Our Fall bear season

[jennabug]

Headn back up.
More pics later

Right on!

[deerhunter_98520]

Looks like a dang nice bear! Congrats!

[Timberstalker]

Looking forward to more pictures.

[Machias]

NICE, congrats!!  You've worked hard for one!

[csaaphill]

Headn back up.
More pics later

Awesome bear man. 

[n_mathews13]

Crazy week.
I worked Saturday, fan up and got on hillside around 3:pm. Had a whole week off to hunt. About 6:30 I think I see something move in brush in bottom of canyon. At 7: dad see this bear come out, we move down into range and get set up. He had come out in clearing just above the trees in the bottom, then sat down. By the time we got ready he moved into brush.
Thinking that was that and knowing where I'd spend my week now, I waited out the last of shooting hours. He then comes back up from bottom, now 200 yards angled down hill. I take the shot, he drops and rollls 10' and didn't move.
Drop down, up the other side. And man oh man, I couldn't lift his head. No ground shrinking on him. He had no thin spots but hair was short. Came to 71" long. Back at camp by 1:, and still 7 days off

[n_mathews13]

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[n_mathews13]

Bear sausage

[n_mathews13]

My pics are not wanting to download, I'll have to try latter.


So, i go into town to butcher on Monday, head back up to sit with dad. I tell him " wed or Thur is the day, this are my lucky days"
Tue evening we haven't seen another bear. My tooth starts to hurt, and swells up a little.
Wed morn bottom jaw is swollen and half my lips are. I decided that if I run to town now and could be back before prime time. Head down and get a prescription, fill it and back up by10:
Tell day , " today is the day" trying to encourage. Fall bear hunt for us is funding where they are and sitting sun up to sundown, gets tiresome.
At 7:30 dad says "well..." and turns around and puts stuff in pack. Given his eyes are older, I keep watching.
7:35 I see bear, and it's 210yds. He settles in, I ask if he's going to take it. He says yes and is ready. Boom! Bear rolls down out of site. Can hear rocks and sticks breaking and moaning. Went over and found it. Another  good bear. He came to 6.5'!!  Was so cool!

Enjoyed our time together. Weather was not normal sept weather, elk didn't seem to be bugling or even in area like normal. This season felt more like hunting in first week of oct. only saw 4 bear

We now have a desert mule deer hunt in a few weeks. Be hard to top this.

I'll try later to do pics again

[Timberstalker]

 
Awesome.

[n_mathews13]

Any ideas on why pics won't go through

[7mmfan]

Probably to big. If they're on your phone, take a screen shot of the photo and then load the screen shot. The file size is significantly smaller and should load no problem.

[n_mathews13]

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[n_mathews13]

Picked 3 gal of black berries

[n_mathews13]

Probably to big. If they're on your phone, take a screen shot of the photo and then load the screen shot. The file size is significantly smaller and should load no problem.

Thanks