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First day magic!
First day magic! Been keeping tabs on a few bruins frequenting a trail near some river bottoms. Been trail cam’ing this area for a few years and I’ve found bears to be very pattern prone as long as they aren’t messed with. Climbed into the tree stand today at 3pm and an hour and half later I could hear one moving through the brush. Almost busted out the predator call when I wasn’t hearing anything but waited and about 5 minutes later this boar came walking below the stand about 50 yards away down the trail. One shot and this 5 foot, 175lb boar didn’t move. Not huge but pretty stoked about his white ‘heart’ patch in the center of his chest. Best of luck to everyone this year!!
Quote from: BlackRiverTaxidermy on August 01, 2023, 09:39:02 PMFirst day magic! Been keeping tabs on a few bruins frequenting a trail near some river bottoms. Been trail cam’ing this area for a few years and I’ve found bears to be very pattern prone as long as they aren’t messed with. Climbed into the tree stand today at 3pm and an hour and half later I could hear one moving through the brush. Almost busted out the predator call when I wasn’t hearing anything but waited and about 5 minutes later this boar came walking below the stand about 50 yards away down the trail. One shot and this 5 foot, 175lb boar didn’t move. Not huge but pretty stoked about his white ‘heart’ patch in the center of his chest. Best of luck to everyone this year!!What weapon did you use up in that tree stand? I've been considering tree stand slug hunting
Quote from: MeepDog on August 02, 2023, 07:51:13 AMQuote from: BlackRiverTaxidermy on August 01, 2023, 09:39:02 PMFirst day magic! Been keeping tabs on a few bruins frequenting a trail near some river bottoms. Been trail cam’ing this area for a few years and I’ve found bears to be very pattern prone as long as they aren’t messed with. Climbed into the tree stand today at 3pm and an hour and half later I could hear one moving through the brush. Almost busted out the predator call when I wasn’t hearing anything but waited and about 5 minutes later this boar came walking below the stand about 50 yards away down the trail. One shot and this 5 foot, 175lb boar didn’t move. Not huge but pretty stoked about his white ‘heart’ patch in the center of his chest. Best of luck to everyone this year!!What weapon did you use up in that tree stand? I've been considering tree stand slug huntingUsed a Marlin 30-30 lever action with open sights. Longest shot in the that spot was about what I took at 50 yards and its about the only open sight rifle I have with the exception of a shotgun. Thought about using a shotgun but I just dont like the ballistics of a slug (too big of a hole!) and 00. buck i think would be a little too light on a bear with their thick hide and lots of fat. I was taught by a great bear hunter to shoot IN the back half of the shoulder, not behind the shoulder, capturing damage to the scapula which "takes out their front driveline" while still getting lead in the breadbasket. Has worked very well for me in this placement, but I dont know if .00 or .000 buck would have enough to get through that bone and still open the bear up for bleeding/bloodtrail if they take off. Have shot 3 bears in the brush with this 30-30 and every one DUMPED in its tracks...lots of knock-down power.
Great looking bears so far! Get my first shot tomorrow straight after work, hoping this one’s sticking around.
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