High Bear Hunt

[True Sportsman]

I wanted to share the story and pics of my bear from this year. I picked out an area i wanted to go in that I had never been to before. I wanted to find some high elevation berry fields and hopefully find some bears, and I accomplished that...
On the drive into the area, I found a spot off the main road where I could see a high mountain meadows way up on the hill. It was probably half mile away. I glassed it through the windshield with my binoculars and thought I could see a black speck in the middle of the green meadow. I shut the truck off and glassed from out side. Sure enough, it was a bear roaming around the high meadows. I thought to myself, "I need to go up there".
I drove another mile or so, loaded my pack and headed up. I followed a trail for a while then bailed off up this hill. The hill was around 70% slope and timbered. Very Steep. It was about 3/4 mile before it broke out onto a rock outcrop and revealed scattered timber, and berry fields. I stopped to glass and 30 seconds later I spotted a sow and a cub at 650 yards. 2 minuted later i spotted a lone bear in the timber at 250 yards. I decided to shoot the close bear. Of course, he ducked behind a tree after I got set up and I lost track of him. My rifle was laying on the ground and I was standing up glassing. A couple minutes later, I heard rustling ahead of me and had a bad gut feeling. I quickly reached down, grabbed my rifle, pointed it in the direction of the sound, and clicked the safety off. Not a couple seconds later, a small bear walks out from behind a tree only 10 yards away! I guessed him at about 100lbs. He stared for a while, then slowly moved away. I tried to dig my camera out of my pocket for a pic, but he caught my movement and ran like hell! I glassed for an hour or so and decided to go after the single bear I had seen. I had so much fun. I found him and snuck after him for about 30 minutes. I could catch glimses of him, and finally saw him long enough to shoot. Small bear about 125lbs. Prettiest country I have ever seen. The most action I've ever had. Seen 5 bears, one real close, and had fun! Never saw another person the whole day.

[PacificNWhunter]

Gotta love the high country, it's even better when your the only one up there. Nice bear.

[ser300wsm]

Great job, looks & sounds like you had a great time up there... Love the high country, nobody around... 

[granola/hippyslayer]

congrats

[Skyvalhunter]

nice bear and story congrats

[JackOfAllTrades]

Nothin better than a high country bear. The effort you put out for them is paid back ten fold in rewards you can't put into words.

-Steve

[Machias]

Nice job congrats!  Thanks for the write up.

[skier2480]

The only way to hunt black bears in my opinion.

[Smokepole]

Nice hunt.  Sure sounds like fun.  Thanks for the pics and story.

[saylean]

Looks like a great time! Good lookin bear too!

[llamabob]

nice bear.the more you hunt the high country the more it gets into your blood.I shot my first bear in1975 in the glacier peak wilderness during my first highhunt and have hunted the high peaks ever since.look forward to seeing more photos and stories from you it helps feed my addiction.

[Skyvalhunter]

Time for llamaBob to post some of his hunting addiction pics!!