Weekend pics

[n_mathews13]

Me and family took trailer to Blues to drop off trailer for season.
Saw close to 80 dear and 2 bear. This one was average black, other one was a bigger dark chocolate.
5yr old girl got to see her first bear, got to watch it for awhile. Wasp are bad bad this year . Not great pics

[HUNTNORTHWEST]

awesome!!

[n_mathews13]

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[Eli346]

Was the helicopter hauling a water bucket or what?

[bowhunterforever]

 

[n_mathews13]

Was the helicopter hauling a water bucket or what?

Yeah

[Timberstalker]

Nice. 

[bracer40]

Nice looking headgear on that buck!

[Machias]

Nice photos, thanks for sharing.

[bighorn1]

Season is coming nice to see animals.

[saylean]

Was the helicopter hauling a water bucket or what?

That's Hirshey on the end of that thing...

Nice pics man.

[WAcoyotehunter]

Looks like a good weekend!

[Elkcollector82]

Sounds like a very productive weekend. Thanks for sharing.

[n_mathews13]

Sounds like a very productive weekend. Thanks for sharing.

It was, and fun. Got trail cam set and a trail to our sitn spot cleaned up. I'm at a rough spot right now, as in not sure what deer season I should try to do. Got this dang sciatica thing.

[Elkcollector82]

Sounds like a very productive weekend. Thanks for sharing.

It was, and fun. Got trail cam set and a trail to our sitn spot cleaned up. I'm at a rough spot right now, as in not sure what deer season I should try to do. Got this dang sciatica thing.

Late season always been good to me. But I've never stepped foot on the east side. But that will change.

[n_mathews13]

Sounds like a very productive weekend. Thanks for sharing.

It was, and fun. Got trail cam set and a trail to our sitn spot cleaned up. I'm at a rough spot right now, as in not sure what deer season I should try to do. Got this dang sciatica thing.

Late season always been good to me. But I've never stepped foot on the east side. But that will change.

Late hunt is awesome. Best hunting and biggest deer I have ever shot. But has become hard to get land to hunt

[hirshey]

Nice photos! Some good looking deer there!

👍🏼

[n_mathews13]

Been up here since Friday.
Had a few smokeless days, smoke is back this morn.
Have seen a few bears, got one about figured out. He isn't a big bear at all but my daughter is coming up, so it might be cool to fill a tag with her. 
Dad made a sneak on some elk with his bow, didn't work out.
He shot a coon the other night with bow.

[n_mathews13]

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[Watimberghost]

Nice! Get that bruin!!

[n_mathews13]

This bear has been digging at this log and others by it the las few evenings

[n_mathews13]

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[Timberstalker]

So, did you take the shot?

[bearmanric]

Thank you been tough for me. My sciatic nerve is killing me. sweet bears and bucks. Rick

[n_mathews13]

That pic was taken Sunday, with a week left I felt like I'd hold off.  There are 2 piles of bear crap, bigger and smaller.

[Timberstalker]

That bear in the crosshair picture looks pretty good.  I'd need a bit better look, but he's better than average.
I hope you thump one.  Best of luck.

[n_mathews13]

Got home last night
No bear meat in cooler
I held out for the big one in the area, but it never showed.
I'll have next weekend. Learned a lot of area, found lots of bear beds and stuff. Trails that looked like only bear use. Trees that are all oily looking were they do some rubbing.
Saw lots of elk. They talked a lot, that was fun to watch
Always got next weekend

[Timberstalker]

 

[Machias]

Nice photos!  Thanks for sharing,

[HUNTNORTHWEST]

Is your rifle scope a sig product?

[n_mathews13]

Leupold

[n_mathews13]

Headn back up

[Timberstalker]

Best of luck. 

[n_mathews13]

Didn't see a bear. Blues got snow, normally that's a sign of the bear hunting getting slow ( in our area anyway)

[Timberstalker]

It's a weird year up there for sure.  Gonna warm up for a bit now though.  Any more trips planned?

[Machias]

You running any fall baits this year?  I put my first one out Saturday.  So far no visitors.  Good luck!

[n_mathews13]

It's a weird year up there for sure.  Gonna warm up for a bit now though.  Any more trips planned?

Have my daughters birthday this weekend , so I'll have grandparents in town.  But every weekend till it closes probably. I'll hunt deer in same area this year.
It is going to warm up, unfortunately I won't be up there.  38*degrees at trailer yesterday morn

[n_mathews13]

You running any fall baits this year?  I put my first one out Saturday.  So far no visitors.  Good luck!

No baits for fall, id like to and maybe some day. When season close in your unit? Do you wait to bait till natural food source is running low?

[Machias]

You running any fall baits this year?  I put my first one out Saturday.  So far no visitors.  Good luck!

No baits for fall, id like to and maybe some day. When season close in your unit? Do you wait to bait till natural food source is running low?

Closes Oct 31st.  I waited till it cooled down.  I put it out Saturday afternoon.  No visitors yet.  I only run one bait in the fall.  I will spend time glassing and calling in the mornings and middle of the day and then sit on the stand once they hit the bait.

[n_mathews13]

Well, made it out this weekend. Had a bear at 246 yards. Pulled trigger and it rolled down out of sight. 20 min later he shows up in clearing and just beds down. I shoot again and miss ( judgeing by reaction to shot)
Runs up into trees and disappeared, comes out next clearing and can't make it a few steps without stopping.
At 345 yards I can't get the right hold to feel comfortable to shoot. I let him pass due to wind, and the fact I feel with another miss may push him farther.
Next morn dad comes up and look for it. Wind blowing and some hail, hard to look in moveing grass. We looked till 5:pm. Followed blood till it ran dry. Hate , Hate to loose a animal,But that's how it goes.  From this experience,I will practice more and teach my kids to practice so the odds of them being in this position will be less.  So, tag void . Bear season over.

[Machias]

Bummer, you had a great season.

[Timberstalker]

That's tough n_mathews.

You hunted hard this year, and saw a ton of game.  Best of luck on the remaining hunts.

[n_mathews13]

I screwed up a bear that guys would pay $ for. Eats at me if I dwell on it. BUT, I am glade it bothers me. The day a guy looses that anger and frustration on him self for causing that scenario, is the day he looses respect and a drive to better his skills for that animal

[PastorJoel]

Sorry to hear.  That's not fun at all.

[Machias]

I screwed up a bear that guys would pay $ for. Eats at me if I dwell on it. BUT, I am glade it bothers me. The day a guy looses that anger and frustration on him self for causing that scenario, is the day he looses respect and a drive to better his skills for that animal

 

[n_mathews13]

Well, went deer hunting this weekend. Dad made it up early enough to go glass for bear before sat opener. He sat same canyon that I sat last weekend when I messed up that bear shot. At 5:40pm Dad spotted a dark chocolate bear that wasn't using his right front leg. That would have been the leg I would  have hit. So, I guess there is hope that he can power through it and heal up.

[Timberstalker]

Positive news!  If he made it a week, he may make it.