Bearpaw Season - Fall 2015

[wannabhntr]

This is by far my favorite thread. I look forward to it every year. I can't wait to book a hunt with you guys. Keep up the good work.

[bearpaw]

Ray called and said Logan smoked a bear. We'd seen several bear in this one location, Logan shot at a bear there the other day, I told him I thought he should stick it out, too many bear were in the area, one was bound to come back. Guide Ray and Logan sat it out until they saw another bear this afternoon and Logan nailed it. Congrats, good going Logan! 

[bearpaw]

Guide Ray took Daniel and headed for one of my favorite bear spots, thus far we had not killed a bear in that spot this year. Daniel had passed a few bear including the sitting bear under the tree (see earlier photo in this topic), but he had not seen a bear for a full day and was beginning to prepare himself for an unsuccessful hunt. I was glad to see them pull up to the skinning area well before dark. Daniel had made a 275 yard shot on a nice brown color phase. A one shot kill, awesome shooting! now he's glad he passed the other bears and got this one instead. Well done gentlemen! Congrats! 

[bearpaw]

Yesterday was an awesome day!

It was the first day for Ron and Chris just starting their bear hunt, it was also the first morning for Tom who only had 2 1/2 days to get a deer and then he had to be back to work. Charlie had hunted 5 days and saw sows with cubs and had passed a real small bear, but hadn't killed a bear so I invited him to stay an extra day and take his choice of hunting bear or hunting deer with his bow, he decided to go deer hunting with Brian and Tom.

John had hunted 5 days and saw a couple bear at long range and he was the hunter who didn't have his gun when the bear walked up, so he didn't have a bear yet either so I invited him to hunt another day. Ray had the day off to finish planting some winter wheat so John, Ron, and Chris went bear hunting with Daniel. Daniel put John in a blind watching the same area where his son Logan had killed his bear, Daniel put Chris watching another one of my favorite areas, and Daniel headed to another area up higher with Ron.

Meanwhile on another property Brian put Tom in position and then dropped off Charlie in a blind. Right away Charlie had a lone doe come by that he wasn't going to pass, he had never killed a big game animal before. He stuck that doe perfectly, his first kill ever, congrats Charlie, you put that arrow right where it counts.   

At about the same time on the way up the mountain Ron dropped a nice brown color phase boar only 10 minutes into the first morning of his hunt with guide Daniel. Ron made a great shot, and they had the bear out quickly, congrats Ron!

After all the skinning was done and the other hunters were back for lunch we came up with a game plan for the evening hunt. Charlie headed home with his deer, Logan and John headed home with Logan's bear, Daniel took Chris bear hunting, Ron went grouse hunting, and Tom went buck hunting again with Brian. It wasn't long and I got a text from Brian that Tom had arrowed a 4x4 whitetail. Congrats to Ron, this hunt was his 50th Birthday Present!   

Unfortunately John was the only hunter to go home with nothing so far, but it sounds like they will be back so we'll "gitter done" the next time. I should knock on wood first before I say this, but so far we've only had one bear shot at that we didn't get, everyone is shooting very well this year, we are seeing a ton of game, and I'm hoping for a continued great hunting season!   

Note: The bear have been skinny, not many berries this year, I'm worried if we have a tough winter we could lose a lot of bear. On the other hand the deer seem in better condition as shown in the photo of the deer's back below. I think the deer will be going into winter in a lot better condition than the bear!

[Gringo31]

Keep at em Dale and keep us posted!

 

[bearpaw]

Ron's friend Chris got his bear on day 4 of their hunt so they finished up early. I'll post a photo when I get one.

Utah Elk
I've been in Utah the last few days scouting for elk. My guides have 3 good bulls spotted for one hunter so that looks real good for his hunt. I've been scouting for another hunt (a friend who drew a tag) and had not seen a good bull, just spikes and rag horns. In fact Keith (attending guide school) and I hadn't found a good concentration of elk until about noon yesterday. My friend and his wife are here now, we were all out scouting, and we found a couple little canyons with real good elk sign and some big tracks. My plan was to check one more part of the area and if we didn't see a real good bull we would return to these canyons this morning to start our hunt. Then last night about 10-15 minutes before dark we spotted a dandy bull, he looks to be a nice even 7x7, it was gratifying to finally find a good one and right before the opener. Season opens this morning so we are all hoping we find these bulls and we'll go after them this morning. Gotta head out for the hunt, talk later!

[Bean Counter]

Go get 'em, Dale! 

[bearpaw]

We went after the bulls this morning, the big 7x7 was with another bull, we hiked in for the day trying to get on them them but couldn't get within range. Going to give those bulls a break and try something else tomorrow.

[Mark251]

Great Pics!  Love this post 

[Ripper]

It's nice to see all of the animals and all of the success in your area. I know the fires did a number on the area and I was worried about my upcoming moose hunt. I feel a little better now. I also hope to fill a bear tag and help the fawn/calf populations. Taking a cat would be cool also! 

[huntnnw]

Most cubs I have ever seen or captured on trail cam this year

[bearpaw]

Two good bulls down! Laptop is on the blink, gotta get that fixed and I will post photos and stories.

[Killmore]

Where's Dale......

[Ripper]

Come on Dale, you have held us in suspense long enough!

[Gringo31]

That is a LONG blink