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Saturday double on black bears
« on: August 31, 2025, 12:43:07 PM »
My hunting buddy and I dedicated the entire Labor Day weekend to hunting bears this year. We met up on Friday and hunted the evening with very little to share when we both got back to camp that evening. The woods were full of people and side by sides everywhere we went. That night we discussed our game plan for the morning and both decided all day sits in deep dark canyons were the right play to get away from people. So well before sunrise we split up and headed opposite directions, I went to a spot where we had bear sporadic activity on camera throughout the summer and he went to an all new area that neither of us had been into for many years. When I got to my spot I had low hopes of seeing anything due to the bear being there the day prior and never showing up two days in a row before. To my surprise after only about 30 minutes of sitting I could hear movement in the thick brush slowly moving my direction, within a few moments this  dry sow was standing 35 yards from me quartering away. I sent a round her way and watched her flop around for a second then disappear back into the brush, clearly seeing signs of a solid hit from where I was sitting. At that same moment my phone vibrated, it was my hunting buddy texting me to say that he had a bear down and needed help with the pack out! We were fifteen miles apart both with bears down and ugly pack outs ahead of us. So I called my brother and nephew in to help with the work load. We have doubled on deer and elk before but this was our first bear double. Between the two of us we have harvested seven bears in seven years, four for me and three for him. He had never hunted anything prior to 2021 and has taken three nice bears, and one hell of a white tail buck so far!
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2025, 12:46:01 PM »
Nice job
Great story
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2025, 12:48:48 PM »
Congrats to both of you. 

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2025, 01:19:02 PM »
Good job guys!!  I'm crossing my fingers for a little of your luck to rub off on me this year.

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2025, 01:31:46 PM »
That's a cool story! Congrats!

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2025, 01:47:49 PM »
Great job, you guys! Enjoy that sausage.
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2025, 02:01:14 PM »
That's a really cool accomplishment!
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2025, 02:51:13 PM »
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2025, 02:56:53 PM »
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2025, 03:18:27 PM »
Great job, guys!

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2025, 03:19:39 PM »
Well done, congrats to you and your buddy! Great looking bears!
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2025, 03:35:11 PM »
Congratulations to you both, great job.
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2025, 05:15:43 PM »
Hell yeah!
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2025, 05:21:40 PM »
Nicely done guys.👍
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2025, 09:01:27 PM »
This is awesome! Nicely done!

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2025, 11:34:21 PM »
Very nice - congrats!


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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2025, 01:30:55 AM »
Those are nice and that's awesome.


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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2025, 05:39:35 AM »
Dandies!!!

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2025, 06:50:48 AM »
He’ll yeah, Congrats to you both.  Bear meat is some of the best.

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2025, 07:11:18 AM »
Very nice! Congratulations to you both!
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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2025, 02:54:33 PM »
Sweet, ..... congrats 👏
Double sounds awesome.

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2025, 05:08:07 PM »
Great Job On Such A hot Weekend   

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2025, 05:41:07 PM »
Nice job

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Re: Saturday double on black bears
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2025, 05:49:16 PM »
Awesome!!
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