Bear opener! Who's hitting the woods?

[cougforester]

Shot a real good one this morning.  He lit out 100mph straight into an absolute hellhole.  Cant find him, nor even a drop of blood.  I had to have gotten him.  Impossible to miss shot.  This is the crap im trying to find him in.  Wish me luck.

Yikes. Good luck!

[MHWASH]

It happens, Fingers crossed.

[ASienkiewich]

Shot a real good one this morning.  He lit out 100mph straight into an absolute hellhole.  Cant find him, nor even a drop of blood.  I had to have gotten him.  Impossible to miss shot.  This is the crap im trying to find him in.  Wish me luck.

I do wish you the best of luck sir! Hope you can find him! On a side note I always look thoroughly at these photos hoping I see the bear under a log or something LOL 😂


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[bearpaw]

Sorry this happened, if WA would make blood tracking dogs legal I could take one of my hounds and we would probably find your bear. Try to run a grid pattern in your search and go further than you think the bear would go. Good luck!

[rgcopk9]

Yeah, what Wapittalk said... all that brush is perfect to catch blood, once you find the blood it will be easy to track in that thick stuff... and I agree with your assessment, definitely a hell hole!! Good job!! You’ll find it!!


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[Pathfinder101]

Good to see some bears hittin the dirt first day.  Little Path and I didn't have any luck.  Hunted all day.  Called in a good spot until dark.  We had much better luck with the huckleberries than we did with the hucklebears...

[Whitenuckles]

Sorry this happened, if WA would make blood tracking dogs legal I could take one of my hounds and we would probably find your bear. Try to run a grid pattern in your search and go further than you think the bear would go. Good luck!

Cant tell you how many times my dog has saved the day!

[flyfishWA]

Shot a real good one this morning.  He lit out 100mph straight into an absolute hellhole.  Cant find him, nor even a drop of blood.  I had to have gotten him.  Impossible to miss shot.  This is the crap im trying to find him in.  Wish me luck.

that sucks, I shot a bear last night at 8 yards that I called in and dropped the bear in its tracks. I would have had to track it through an old clearcut that was almost as thick as that it I hadn't dropped it. I just feel lucky.

[StuckoYota99]

Mark the spot you were standing when you shot him and mark the spot where he was when you hit him that way you have a consistent reference point for tracking. Grid the area. If it was a good shot chances are he didn't go far. Good luck

[HillHound]

Good luck Bango I hope you were able to find it. After hunting all day we had a big bear coming down the hill as we were walking back to the truck. I am really trying to get my brother his first bear so I tell him to shoot. He pulls up and click. Ejects the round that we later inspect and it was a primer fail. Shot Hornady superfirmance for years with no issue and of course the one that does is the one that counts. Bear turns back up hill he can’t see him. He moves to where I am and by that point can only see the top 1/3 of its body. He took the shot but was rushed and frustrated. No blood and no bear. Will be back up there tomorrow so hopefully we can find him again.

[KFhunter]

Missed the opening had to go hang out on the wetside for a few days, just got home though.....


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[KFhunter]

Sent a text bango, I'm home now

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[TheStovePipeKid]

@Bango skank shot a bear yesterday and never told us whether he found it even though he posted about bumping one this morning. I'm still "patiently" waiting.

[Bango skank]

I never found my bear.  Hes dead there somewhere.  I went back today, laid down to take a nap where i shot him before the search.  Woke up to the sound of some knucklehead blasting some awful sounding ecaller at 1000 decibels maybe a couple hundred yards up from the hellhole the bear ran into.  Dont know what the sound was, constipated basset hound maybe.  Decided messing around in that brushy mess with some dude with a rifle above me was probably a bad idea.  Meat is spoiled by now anyways, not worth risking getting shot over to keep looking.  Ill be back hunting tuesday morning.

[KFhunter]

Didnt realize it was yesterdays post

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