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Offline Harborhunter

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2012, 09:39:40 PM »
Nice bear!

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2012, 09:42:23 PM »
Cascade,

Congrats man!  That bear has a beautiful coat!  I've seen over 100 bears in the blues.  Not a single one of them was black!   :)  Congrats on what to me is a rare bear down there.

Actually it is a NE bear.

I need to also thank wazzu99 for being a pack mule and dragging me up and down ridges.

Thanks everyone!  Good luck to the rest of you permit holders.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2012, 10:04:13 PM by Cascade »

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #32 on: May 22, 2012, 04:27:09 AM »
Sweet story, thanks for sharing. And congrats.

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #33 on: May 22, 2012, 05:48:40 AM »
Congrats. :tup:
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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #34 on: May 22, 2012, 10:48:55 AM »
Thanks Cascade wouldn't have missed it for nothing!  We had a great hunt and a difficult hunt.  Bears just weren't in the areas we have always found them.  Our group has had this tag 3 times in 4 years and we have all been successful but Cascade and I definetly earned this bear.  Lots of miles on the boots and lots of glassing. 

The turkey hunt went much different then the bear hunt.  After getting the bear taken care of we decided to try a get a tom.  We tried a couple of the areas we always see birds but couldn't get anything talking.  Finally found a tom that wanted to play around 6pm.  I think I called 4 times to that bird at around 400 yards.  Within minutes he almost ran me over!    No camo, no facemask, just a WSU sheatshirt and hat!  20 yard shot and it was over.  9 inch beard, 1" spurs, and over 20 lbs! 

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2012, 05:36:48 PM »
Congrats Luke , great looking bear!!

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #36 on: May 22, 2012, 07:27:27 PM »
Good story, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #37 on: May 22, 2012, 08:50:50 PM »
A bear and then a Tom?  Lucky!

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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #38 on: May 22, 2012, 08:58:14 PM »
Great story! Thanks for sharing! Keeps giving the rest of us hope. :)
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Re: Spring bear success(pics/story added)
« Reply #39 on: May 23, 2012, 09:21:20 AM »
Very pretty coat. Looks like a great time!

 


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