapologetic.

Online Boss .300 winmag

  • FLY NAVAL AVIATION
  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+22)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2010
  • Posts: 17764
  • Location: Skagit Valley
  • How do you measure trying, you do, or you don’t.
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #21 on: April 27, 2013, 01:49:21 PM »
Great story, awesome looking bear! :tup:
"Just because I like granola, and I have stretched my arms around a few trees, doesn't mean I'm a tree hugger!
Hi I'm 8156, our leader is Bearpaw.
YOU CANNOT REASON WITH A TIGER WHEN YOUR HEAD IS IN ITS MOUTH! Winston Churchill

Keep Calm And Duc/Ski Doo On!

Offline 50CalJim

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2007
  • Posts: 659
  • Location: Birdsview/Startup
  • 5th yr in a row I've drawn a Special Permit.
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #22 on: April 27, 2013, 01:53:19 PM »
Congrats! Looks like a good Hide. :tup:

Offline notellumcreek

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2011
  • Posts: 964
  • Location: enumscratch
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #23 on: April 27, 2013, 02:16:53 PM »
 :tup: :tup: :tup: Good work man!!! Beautiful animal you have there.
CBM- commemorative bucks of michigannn

Offline FSTaxidermy

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2010
  • Posts: 935
  • Location: Toledo, Washington
  • Go Seahawks!
    • https://www.facebook.com/pages/fireside-Taxidermy/144574058938866
    • firesidetaxidermy
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2013, 02:22:53 PM »
:tup: :tup: :tup: Good work man!!! Beautiful animal you have there.

 :tup:
FIRESIDE TAXIDERMY
Located in Toledo, WA.  Appox 15 miles south of Chehalis-Centralia
For current photos and general pricing check out our Facebook page: Fireside Taxidermy or give us a call: 360-623-0320
www.firesidetaxidermy.com

Offline h2ofowlr

  • CHOKED UP TIGHT
  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 9062
  • Location: In the "Blind"! Go Cougs!
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2013, 02:27:59 PM »
Congrats.  I took the same shot last year.  Dead on, center of chest right at the bottom of the neck.  Dropped straight down and never moved.
Nice looking bear.
Cut em!
It's not the shells!  It's the shooter!

Offline Watimberghost

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 2097
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2013, 04:39:47 PM »
Well done! Congrats on a good looking bear! Cool story as well

Offline jrebel

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+20)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Feb 2008
  • Posts: 10601
  • Location: East Wenatchee
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #27 on: April 27, 2013, 05:55:30 PM »
 :tup:

Offline BullMagnet76

  • Trade Count: (+2)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2008
  • Posts: 1030
  • Location: W Washington
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2013, 06:40:01 PM »
Great Bear, Very cool, Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Offline Dbax129

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Jan 2013
  • Posts: 462
  • Location: Suquamish, WA
Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2013, 06:47:23 PM »
Awesome!

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

CVA optima V2 LR tapped hole for front sight by Remdawg
[Today at 05:34:44 AM]


Let’s see your best Washington buck by HntnFsh
[Today at 05:33:38 AM]


Bearpaw Season - Spring 2024 by actionshooter
[Yesterday at 09:43:51 PM]


Walked a cougar down by MADMAX
[Yesterday at 08:31:53 PM]


Which 12” boat trailer tires? by timberhunter
[Yesterday at 08:22:18 PM]


Lowest power 22 round? by JakeLand
[Yesterday at 08:06:13 PM]


1x scopes vs open sights by JakeLand
[Yesterday at 07:29:35 PM]


Long Beach Clamming Tides by Encore 280
[Yesterday at 05:16:00 PM]


WTS Suppressors I Can Get by dreadi
[Yesterday at 03:30:33 PM]


SB 5444 signed by Inslee on 03/26 Takes Effect on 06/06/24 by Longfield1
[Yesterday at 03:27:51 PM]


Straight on by kentrek
[Yesterday at 03:04:53 PM]


2024-2026 Hunting Season Proposals by trophyhunt
[Yesterday at 01:51:40 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal