Author Topic: DBD - Dad's Bear Down!!! (Read 10169 times)

flyguide · « **on:** June 03, 2008, 03:05:41 PM »

Well the old man shot his spring bear last week, he went up to the Northeast all by himself and left me behind. I could only make it for a night and he was ready to get after it and stay for a few days. It is a really nice bear and provides an exciting story.

I was planning on going as my dad is not a real big adventure hunter and usually doesn't like going places by himself overnight but this one was different. He told me to stay home and he would call if he needed help. He has never shot a nice bear before and was looking for his first 'wall hanger'. He calls me up all excited telling me he saw one and pushed it out of the road before he could get a shot. As the story goes, he saw another bear just before dark but now shot again.

He is really getting into the bears now which was a big change of pace from our first week up there when we only saw 2 in four days. Next morning he is hiking along and sees a nice brown one down below him about 125 yards. Well he starts getting the shakes and tries to get a nice rest but is unsteady. He sneaks in a little closer and steadies up with his Ruger #1 .270 He shoots the bear and it drops in place with a little kicking for a few seconds. He is pumped, his first big bear! He heads down the hill and the bear is blowing air and moving a little, its back legs are of no use and its head never came up. He stood next to it for a couple minutes and decided to go get the truck.

He hiked back to the truck and was driving down to the bear (it was near a cat road) and he decided to stop and take some scenery pictures so that he could show me where it was standing and where he shot from. As he is taking pictures from about 200 yards away the bear gets up and starts WALKING AWAY into some brush!!!

Before my dad can get a bullet in it it gets away into some thick stuff. Now he is freakin' because he is by himself and the bear was walking ok without dragging its back legs. He is afraid he is gonna lose the bear because there is almost no blood and he has to blind trail it into the bushes. He gets in there (probably holding a second and third shell in his lips to reload that Ruger #1). He jumps the bear at 20-25 feet in the brush and shoots at it 2 more times and finally dumps it.

The funny part is that he calls me up as soon as he found cell coverage talking really fast and excited, full of adrenaline he rolled the 200 lb plus bear down the hill 100 yards, gutted it and loaded into his F-250 all by himself. I have moved some bears and they are tough to transport. The old man was was juicin' on adrenaline because after we got back that bear was hard for 2 of us to move around the garage. His pulse must have been crankin' around 250 beats per minute to have moved that bear himself. It taped 6' 1" nose to tail and had a nice big head. Beautiful bear and a hunt to remember. The kids thought it was cool when Grandpa showed up with a bear in his truck and three generations got to skin out the bear together. Pretty fun.

Moral of the story... never leave a breather!

bucklucky · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2008, 03:16:00 PM »

Awesome and a beautiful bear! What is he doing with it Taxidermy wise?

flyguide · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2008, 03:38:24 PM »

Todd Peyser, open mouth rug. He did one for me in 2005 that looks good.

bucklucky · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2008, 03:41:52 PM »

Good! It will make a beautiful rug.

saylean · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2008, 03:49:45 PM »

Great coat and im glad he recovered the bear without incident. Made me pucker up a bit going in after a wounded bear in the brush on my own...im sure he felt the same. Grats and thanks for the pics!

billythekidrock · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2008, 04:37:39 PM »

Congrats to him and thanks to you for sharing with us.

Snowman · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2008, 04:39:22 PM »

Congrats on the successful hunt.

Rufous · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2008, 05:37:42 PM »

Too Cool! I am really happy for your dad. That was certainly one to remember- "never leave a breather"- good lesson. Gorgeous bear. Rufous.

Curly · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2008, 06:17:30 PM »

That looks like a big sumbitch.

catwithboost · « **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2008, 06:20:38 PM »

Very nice bear. Tell your dad good job!

popeshawnpaul · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2008, 06:24:57 PM »

Great story and adventure.

By the way, seeing a hanging skinned bear always looks like a human to me. Kind of freaks me out at first. Maybe it's just me?

zackmioli · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2008, 06:27:57 PM »

Awesome story! Awesome looking bear! Thanks for posting!

Ridgerunner · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2008, 06:35:51 PM »

Awesome looking bear, man I can't wait to go bear hunting this year. Only a few more months to go.

LongTatLaw · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2008, 07:28:17 PM »

Man that is a pretty color! Congrats! Well played.

jackelope · « **Reply #14 on:** June 03, 2008, 07:41:59 PM »

great looking bear and congrats to your dad.
all these nice bears this year is really starting to peak my interest.

Red Dawg · « **Reply #15 on:** June 03, 2008, 07:53:13 PM »

very nice bear. I am jealous. I want one.

Ghost Hunter · « **Reply #16 on:** June 03, 2008, 07:55:57 PM »

Great job and great story

Gutpile · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2008, 08:00:33 PM »

What a hog! That thing dwarfs mine. Holy Smokes. Love that color too!

ICEMAN · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2008, 09:55:09 PM »

Great Bear! You didn't tell us how sore your dad was the next day!

Jackjr · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2008, 10:05:44 PM »

Nice bear

Timber · « **Reply #20 on:** June 04, 2008, 05:42:12 AM »

Great story and great bear!

boneaddict · « **Reply #21 on:** June 04, 2008, 06:26:56 AM »

Very Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GoldTip · « **Reply #22 on:** June 04, 2008, 06:47:32 AM »

Nope Pope, thats what humans do look like skinned out. Is kind of freaky.

Great looking bear, will make a beauty of a rug.

Muleyslyr · « **Reply #23 on:** June 04, 2008, 12:20:07 PM »

No doubt! Sweet lookin' Bear! Congrats to your Dad. Thanks for the pics.

Abolt338 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2008, 03:23:05 PM »

Dang Straight...NEVER EVER leave a breather!

Glad it ended well for your pops.

RW

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2008, 04:05:40 PM »

Thats a Great looking Bear. It should rug out real nice! Congrats to your dad!

Slider · « **Reply #26 on:** June 05, 2008, 09:16:59 AM »

Wow!!! He's a Beauty!!! Congrats

T-ROY · « **Reply #27 on:** June 05, 2008, 10:43:40 AM »

Very nice, tell him great job

SuperDave · « **Reply #28 on:** June 05, 2008, 07:22:23 PM »

Excellent color and great story!

WAcoueshunter · « **Reply #29 on:** June 05, 2008, 07:52:20 PM »

That kicks ass...awesome bear. My dad's about the same age, and I can only hope I get the same phone calls some time.

robb92 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 06, 2008, 05:56:00 PM »

Congrats to your dad!!! Very nice bear!!!

Head-shot · « **Reply #31 on:** June 06, 2008, 09:39:59 PM »

Congrats on a great looking bear.

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