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Nephews first bear
« on: August 13, 2012, 07:50:02 PM »
This is my nine year old nephew's first year hunting and on his second weekend out, has downed one of the prettier bears I've seen, with a chocolate coat and a white V patch on his chest. After spending opening weekend behind closed gates hiking and mountain biking, I decided to give him a break and take him down some open to the public logging road, hoping not to burn him out. Well, after glassing a clearcut just after sun up for about an hour, we decided to move down the road a little ways and find a new one. We didn't make it far before running into this bear only a hundred yards into the cut. We jumped out and climbed up on a slash pile to get a clear shot. Lucky for us, this bear was patient and stuck around long enough for me to get my nephew set up and video camera out. After the shot the bear made it about a hundred yard down the hill before expiring. After this, he might think hunting is easy.

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2012, 07:52:12 PM »
Congrats to the young man!   :tup: :tup:
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2012, 07:52:23 PM »
Very cool!!! Congrats to your Nephew on his first, he will be hooked for sure now.
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2012, 07:59:22 PM »
Great first bear!  Gratz to your nephew :tup:
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2012, 08:30:19 PM »
Wow, what a great start to his hunting career! :tup: I'm very happy for him and a big thumbs up to you for taking him out!
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2012, 08:33:13 PM »
Nice job! Are you going to post the video?
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2012, 08:44:15 PM »
I only got about ten seconds of film before the shot and the blood tracking. Besides I don't think Im techy enough to figure it out.

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2012, 10:06:59 PM »
good job there kid! :tup: :tup:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2012, 10:10:00 PM »
Congrats on a awesome bear!!!

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2012, 10:12:46 PM »
awesome :tup: cant wait to kill my first...

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2012, 11:06:39 PM »
Congratz!! Nice bear  :tup:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2012, 11:19:43 PM »
Congrats :tup:
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2012, 11:31:21 PM »
That's a good one. I can see where you may wear people out.

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2012, 04:08:05 AM »
Good looking Bear!  Congrats to him!

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2012, 05:27:06 AM »
Great bear!
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2012, 06:00:31 AM »
Great going!

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2012, 06:56:41 AM »
Nice job on a nice bear! Way to go  :tup:
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2012, 07:15:04 AM »
Awesome  :tup:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2012, 10:02:12 AM »
 :tup:     :cue:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2012, 10:05:57 AM »
Congrats to the young hunter with an awesome bear.  :tup:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2012, 11:50:52 AM »
Nice! Make a good conversation piece for show and tell!

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2012, 12:09:19 PM »
Congrats to the young hunter!   Thats awesome!!   He is a hunter for life now! :tup:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #22 on: August 14, 2012, 12:37:49 PM »
 :tup:
Nice! Make a good conversation piece for show and tell!
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #23 on: August 14, 2012, 12:54:38 PM »
That's a great start to a hunting career.
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #24 on: August 14, 2012, 12:59:20 PM »
Nice! Congrats to the hunter! What cal rifle did he use?
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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #25 on: August 14, 2012, 01:09:43 PM »
Awesome ...great job on his 1st bear !! Went out today for the 1st time ....Berries are getting ripe now So there should be a few more hitting the dirt .... :tup:

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #26 on: August 14, 2012, 07:36:43 PM »
That's a good one. I can see where you may wear people out.

I wouldn't have to put so many miles on my boots if the bears would stick closer to paved roads. That been said, hunting should be heating up in these next few weeks, so we should hit the hills soon.

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Re: Nephews first bear
« Reply #27 on: August 14, 2012, 07:40:26 PM »
Nice! Congrats to the hunter! What cal rifle did he use?

He was using a 270. A 243 or 308 might be more his size but he can handles the 270 pretty well.

 


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