Bearpaw Season - Fall 2012

[Jonathan_S]

I just read through this entire thread for like the third time.  Never get tired of reading about your good work.  Thanks for all you do for the hunting community, so many smiles and successes. 

Great photographs and beautiful animals. 

[bearpaw]

We just sacked up another nice whitetail, getting ready to take photos. Will post photo and story later. 

We are nearly out of hunters and still have plenty of good bucks running around and tags are available OTC. If anyone wants to come on a great deer hunt soon, let me know by PM as soon as possible.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Which state?

[bearpaw]

Pete who I think is 76 hunted the last 1 1/2 days. Yesterday a nice whitetail was spotted which was bedded down. After watching the buck for several minutes he finally moved his head slightly and it was determined that the buck was a 5x6. Pete had a good rest on the shooting sticks and made a great one shot kill, it was an awesome shot, congrats to Pete. This morning we took his wife for a tour of the ranch and she got to see some deer. We have been hunting Montana but we are headed back to Washington to get ready for the late buck opener.

Congrats Pete.... 

[bearpaw]

Here's another buck we killed 2 days ago. This is Mike, who is Zack's father. He and Zach who killed the mule deer 3 days ago said this was their dream hunt come true. Thanks again guys. 

[Bean Counter]

Good lookin' bucks, Dale! keep 'em coming 

[Raul Duke]

Just found out I have this weekend off. If I can convince my friend & his dad (disabled hunter) and my son (youth) to go up Saturday night and hunt sunday. I'm going to have to get a map from you, for a DIY Hunt. 

[elkoholic1]

 

[bearpaw]

Just found out I have this weekend off. If I can convince my friend & his dad (disabled hunter) and my son (youth) to go up Saturday night and hunt sunday. I'm going to have to get a map from you, for a DIY Hunt.

Let me know if you need one.

[Pathfinder101]

Some great animals this year   Nice work

[bearpaw]

I'm back in WA for late whitetail season, but first I had a moose hunter who had hunted for 5 days earlier without seeing a moose. On our first day we did not see any moose, on the second day we saw 2 cows that were too fast for us. On the 3rd day we hunted an area that used to have moose but the local wolf pack has taken care of them, finally I said we better go to where we saw the cows the day before, as luck would have it that was a good choice and we sacked up a big cow. I was terribly disappointed in the lack of game in several areas that appear to now be impacted by wolves. Needless to say he was very happy to tag a moose in that unit.

[crow killer]

congrats to everybody that went to bearpaw and congrats bearpaw for putting everyone on their animals

[bearpaw]

Here's Bill with his 4x2, also in the photo is his nephew Jeremy who had already killed his first buck with Anthony, but I don't have photos of that buck yet. Bill made a tough shot through heavy brush, congrats to Bill.

[bearpaw]

Mike and his friend Doug had hunted spring turkey, Mike decided to come back for a whitetail hunt on his way to hunt mule deer in Montana. Mike shot this buck from one of our blinds on the 2nd day of his hunt. The 4x4 buck didn't show up until a few minutes before shooting hours ended and was chasing does, the buck paused and Mike shot, then the buck ran into the brush. Mike went and checked the path and found a good blood trail, we waited about 15 minutes and then began trailing, we found the buck only 10 yards away dead, barely out of sight in the brush. Congrats to Mike. 

[bearpaw]

Doyce's two brother-in-laws have come hunting with us every year the past 7 years and this year Doyce decided to come with them. About 5 minutes before shooting hours ended the "limpy" buck came past his blind chasing does. Doyce said "limpy" stopped and he shot, "limpy" dropped in his tracks. "Limpy" has a rather strange shaped rack and looking at his teeth he appeared to be about a 3 or 4 year old buck, no doubt the strange rack is due to the front wounded knee which was fused together, the knee didn't bend and the buck walked with a distinctive limp. We had seen "limpy" a few times but nobody had gotten a chance at him until now. Congrats to Doyce for getting his first buck in 20 years!