Bearpaw Season - Fall 2020

[bearpaw]

The boy is having his first tom mounted, not the best plummage, but there's only one first bird. Sounds like they will be coming back for spring bear, that's another great father/son hunt for them to do.

We started the archery elk hunts yesterday, pretty hot days lately and very dry, no bugling at all yet, it's going to be a tough week, we'll have to hunt water and do some spot and stalking, saw a good mature bull yesterday but was unable to get close, some other hunters bumped him so we are giving him a break for a day or so. Saw three smaller bulls when scouting the day before, but they are full on hiding today. Be glad when the busy holiday weekend is over and the weather forecast says a cool down is coming, I sure hope the elk get more active. Fingers crossed!

Regardless of some tough hunting conditions, I can still tell you, it's very good to be hunting again! 

[idaho guy]

Good job so far  I enjoy this thread every year

[bearpaw]

We've seen a few bulls but not a single one of them will call or even seem interested in being called at. One guide and hunter tried stalking three unresponsive bulls yesterday but got busted before getting into bow range. Another guide and his hunter saw a herd with 21 cows and two young bulls but no response. In the evening they set up a blind in a feeding area, three cows and a 1x2 bull came by, Joe made a great quartering away shot at 31 yards on his first elk, the bull went 10 feet and keeled over, liver and lungs both had holes through them, great job Joe!

[fishngamereaper]

   keep the updates coming. Lots of happy hunters.

[bearpaw]

They saw a good mature bull with a few cows the other day that some other hunters busted, we let him rest for a couple days, they are after him this morning, fingers crossed! We had 29 degrees this morning, I'm hoping this cool down gets a few of the bulls fired up.

[Sutherland]

Right on thanks for the updates. Hopefully it will be a good day! 

[bearpaw]

Tyler got to see the 6pt herd bull at 65 yards but the bull was looking from behind a tree, no shot, then the bull moved off and Tyler swapped gears, he decided to take a big cow, he hit her just behind her left shoulder and the arrow exited just in front of her right shoulder, she only went about 60 yards and dropped, great shooting Tyler!

We just got her hung up for the night, had some quick chili dogs, now it's time to hit the sack!

[bearpaw]

We got this bull a few days ago, it was kind of a crazy day, there were hunters everywhere so we decided to watch from a good vantage point. After about 3 hours six cows and calves came running down the canyon to our left and cut up over the ridge, they were still running when they went out of sight with their mouths open and tongues hanging. I was getting ready to move to another location when those cows came so I said we better stay here longer. It couldn't have been 10 minutes and here comes a bull down the backbone of the ridge straight in front of us. We watched him come for about 400 yards and then he dropped off the left side towards where the cows had gone. Now a second bull was coming down the ridge, it came straight toward us and then stopped at 707 yards, too far for my hunter, so we tried to close the distance but the bull was too fast and got over the opposing ridge before we were within range. I told Gary we better check further around the ridge in case there was another bull. Sure enough a bull was halfway up the ridge staring at us, he immediately dropped off down the gully, we went as fast as we could and got within range when he was about halfway up the opposing ridge, Gary missed the first shot but then settled the crosshairs and dropped the bull. I love it when a plan comes together! Congrats Gary!

[bearpaw]

Guide Derek has numerous really nice Montana whitetails scouted out this year. All our Montana deer hunters want mule deer, we don't have any whitetail hunters, so Derek set up his brother in a blind and his brother nailed this dandy buck the first day he hunted. The second photo is a trail cam photo we got of the same buck before season opened.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Lookin good Outfitter and Guides!

[bearpaw]

Here’s a recent archery buck taken on a Montana hunt. Several larger bucks were seen but this guy presented a great shot opportunity.

[bearpaw]

The day before Washington moose season Daniel spotted this bull while scouting. They hunted all day the next day in the area and in the evening Daniel finally spotted a horn in the brush, the bull was bedded in heavy cover, they waited a long while but the bull wouldn’t stand, finally Daniel got him to stand and CJ hit him in the right spot, he put two more there and finally the bull tipped over, great shooting CJ and congrats on a nice bull!

[Bob33]

That's a monster. Congratulations.

[bearpaw]

My son drew an Idaho goat tag, he scouted in Aug and Sept and saw some good goats including one he figured was about 9”, but he was waiting for the hair to grow longer for a good mount. Last weekend he went after a goat but was unable to get close enough and when they got up on the ridge where the goat was at they couldnt see much because of the way it lays. Another friend went with him this weekend and he took his long range gun that could shoot across where he had seen the goats the previous weekend. They spotted a good goat this morning, he nailed it with one shot at 601 yards. The horns are right at 10 inches.

[RB]

Nice Goat! Congratulations!