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Huckleberry success!
« on: May 27, 2019, 12:51:58 AM »
My buddy Frank Hasiak and I left Snohomish county Friday after work around 5 and headed to Huckleberry Unit for the Spring Bear tag I drew. We arrived about midnight and set up camp. We woke up around 4:30am and started our hike to a vantage point only to see no more than 100 yard due to fog. We piddled around under a tarp for a short time and decided to hit a lower elevation in hopes of better visibility and wound up on a 40 min drive North of where we started. With no signs of the fog letting up, Frank and I took a short nap in the truck while parked at a State property gate at 3,600 feet and woke up at 1:00pm. We through on our packs and slow walked about 40 minutes only to find fresh bear scat on the edge of a clear cut, so we found the nearest vantage and sat. After patiently waiting until 7:00 pm, Frank wide eyed with enthusiasm says "Bear, Bear". Of course I say "where, where". From my spotters angle, he could see a Bear traveling up the drainage from the road we were sitting above. I immediately turned my camera and hit record. Then realized I needed to lay prone exactly where the tripod and camera were setting. I basically threw the camera out of the way and lined up a shot. Frank whispered 235, I was zeroed for 200 with my 30-06. The boar was slightly quartering away with his front right shoulder forward uphill. It was perfect. Needless to say I pulled a good shot off and killed this Bruin.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2019, 01:21:30 AM »
Great looking bear! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing your story.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2019, 05:01:17 AM »
Awesome bear, congrats!

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2019, 05:19:43 AM »
Congrats on the nice bear, I’m hoping I can be chasing them up there next year.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2019, 06:33:29 AM »
Nice looking bear.   Congrats :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2019, 06:37:23 AM »
Awesome bear. Congrats

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2019, 06:37:40 AM »
Congrats on the success  :tup:
Good looking bear
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2019, 07:10:09 AM »
Congrats on the bear and that’s a dandy!
May my presence go unnoticed, may my shot be true, may the blood trail be short.

Amen

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2019, 07:21:29 AM »
Stud bear, good job!

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2019, 07:23:56 AM »
Very good bear congratulations
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2019, 07:27:25 AM »
Excellent.  Will be good eating for sure...
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2019, 07:37:16 AM »
Nice color
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2019, 07:39:25 AM »
Heck of a bear congrats
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2019, 07:44:59 AM »
Such a cool looking bear! Congrats and thanks for sharing the story.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2019, 07:46:29 AM »
Huge bear! Glad you were able to fill your tag! Do you plan on getting a rug made?

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #15 on: May 27, 2019, 07:58:33 AM »
Nice looking bear, congratulations

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #16 on: May 27, 2019, 08:14:18 AM »
Great looking bear. congrats

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2019, 08:48:05 AM »
Good for you.

There buttloads of bear all over that NE area.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #18 on: May 27, 2019, 09:45:05 AM »
 :tup: :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2019, 10:43:44 AM »
Awesome bear, congrats. :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2019, 10:47:32 AM »
Awesome bear, congrats!!! 

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2019, 10:58:54 AM »
Looks fantastic!
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2019, 11:05:13 AM »
Congratulations on a beautiful bear!

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2019, 11:16:36 AM »
Huge bear! Glad you were able to fill your tag! Do you plan on getting a rug made?
Most definitely!

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2019, 11:19:50 AM »
Thanks to everyone. Im very pleased with the size and color.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2019, 12:59:27 PM »
congrats

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2019, 01:12:25 PM »
Awsome!  :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #27 on: May 28, 2019, 11:06:05 AM »
Beautiful bear!!  Congrats!!
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #28 on: May 28, 2019, 11:29:43 AM »
Great Bear!!  :tup:
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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #29 on: May 28, 2019, 12:21:19 PM »
Lots of bears hitting the ground for forum members this year.  Congrats on the bear.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #30 on: May 28, 2019, 05:49:03 PM »
Excellent bear.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #31 on: May 29, 2019, 09:28:57 AM »
That's a dandy!
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #32 on: May 29, 2019, 12:04:30 PM »
What a cool bear! Big one :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2019, 05:37:35 PM »
Really a great looking bear.  :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #34 on: June 02, 2019, 11:55:22 AM »
Bear down.

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #35 on: June 02, 2019, 06:24:52 PM »
 :tup:

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Re: Huckleberry success!
« Reply #36 on: June 02, 2019, 10:59:48 PM »
Congrats on a great bear

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Re: Huckleberry success!
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Congrats on a really nice bear! 
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