One of you is SLACKING!

[Goomsba]

Not starting until after Labor Day weekend!!! 

[Wazukie]

80+ degree weather is two hot on the Mt.  Im going to wait till at least the middle of September before I really get going.

[ashersdad]

 I have to wait tell sept 1st but I am counting hours. If all goes right Ill have some nice pics of a bear on the ground by dark on the first 

[Swannytheswan]

I went out tonight but nothing and it was hot...D-Rock I could use your help these bear have me stumped!

[Todd_ID]

Not slacking here.  Just have no open season.  I could've shot a couple since the rest of the state's been open, but no season here means no bears shot by me.

[Cap.Silver]

Sorry,it was me slacking too ... filleted,de-boned,brined and smoked about 12 salmon today plus some tuna ...and vacuum packed +cleaned up everything .....just too hot for going on mountain hunt .

[fair-chase]

I'll admit I have been slacking. Last weekend was my only outing to date and I was only able to put in a day and a half. Did spot 4 bears though and had one very clumsy blown stalk that I will have to take complete responsibility for.

[ouchfoss]

Saw a fatty bear this evening right before dark but unfortunetly I dont have a 275 yard pin on my bow. 

[JackOfAllTrades]

I'm taking a solo hike in the morning. I'll take camera and pistola. Not 'really' hunting to kill. Just a little scouting for my boys.

-Steve

[boneaddict]

I tend to not hunt bear in August.   I hate fighting heat and bees.   Course it was only 97 here yesterday so.........   

[dirty24d]

i messed up  a shot at a bruiser a couple days ago. maybe  he was 30 yards max..   caught me off guard as i was walking.  if i had just turned and shot offhand immediately i might have put him down, but i hesitated to check him out plus my heart was in throat as he was staring right at me and sniffing with his lips curled..  by the time i gathered myself the only  shot i had was either right in the face or shoot through a bush and  hope i guessed  right..   

I chose to wait for the shot especially because i was offhand with no where to rest due to me being slightly up hill from him..   he stared at me for another minute sniffed again and made his way into the dark timber never presenting a shot...


Really intense!!!! and man i was bummed after and still am  but i know deep down i did the responsible thing as much as it sucks!!!

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I am a slacker !!
going to give it a shot this evening, tommorrow morning, see whats what (actually gotta go pick up my chair from down in my "hole")
might need to look somewhere else, as not much action on my spring trail......

[Buckslaya]

i messed up  a shot at a bruiser a couple days ago. maybe  he was 30 yards max..   caught me off guard as i was walking.  if i had just turned and shot offhand immediately i might have put him down, but i hesitated to check him out plus my heart was in throat as he was staring right at me and sniffing with his lips curled..  by the time i gathered myself the only  shot i had was either right in the face or shoot through a bush and  hope i guessed  right..   

I chose to wait for the shot especially because i was offhand with no where to rest due to me being slightly up hill from him..   he stared at me for another minute sniffed again and made his way into the dark timber never presenting a shot...


Really intense!!!! and man i was bummed after and still am  but i know deep down i did the responsible thing as much as it sucks!!!

Good choice, plus you never know if it was a sow with cubs, but perhaps you were certain it was a male...

[boneaddict]

Nice job!   I wish there were more stories like that on here.   Well done!

[dirty24d]

Nice job!   I wish there were more stories like that on here.   Well done!

 Thanks fellas, although i felt like it was for sure a boar I'm not experienced enough to say 100 % it could have been a sow, that and i just wont take a shot that im not certain is going to deliver pretty mucn an instant guaranteed kill.  i know there are never guarantees  but there are high percentile situations..  Because of this  I've missed out on some monster bears of the last 2 years and a huge 4x4  2 years ago  but at the end of the day i know i made the right decision.   Now i just need to get my first bear !!!!