2017 Spring bear hunt.... Wolf down!

[JustinC]

I hope this is ok to post? If not mods feel free to let me know.

The last few years a few of us from Rokslide, MtnOps and Longrangeonly have been getting together for a spring bear hunt in Idaho. This year the hunting was really tough due to all the snow and the late melt. We ended up not getting any bears and only saw a few but we had a great time and I was able to call wolves in on two different days for two of my buddies to shoot. It was an all around epic experience. Here is a link to where everyone on the trip will be posting their pictures and stories. http://www.rokslide.com/forums/general-discussion-forum/68788-2017-rokslide-spring-bear-hunt-wolf.html

Here are a couple cool pics.

[Lincoln4]

 

[h20hunter]

Sweet.

[X-Force]

Better than a bear harvest!

[elkboy]

Nice wolf! Sounds like an awesome experience!  Are you going to do a full body mount, a rug, etc.?

[Mfowl]

 

[dan11011]

Nice job! Glad I wasn't the only one to struggle bear hunting this year. Hiked 40 miles over 8 days in Idaho to no avail. Congrats again!

[carpsniperg2]

Congrats to the shooters and thanks for sharing.

[teanawayslayer]

Sweet. Your going to have to disinfect that pack. Those things reek!

[JustinC]

The hides will be tanned and the skulls cleaned for display. Since they were shedding their winter coats, the hides weren't good enough for mounts.

The first one was shot by my good friend Ryan Avery of Avery Adventures podcast and Rokslide.com
Side note, if you like podcasts you definitely need to check out Avery Adventures.





The second wolf was shot the next day by Jeff Brozovich of Longrangeonly.com

[carpsniperg2]

male or females? Looks like a young male and female but IDK.

[JustinC]

The first one was a female that we guessed at about 75 lbs or so. We checked to for evidence of her nursing pups but couldn't find any. The second one was a male with best guess at weight being just over 100 lbs.

[carpsniperg2]

sweet!!! That's what I was thinking glad you guys got a female to boot.

What sounds? fawn distress?

[tlbradford]

The first one was a female that we guessed at about 75 lbs or so. We checked to for evidence of her nursing pups but couldn't find any. The second one was a male with best guess at weight being just over 100 lbs.

Cut her open and examine the uterus.  For several months after giving birth, you can see bumps where the feeding tube was attached to her pups.  Count the bumps and you know the size of the litter. 

Those are beautiful rifles and good job on the wolves.

[Utah]

what call ? what brand.  nice job thank you.

[hunting4sanity]

Now that's a consolation prize I'd take anytime, congrats!

[bullcanyon]

Congrats. Talked to a guy Sunday that said his buddy got a wolf on their bear gut pile recently over in Idaho. We managed one bear this weekend over there. Pretty tough hunting.

[JustinC]

what call ? what brand.  nice job thank you.

I was using pup distress on my FoxPro Fury.

[bowhunterforever]

Nice work

[Gringo31]

Wish there were more of these threads..
 

[boneaddict]

Screw bear hunting.  That's fantastic!

[jackelope]

Great stuff, Justin. Thanks for sharing.

[pashok23]

Screw bear hunting.  That's fantastic!

[MHWASH]

My buddy shot this one about 30 yards from where I shot my bear a couple days earlier.

[saylean]

woot woot! awesome sauce

[h2ofowlr]

Nice work!  You guys have some expensive rifles set-ups.   

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

  Good work team!

[CaNINE]

Well done Justin!  Thanks for sharing.

[seth30]

Great job

[Alchase]

That pic of you packing the wolf out should be stickied somewhere, that is a one of a kind picture, nicely done!

[JustinC]

That pic of you packing the wolf out should be stickied somewhere, that is a one of a kind picture, nicely done!

That is my other buddy Billy packing the wolf. But you're right, it came out awesome.

[JustinC]

I got in touch with FOXPRO and they helped me up my predator hunting game.

[bearpaw]

A very successful hunt! congrats