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Offline buglebuster

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Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« on: September 23, 2015, 07:53:14 PM »
Shooting your 1st bear! And with a bow to boot! not a big bear but I'm stoked! A buddy and I had just Hiked up from base camp, about halfway up the ridge on the trail. He stopped to take his jacket off amd I heard something. I looked up and said there's a bear! Walked forward a bit and he walked right across the trail in front of me. I drew back amd whistled, 12 yards hit him. He took off running into the thick brush I could hear him so I ran to the edge of the hill to see. He climbed up a tree and was sitting on 2 branches bleeding good. I was afraid he'd die in the tree and not fall out, so I stuck another one in him he jumped up and fell out dead!

Turned out he had an ear tag, said call wdfw before consuming meat and had a number. I called and left a message hoping for a reply before I packed him out 4 miles. I started skinning and the phone rang. Turns out he was a problem bear from kalama 10 days ago, and they said don't eat the meat. If I notch the tag I could take the hide, if I leave the bear I could keep my tag. I notched it and skinned him out. A little bummed about the meat thing tho.
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2015, 07:55:39 PM »
Good job buddy!! See...you spoke too soon last week !! :chuckle:
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2015, 07:55:53 PM »
How lucky. You'll post a nice bull too..  congrats  :tup:
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2015, 07:56:06 PM »
Thatta boy
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2015, 07:58:36 PM »
Pretty cool! Probably got tranquilized. So the meat is tainted for awhile.
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2015, 07:59:02 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2015, 08:03:15 PM »
CONGRATS MAN!!!!
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2015, 08:05:48 PM »
JJB, guess you noticed it was days, not years.....   :chuckle:

It is exciting to get a shot with a bow at those ranges, my last one was on the ground at 10 yards, congratulations!  Oh yeah, I was elk hunting also.
« Last Edit: September 23, 2015, 09:37:28 PM by lokidog »
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2015, 08:08:50 PM »
Well done :tup:
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2015, 08:09:09 PM »
congrats  :tup:
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2015, 08:10:06 PM »
Awesome  :tup: good work
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2015, 08:10:19 PM »
Quote from: lokidog on September 23, 2015, 08:05:48 PM
JJB, guess you noticed it was days, not years.....   :chuckle:

It is exciting to get a shot with a bow at those ranges, my last one was on the ground at 10 yards, congratulations!
yeah re-read it (that whole "wait, sumthin' ain't right here" in the back of my mind)
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2015, 08:10:37 PM »
Nice bear!  :tup: Where you on the east side when you got him?
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2015, 08:17:41 PM »
Strong work!!!!!
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Re: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2015, 08:22:55 PM »
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on September 23, 2015, 08:10:37 PM
Nice bear!  :tup: Where you on the east side when you got him?
No, westside. Goat rocks wilderness
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