Thanks for all the nice comments everyone. I gotta tell you, I don't get to hunt that much for myself and it was kind of wierd hunting for myself...

I am used to someone else doing the shooting, probably why I missed the big one, I'm out of shooting practice, no real good excuse, just don't shoot as much as I should, no doubt the big one should have been dead...

For the record, I was using a Sako 30/378 topped with a 6x18 Swarovski and 180 gr Barnes TSX. Bullet as usual went right through. It was the first animal for the rifle, it has less than a box of shells through it. I have to tell you, I am impressed with that gun, recoil is incredibly light, not as bad as my 300 Win mag or my son's 7mm.
Turkey Slayer, unfortunately I didn't have any other bear hunts this spring. Just Michelle and myself. Could have used another half dozen hunters to keep busy. Next year there will be more tags so I am hoping we get more hunters. So far I am still 100% on our spring bear hunts.
