Well the bear god took care of us real quick this morning ...
We wake up about 4am this morning and had everything packed in the truck last night ..I just had the same feeling I had many times before ..knowing where we were headed and if we had blueberries and Oregon grapes ripe we would be killing something ...I love to hunt bear in September but I figured I would have to go at least 2 days to get the job done ...NOT !!
We get up to the area I wanted to be and parked the truck at about 6am ...we hike up the ridge where we could see good ..my lower spot has gotten to grown up so I had to re-locate ..which was no doubt a good Idea ! I found a nice big stump and started trimming some branches so we had a better view of the area below us ...I happened to turn my head and look down hill when I seen bushes moving about 200 yrds below me ...all the sudden there he is ...BIG BEAR !!! I tell Ted to load the 300 quickly
I then tell him he is right below us ...Teds like WTH ! I get up to Teddy and tell him he is a big one and he is right down there ..Teddy gets all excited as the bear pops out on a log ..DAD DAD HE IS BIG
I am trying to get the video camera set up when Teddy is saying I am shooting ...I said wait a minute ..we are not letting this hunt go by without footage
The whole time I am trying to find the bear in the camera he is saying ..can I shoot can I shoot ...No no no ..I do not have him in the screen
Then I got him dialed in and the game is on ...I tell him to calm down and when you see his front shoulder let him have it ...That took about 8 seconds and POOOOOOOOW ... A serious dirt for that bear !!! He went no where
it was awesome ...Finally got his 1st bear and it is a dandy ....Dark chocolate and a beautiful hide ...super thick hair and fat one to boot !! I have video and many pictures including the recovery of the bullet lodged in his far left shoulder ...180 gr Hornaday just layed the smackdown on this bruin
