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My friend Eric and I went out this past weekend to fill his Sherman tag. His weapon of choice was a 30-30 passed down to him from his Great Grandfather. Eric was looking for a boar 6 ft or better.
We passed on 2 bears Saturday, getting to within 30 yards of both of them. One was jet black, the other a pretty blonde/chocolate bear.
Sunday morning we saw 2 bears and passed on both, getting to within 10 yards of one and 60 yards of the other.
Sunday evening we watched a nice looking bear come out of the timber and start to feed on an open hillside. After judging him for about an hour we decided he was a shooter. We snuck in to within 70 yards, making sure Eric could get a good hit on the bear with his open sighted 30-30. One shot was all it took. It was one of the cleanest kills I've ever seen. Walking up to the bear, we realized he was a little bigger than we thought. It was a boar and squared and even 6'2".
Here are some pictures of the bears we pased on.
This is the bear he shot.
And after the shot.
Here's a link to a video of the hunt.
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Re: 30-30 Bear Down
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May 27, 2009, 09:19:37 PM »
Awesome work. 10 yards is pretty close for a bearski. Looks like a nice boar! Cool to take it with open sights/30-30. I have one of them too, I use it as a brush gun if I need to. Grats to ya both.
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Congrats , nice bear !
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May 27, 2009, 09:35:05 PM »
Great footage, super nice bear. A couple of those bears you passed on were very respectable bears. Congrats to both of you and thanks for posting the photos and the video!!!!
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nice video - very well done to both the camera man and hunter.
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May 27, 2009, 09:40:53 PM »
Excellent! First, I must congratulate you guys on passing on the other bears. Second, your style of hunt'in is only one type popular but its my favorite! Up close & personal w/a levergun (I'm not opinionated am I?). Actually, I respect those who can judge & hit a target at long range. Looks like the gun was a Winnie, right?. Hope to get my Marlin 35 Rem out of the shop by 1 Aug!!!!!!!!!
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Nice looking Bear.
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Nice footage, I say you passed on some nice bears, Way to go. Mark
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Re: 30-30 Bear Down
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May 27, 2009, 09:59:58 PM »
nice job!! I'm jealous I have yet to close the deal for my coplais tag. I hope to be as fortunate as you.
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May 27, 2009, 10:10:29 PM »
Way go, that looked like a great adventure.
Bravo
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That must have been quite thrilling. Great bear. I have yet to get a hunt on video. Well done, Brian.
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Way to go Eric! Great bear. Excellent job with the photos and video Jon
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Nice Bear!!! Congrats
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Awsome, thanks for sharing.
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That is some true hunting and sport. Great job.
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