First chocolate bear

[scottfrick]

Monday 8/18/2025 I took my buddy and his son bear hunting in a place we grew up hunting. With it being so many years since we had been up there I mostly just wanted to get out and revisit the area and see what had changed and see views that I haven’t seen in many years. First area we got to show his son mountain goats, which he said was totally awesome! We then went another direction and I quickly spotted this bear on a ridge feeding on Huckle berries. I tried to get my buddy setup on it but he could never locate the bear. With the bear moving and looking like it was about to head out I opted to shoot and made a great 333 yard shot. We went over, found blood and tracked it maybe 40 yards and found the bear. She’s a dry sow, short but stalky and my coolest looking bear to date!

[scottfrick]

Rugged out

[Kingofthemountain83]

  Congrats...

[Dan-o]

Cool way to revisit your old spot!     

[hunter399]

Heck ya congrats 👍

[dreadi]

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[pianoman9701]

Wow, what a cool hide and bear. Congratulations!

[Gentrys]

Congrats!

[greenhead_killer]

Nice bear!!

[pianoman9701]

Looks like a sunburst.

[92xj]

What the heck is going on in the photo from the rope to the wheel well to the tag wallet and on the front leg of the bear?

[greenhead_killer]

That is the soul leaving the hide

[link]

What the heck is going on in the photo from the rope to the wheel well to the tag wallet and on the front leg of the bear?

He had to edit out the big buck deadhead he found while packing that bear out 

[carpsniperg2]

Always nice to get some color!

[bearhunter99]

Gorgeous bear!  Well done!

[scottfrick]

What the heck is going on in the photo from the rope to the wheel well to the tag wallet and on the front leg of the bear?

It was a photo that I had edited when I post it to Facebook. I didn’t want those nazis to band me for showing blood meat and bones lol. But this was the best photo that showed the colors of the hide.

[scottfrick]

What the heck is going on in the photo from the rope to the wheel well to the tag wallet and on the front leg of the bear?

He had to edit out the big buck deadhead he found while packing that bear out 

I wish lol.

[high_hunter]

Congrats on a nice bear and getting others out in the woods.  Hopefully it was into berries and is a good eater!

[HillHound]

Nice! Glad to see you saving those fawns and calves

[scottfrick]

Congrats on a nice bear and getting others out in the woods.  Hopefully it was into berries and is a good eater!

Gutting it open I swear there was a gallon of full huckleberry’s. It was quite impressive! She was just vacuuming them up.

[pashok23]

Nice job 👍