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Tucannon bear.
« on: May 11, 2014, 06:39:17 PM »
Anybody been over in the tucannon unit lately?  I'm having a tough time locating bears. Was hoping some shed or turkey hunters might have run into a few. I spent the last 4 days over there but the weather was less the good wind was blowing hard most of the time,snow drifts kept me out of some of the upper country. Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2014, 07:24:19 PM »
When I hunted it in the fall we saw quite a bit of scat a couple miles from the wilderness on the west side bordering dayton about 1-2 miles from the wenaha
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2014, 07:39:57 PM »
Where've you been? 
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2014, 07:46:17 AM »
Thanks for the info guys.

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2014, 03:11:08 PM »
When I was over on the other side of the hill (Mountain View Unit) the first weekend of May.  I saw bears twice.  One was around 3000' elevation and the others were up at 4000-4200' elevation.  The difference in plant growth between 3000' and 5000' was significant.  Grasses and wild onions were just starting to come up at 5000+' and were pretty well established up high.  I would guess that with some rain and some good warm sunny days over the last week the bears should be working there way up to the higher elevations over the next couple weeks.  I'm not sure how the Tucannon compares to Mountain View but I would expect the bear pretty much act the same.  Good luck and I hope you find a nice bear.       

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2014, 03:28:56 PM »
In the past I've seen a fair amount of bear just driving on the boarder road of the tuccannon and the mountain view, good luck and keep at it.  I saw the biggest bear in the state when I was driving back to camp with my small blonde bear in the back of my truck, he was running down the road.
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2014, 09:37:44 AM »
Ended up finding a nice boar on Saturday.  Glassed him from 1.5 miles away and was lucky enough to have him stay put until I could get  there to chat! Laid down with the tripod at 528yrds and watched for a few minutes until he gave me the perfect shot. Had my dad, my 8 year old and 16 year old son up hunting with me but they decided to go fishing that afternoon so didn't get very good pictures. Had him caped and quartered out by the time the sun was going down. Nothing like hiking out of some of most beautiful country god made as the sun is going down on a awesome hunt.
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Walked up on this guy on our way in to pack out mine he's 100yrds away.
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2014, 09:48:59 AM »
Nice looking bear. Congrats

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2014, 09:52:03 AM »
Congrats. That's a great looking bear. Glad it worked out for you.
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2014, 09:55:53 AM »
Great bear! Way to stick with it. That's awesome your kids and dad got to share that with you! Congrats

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2014, 10:26:06 AM »
Excellent bear! Nice shooting from 500+ too. What caliber? Did you already have the sight settings for 500? How close were you to point of aim on the bear?

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2014, 10:38:31 AM »
Nice job.  :tup:
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2014, 12:18:42 PM »
Excellent bear! Nice shooting from 500+ too. What caliber? Did you already have the sight settings for 500? How close were you to point of aim on the bear?

Cheers!  :cue:
Was shooting a 30-378 with 180 accubonds. The scope is set up to shoot out to 1000yrds and me and the boys shoot pretty often. Wanted to shoot one at 800 to 900yrds so my boy will quit bragging about having the longest 1 shoot kill on a buck in Entiat at 634yrds with a steep decline in elevation he was only 12 at the time and he reminds me often.
 Point of impact was off by 4" was trying for high shoulder and had a little more wind drift to the right than I compensated for.

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2014, 06:18:52 PM »
Same set up and rounds that I shoot.  Love the 30-378.  Nice bear!
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2014, 07:04:18 PM »
Nice work, makes for a great family photo. :tup:
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2014, 09:15:49 AM »
Nice bear, congrats! I love the color of that bear!

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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2014, 05:09:46 PM »
Nice bear!!!
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2014, 05:21:11 PM »
Nice pics and bear :tup:
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Re: Tucannon bear.
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2014, 05:35:46 PM »
Awesome, congrats!!
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