Author Topic: Nothing ruins your elk hunt like... (Read 12533 times)

buglebuster · « **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.

bowhunterwa87 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2015, 07:55:39 PM »

Good job buddy!! See...you spoke too soon last week !!

CAMPMEAT · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2015, 07:55:53 PM »

How lucky. You'll post a nice bull too.. congrats

vandeman17 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2015, 07:56:06 PM »

Thatta boy

HntnFsh · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2015, 07:58:36 PM »

Pretty cool! Probably got tranquilized. So the meat is tainted for awhile.

Jolten · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2015, 07:59:02 PM »

JJB11B · « **Reply #6 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:03:15 PM »

CONGRATS MAN!!!!

lokidog · « **Reply #7 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:05:48 PM »

JJB, guess you noticed it was days, not years.....

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.

wadu1 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:08:50 PM »

Well done

M_ray · « **Reply #9 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:09:09 PM »

congrats

saylean · « **Reply #10 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:10:06 PM »

Awesome

good work

JJB11B · « **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.....

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)

Boss .300 winmag · « **Reply #12 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:10:37 PM »

Nice bear!

Where you on the east side when you got him?

go4steelhd · « **Reply #13 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:17:41 PM »

Strong work!!!!!

buglebuster · « **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! Where you on the east side when you got him?

No, westside. Goat rocks wilderness

Mark251 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:24:52 PM »

Congratulations

Timberstalker · « **Reply #16 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:26:24 PM »

Nice bear! Hell of an adventure. Thanks for sharing.

Fl0und3rz · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:38:06 PM »

Nice!

Pete112288 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:40:26 PM »

I know exactly what that's like. The bear in my profile picture I shot in 2012. First bear, while elk hunting with a bow at 15 yards, was also first bow kill. Congrats and good job, I would have kept it too, first bear, going to the taxi.

BOWHUNTER45 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 23, 2015, 08:46:21 PM »

Good job ! Bow kill to boot !!!

tgomez · « **Reply #20 on:** September 23, 2015, 09:55:02 PM »

That is awesome man!!!!

However I just want to say I wouldn't recommend running at a wounded bear at close range. Next time for safteys sake shoot and wait, bear are very greasy and sometimes leave a poor bloodtrail and if you push them their adrenaline will take them very far. This adrenaline aloud him to climb a tree after your fatal shot. Glad you got your first bear, and with a bow! "Put another notch on the belt."

Smossy · « **Reply #21 on:** September 23, 2015, 10:02:25 PM »

Quote from: buglebuster 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.

First of all congrats! Getting a bear is number one on my list over even elk. I dont know what it is about me wanting to hunt a worthy predator.
Did you guys do any kind of cow calls before the fact or anything? Or did you just happen to be at the right place right time?

buglebuster · « **Reply #22 on:** September 23, 2015, 10:40:26 PM »

Smossy, just pure luck!

Smossy · « **Reply #23 on:** September 23, 2015, 11:00:04 PM »

Quote from: buglebuster on September 23, 2015, 10:40:26 PM

Smossy, just pure luck!

That is so sick man, heck yeah. Sometimes that's what its all about.

Becky · « **Reply #24 on:** September 24, 2015, 12:11:02 AM »

Awesome! I wonder why the meat was inedible, is it because it was eating some crap in the town they tagged him in? Sucky, but awesome you got the bear.

chester · « **Reply #25 on:** September 24, 2015, 12:42:55 AM »

I believe it's due to the drugs they use to tranquilize the Bears.

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Titan-1 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 24, 2015, 01:41:08 AM »

Thats awesome, nice work!!

jackelope · « **Reply #27 on:** September 24, 2015, 06:21:30 AM »

Congrats Mike. Solid work.

300rum · « **Reply #28 on:** September 24, 2015, 06:51:31 AM »

Great story. It makes the pack easier, I guess!

Becky · « **Reply #29 on:** September 24, 2015, 07:11:31 AM »

Quote from: chester on September 24, 2015, 12:42:55 AM

I believe it's due to the drugs they use to tranquilize the Bears.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh ok that makes sense. Woulda never guessed lol.

buglebuster · « **Reply #30 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:33:12 AM »

Now I can be picky and try to kill a big one! Oh who am I kidding

Machias · « **Reply #31 on:** September 24, 2015, 10:27:46 AM »

Nice bear congrats.

KevinClimbs · « **Reply #32 on:** September 24, 2015, 10:31:15 AM »

Right on! My 1st bear "ruined" my deer hunt a couple weekends ago.

Curly · « **Reply #33 on:** September 24, 2015, 10:59:05 AM »

Congrats.

Too bad the meat left out there can't be used for shooting another bear off of it.

buglebuster · « **Reply #34 on:** September 24, 2015, 11:02:57 AM »

So the wdfw biologist sent me an email this morning where he was released. He traveled just about 15 miles as the crow flies, through some extremely rough country, in only 10 days. Pretty crazy where he ended up.

rickomatic · « **Reply #35 on:** September 24, 2015, 08:36:51 PM »

Quote from: chester on September 24, 2015, 12:42:55 AM

I believe it's due to the drugs they use to tranquilize the Bears.

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That's interesting. I had a couple bears 2 years ago wrecking my beehives. Talked with the head of the Mill Creek WDFW division about it and she said short of me shooting them, (Tried my best, but couldn't get them to show during shooting hours) there was little to be done as they would not trap problem bears during active bear season specifically because of the problem of releasing them with drugs still in the meat. Maybe that's changed.

n_mathews13 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 24, 2015, 09:46:45 PM »

Nice bear man. Rug?

bowtechian · « **Reply #37 on:** September 25, 2015, 12:27:54 AM »

Gamies are probly relieved that he won't be making it back congrats on the bear!

gilroym · « **Reply #38 on:** September 25, 2015, 07:29:17 AM »

That's cool sucks about the meat. Bear is on the top of my list.

HighCountryHunter88 · « **Reply #39 on:** September 25, 2015, 07:31:45 AM »

Ha weird we had the exact same thing happen!

STRINGSHOOTER · « **Reply #40 on:** September 25, 2015, 08:11:30 AM »

NICE. I think I read here somewhere that you just started with a bow recently? (old post?). That's awesome

. I think the most exciting kill is the unexpected "gift" that comes your way when you least expect it.

Ccortez · « **Reply #41 on:** September 25, 2015, 08:17:23 AM »

congrats on the bear

Quote from: Smossy's Girl on September 24, 2015, 12:11:02 AM

Awesome! I wonder why the meat was inedible, is it because it was eating some crap in the town they tagged him in? Sucky, but awesome you got the bear.

the bear most likely had to be tranquilized and they drug they used stays in they're system for 18 months or longer depending on the drug they use

buglebuster · « **Reply #42 on:** September 25, 2015, 09:04:52 AM »

Quote from: STRINGSHOOTER on September 25, 2015, 08:11:30 AM

NICE. I think I read here somewhere that you just started with a bow recently? (old post?). That's awesome . I think the most exciting kill is the unexpected "gift" that comes your way when you least expect it.

Not me, I've been bow hunting since 2008

pianoman9701 · « **Reply #43 on:** September 25, 2015, 09:08:56 AM »

Nice going Mike.

shanevg · « **Reply #44 on:** September 25, 2015, 11:19:56 AM »

Congrats on a great bear! Especially with a bow!

sagewalker · « **Reply #45 on:** September 25, 2015, 11:24:52 AM »

Too cool man! Way to go

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