collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: fun encounter leaves me puzzled  (Read 1626 times)

Offline blacktailcrzy

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Feb 2011
  • Posts: 236
  • Location: kitsap
fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« on: August 14, 2011, 08:00:23 PM »
the last two days i have bin bear hunting hard with my new bow and yesterday passed a bear witch looked to be 160-180 it had really big and pointed ears so i decided it was to young and small but i had him dead to rights at twenty yards while he was on his back feet  just staring at me. but today i went to a new area and as i came out of this thick scotch broom trail i decided to stop and let every thing quiet down because i was making noise but after siting for a min or so then i realized a big bear was only fifteen yards from me but between us was a twelve foot tall BlackBerry thicket and he was on the other side snorting and blowing and broke a alder and stomped the ground and just riping the ground up and was just showing alot of anger so i just moved a little bit and set up hoping he would find a way through the sticker bushes  but after he stoped and did not come into view i started snorting and kicking bushes and he did not come out and i sat and sat and never saw it but i was wondering what could i of done to get him out in the open ? i tried to circle around but had no luck getting on him again.

Offline sebek556

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: May 2011
  • Posts: 2603
  • Location: ne,wa
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 08:39:04 PM »
I would of hit a distress call, you were making lots of noise you said then sat to be quite, so like a yote chasing a rabbit lots of noise a Lil silence then squeal.. worth a shot  :dunno:

Offline dreamunelk

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 2049
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 08:53:48 PM »
Are you sure it was not a boar expressing his displeasure at you being there?  Has happened to me many times while working.  Pretty much exactly as you described.  The big boy's will challenge you.  Can get a little disconcerting when they follow you, but a good thing when you are hinting.  Normally they will stay in cover.

Offline Kain

  • Scalpless
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2008
  • Posts: 5859
  • Location: Vantucky, WA
  • VantuckyKain
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 09:09:03 PM »
Sounds like he knew you were a human and was upset.  Probably nothing you could have done to get him to come out beside cornering him.

Here is a cool video of a nice sized boar huffing at a hunter.  You can tell he really does not want to be there but doesnt want to turn his back either. 
Fast forward to 6:50
Huffin Puffin Heartbeat Bear Hunting 2011

Offline JackOfAllTrades

  • Rasbo said I Ain't Right.
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Feb 2009
  • Posts: 6509
  • Location: Lynden, WA.
  • Μολὼν λαβέ
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 09:20:41 PM »
Circle around him/her while trying to stay down wind while he's huffing. If you're up wind and pretty sure he won't come through the blackberry thicket and, just want to get him to move so you can move on, take a piss on the biggest maple leaf you can find.

-Steve
The NRA says I'm a Master!
Colt's, Ruger's, Dan Wesson, & Kimber are my friends!
Proud to be a U.S. Navy Veteran.

If you never follow your dreams, you'll never go anywhere.

Critical thinking keeps people from freaking the hell out every time some half baked blogger forgets his meds. Unlike some of you, I do not have TawkethOutOfAnus© syndrome.

Offline pat riotic

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Sep 2010
  • Posts: 262
  • Location: Ridgefield, Wa
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2011, 10:09:25 AM »
well good luck on a big bear sorry that one didnt work out
Made In America and Born to Hunt!

Offline blacktailcrzy

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Feb 2011
  • Posts: 236
  • Location: kitsap
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2011, 07:34:03 PM »
kain - it was kinda like that but louder and way more aggressive while braking stuff

jackofalltrades- i did circle but so did the bear so i was practically chasing my tail

Offline Kain

  • Scalpless
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Sep 2008
  • Posts: 5859
  • Location: Vantucky, WA
  • VantuckyKain
Re: fun encounter leaves me puzzled
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2011, 10:31:52 AM »
Sounds like he just wanted to get away.  If you backed out of the area maybe he would have calmed down and made a mistake by running off thirty yards and stopping to look back.   :dunno:  I have spooked tons of animals that do this when they dont feel so threatened.

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Selkirk bull moose. by lewy
[Today at 01:22:11 PM]


Bow mount trolling motors by Stein
[Today at 09:05:06 AM]


Oregon results posted. by trophyhunt
[Today at 08:51:12 AM]


best draw for moose unit wise by hunter399
[Today at 08:31:10 AM]


Idaho 2025 Controlled Hunts by trophyelk6x6
[Today at 08:24:13 AM]


2025 OILS! by Ridgerunner
[Today at 07:40:49 AM]


FFL preferences or warnings in Olympia or south Sound area? by lhrbull
[Today at 06:59:24 AM]


Nooksack Archery Tag by LongBomb
[Today at 06:29:37 AM]


I’m on a blacktail mission by Turner89
[Yesterday at 11:33:35 PM]


AKC lab puppies! Born 06/10/2025 follow as they grow!!! by scottfrick
[Yesterday at 09:54:06 PM]


Basin elk by hughjorgan
[Yesterday at 09:50:49 PM]


Getting back into dogs by bearpaw
[Yesterday at 09:06:14 PM]


Cowiche Quality Buck by Nwgunner
[Yesterday at 08:55:00 PM]


MA-10 Coho by WAcoueshunter
[Yesterday at 08:50:46 PM]


Is FS70 open? by CarbonHunter
[Yesterday at 08:09:04 PM]


Muzzy Mission Quality!!! by NOCK NOCK
[Yesterday at 07:49:11 PM]


Colockum Archery Bull Tag by Smittyk44
[Yesterday at 04:23:53 PM]


49 degrees north late Moose tag by Buzzsaw461
[Yesterday at 04:11:52 PM]


I'm Going To Need Karl To Come up With That 290 Muley Sunscreen Bug Spray Combo by BULLBLASTER
[Yesterday at 03:53:35 PM]


Mature bulls during late season? by Pete112288
[Yesterday at 03:51:08 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal