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Offline ToddD

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Found my spring bear this morning.
« on: May 02, 2008, 11:27:02 PM »
Yesterday afternoon I caught a brief glimpse of a bear but couldn't call him back out.  After reading the recommendations on this board, we went back to the same area this morning.  

We sat on a point overlooking the area where yesterday's bear had gone.  We ran the call with fawn distress for quite some time.  After a while the wind really picked up and we both started to worry about our way out of the area considering the chainsaw was tucked away nicely in the garage.  Oops.

As we rounded a corner on the way out, we saw a bear walking away from us through a clearcut.  He was almost in the middle of the cut and grazing slowly along.  He didn't hear the pickup, mostly I think due to the wind.

I jumped out of the truck and moved up on him until found a place to sit down with a clear shot.
185 yds and 1 shot with the .300 WSM he tumbled about 10 feet down the hill.

This was much a bigger boar than I expected when I first applied for the spring Monroe hunt.  Without a scale on the side of the hill, we figure he was around 275 lbs.

We figure the calling last night must not have affected him and he had continued to graze all night.  He was about 1 mile from where I saw him last night and had just followed the base of the hillside around the knob.

Thank you all for your help and recommendations.  This is both my first spring bear, and my first Washington state bear.  Here are a few pictures.

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2008, 12:28:25 AM »
Great looking bear!

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2008, 12:29:54 AM »
Congrats! thats a great looking bear!

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2008, 04:56:29 AM »
Congrats!

I am glad the board could be of some help. Looks like it has a good hide on it.
How much/little fat did it have?
Do you have any pics of it's teeth?
Did you happen to cut open it's stomach?




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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2008, 06:49:41 AM »
pretty hide on him.   Nicely done!

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2008, 06:54:37 AM »
Congrats!! thats a good lookin bear!

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2008, 06:55:13 AM »
Congratulations on a nice looking bear. Love the jet black hide on that guy.

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2008, 07:03:28 AM »
Congrats. Looks like a very nice bear.

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2008, 07:25:39 AM »
Great Bear, love the Jet Black Coat.  We are leaving to night to head back to the Blues for ours.  Let's hope you broke seal and the rest of us will now score.

Congrats




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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2008, 07:29:36 AM »
Beautiful bear. Thanks for posting the pictures.

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2008, 07:40:58 AM »
Great job, glad to see someone got a spring bear. 

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2008, 07:43:30 AM »
Nice looking bear!  Are you gonna rug him? Lifesize?  Congratulations 

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2008, 07:48:21 AM »
Very nice!  Hope to match it.
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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2008, 08:42:32 AM »
That is a great bear. I really like those jet black rugs.

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Re: Found my spring bear this morning.
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2008, 08:44:55 AM »
Mighty purdy!  Conflatulations!

 


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