10 sightings, 7 different bears last weekend

[buckmaster_wa]

I made a trip to the Blues for a short bear hunt last weekend. The first day I spotted 5 different bears. One stayed out long enough to allow a stalk opportunity. The distance was closed from 1500 yards to a mere 65 yards after a 1 1/2 hr canyon crossing adventure. Sadly the stalk ended in a fast furry escape. The next 5 sightings were short lived. The bears would only expose themselves for 5-10 minutes. So every time a stalk attempt was made the bears would vanish before the stalk even started.
Here's a few photos from the trip. The big cinnamon only exposed himself for about 5 minutes. I was able to get some decent photos through the spotter though. Hopefully I can make it back before the season ends.
Even without filling a tag, a great time was still had with a good hunting buddy. Lots of bears were seen and gobbles were heard.

[brew]

love the look of that cinnamon....nice job and good luck finding a brute   

[buckmaster_wa]

The boar in this pic was the lucky guy that escaped becoming a rug.

[Bigshooter]

Those are some good looking bears.

[jackelope]

Dang. Do they have any black black bears down there??

[Karl Blanchard]

He left out the reason that the bear ran off very much alive!!!!  I got bear fever bad!!!!!!!!!   Because of the roll of the ridge I never saw him until we were both in the wide open very close together.  When I took a knee to shoot I could only see the top 1/3 of his back so I had to stand up and just flat yanked the shot.  I cryed a little not gonna lie.  It was a big ass canyon and a really depressing hike back down and up again.  I swear I am a pretty good shot!

[Karl Blanchard]

At least Dan got the miss on camera!

[mtman]

Nice pics hope you can get'em before they get all rubbed up.Always fun burning calories in the blues. Good luck next time around.

[actionshooter]

Get back over there!

[Karl Blanchard]

Shooting for memorial day weekend but I got a lot of catching up to do around the house.  I haven't been very productive since the 23 of april.

[carpsniperg2]

Some great color right there! Good luck in getting them guys.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Keep at it BLRman, they will eventually give you a shoot! 

Great color in them thar hills.

[buckmaster_wa]

Yes, it is great that the whole scenario was caught on film. From my viewpoint it looked like Karl was trying to get close enough to kill the bear with his knife. Lol

[Orion88]

Good luck guys. Hopefully, you get a bear rug over Memorial weekend.

[MLBowhunting]

Good luck.  It will happen for you.