Author Topic: NE Bear down. (Read 16926 times)

92xj · « **on:** May 28, 2012, 04:03:16 PM »

Well, it was a great weekend....or, I guess I should say great first 5 hours of a 4 day weekend long hunt.

After many PMs with Bearpaw, stopping by his place 3 weeks ago and BSing, I decided I needed his help with the bears. He offered me a place to stay and to show me some new areas that I missed in my scouting trip the last time up. After getting there Thursday evening, Dale and I proceeding to chat about everything under the sun besides bear hunting till midnight. Finally I was kicked out of his house to the cabins with a goodnight message of I will come knock on your door at 330 and we will head out. Off to the cabin I go for 3 hours of sleep.

Not expecting Dale to take time out of his day and holiday weekend to go with me Friday morning rolls around and there is hot breakfast waiting for me. After I eat, I gather all my things and Dale pulls up in his rig and says jump in. What an awesome way to start the day...with Dale himself taking me out, showing me the ropes, teaching me the techniques and showing me areas that I missed before.

On the way out we check some turkey spots to locate some birds for some clients coming in the morning to hunt. Honk the horn, bird fires off, check!

On to the bear woods. First thing spotted a cow moose. That right there made my day. Round a bend, a nice buck and then a few more behind him. Once again, my day is made. Finally we get into a lower spot with nice green grass growing, Dale,"There just has to be a bear here"....

From the back seat, my buddy that wanted to come and was offered to come with me by Dale, starts hollering BEAR BEAR BEAR...Dale"Would you shut the hell up!!" Not really, he just said, queit down young chap. The bear sees us and as I am fumbling to get a round in the chamber, I had a come to Jesus talk. He told me, open the bolt to insert said round.
Once I figure out this new concept, the bear turns and heads into the woods. Dale says come on, so off we go. Luckily the bear decided to walk 30 yards off the old logging road for about 150 yards. Finally after catching bits and pieces with no clean shot I get to a window. I see 1 yearling bear with the one I am after. This bear was so stinking blonde, almost white, around the 50-70lbs mark. But I cant see the big one. Finally I spot her facing directly away from me, once I do this, the yearling sees me and hauls tail out of there. Big bear does nothing...perfect! Now, I just have to wait for her to turn. She turns to the right about 1 degree and I figured thats all I need. BOOM, 300 goes off, she does a back flip, lands and crashed 8 yards away. Then out of nowhere another yearling charges straight at us. Stops around 7 feet, stands on its back legs and decides that I have the power to end its life and turns and runs off. Go check my bear, dead as can be, head back to truck to get cameras and range find the distance...22 yards from us to impact.
What a rush.

All in all, I could not have done it without Dale. He is an amazing guy with a wealth of knowledge and I owe him big time. He treated me like a king and I had an amazing experience with him. I will be back to his house. To hang out, work around the yard and will also use him again on many more hunts in the future... Thanks again Dale.

smdave · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:07:53 PM »

Very cool looking bear

Cap.Silver · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:08:06 PM »

Nice cinamon Yogi ,congratulations.....

hrd2fnd · « **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:08:36 PM »

Congrats,

scottfrick · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:08:54 PM »

Thats a very pretty bear, congrats!!! Sounds like it was a great experience!!!

mfswallace · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:10:42 PM »

great story and bear!!!

Huntbear · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:13:53 PM »

Aweseome bear!!!! Beautiful!

Oh, and that whole open the bolt before inserting cartridges??? It has been around awhile... but even us experienced guys forget to open said bolt...

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:23:04 PM »

Very nice color on that bear.Congrats! I am still after my first color phase

CAMPMEAT · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:51:06 PM »

Very nice. Did Dale cook the b-fast ? Just wondering if he knows how to cook...........

buckfvr · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2012, 04:56:42 PM »

Great bear !!!! This september, Im all about bear....and grouse, and deer.....

Jason · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:03:05 PM »

Awesome!!

Cascade · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:08:57 PM »

great job! That is a good looking bear.

high country · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:20:46 PM »

Nice. I almost shot an identical one last night.

BullMagnet76 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:32:26 PM »

Nice Bear, Congrats!!!!!!!!!

BOWHUNTER45 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:34:47 PM »

Very nice color phase bear their now ..... Congrats to Dale & You both ...sounds like you guys had a ball

denali · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:40:39 PM »

Great looking bear

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:42:34 PM »

Nice Bear!! That is a nice write up on Dale!!

92xj · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2012, 05:49:45 PM »

Quote from: Austrian Hunter on May 28, 2012, 05:42:34 PM

Nice Bear!! That is a nice write up on Dale!!

I wish I could describe the experience better than I did. From pulling in the driveway to leaving the driveway was amazing. Great man with a great wife and a lot of knowledge.

ShaneTyTrey · « **Reply #18 on:** May 28, 2012, 06:29:34 PM »

What a beauty great job

Mudman · « **Reply #19 on:** May 28, 2012, 06:33:25 PM »

That is a beautiful bear. Gotta love those colorphase bears! Congrats.

Rooster1981 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2012, 09:00:50 PM »

Way to go

Great job

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #21 on:** May 28, 2012, 11:43:47 PM »

Good Looking Bear!

JCKILLSHOT · « **Reply #22 on:** May 29, 2012, 12:51:31 AM »

Awesome!!!!

Huntboy · « **Reply #23 on:** May 29, 2012, 05:44:28 AM »

Congrats on the bear. Way to help him out Dale.

h20hunter · « **Reply #24 on:** May 29, 2012, 06:30:45 AM »

That my friend is an awesome bear!

Ridgerunner · « **Reply #25 on:** May 29, 2012, 06:52:21 AM »

Awesome looking bear sounds like a great hunt

saylean · « **Reply #26 on:** May 29, 2012, 09:00:01 AM »

Nice color phase man.

Kowsrule30 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 29, 2012, 10:31:14 AM »

Beautiful bear!!!!

92xj · « **Reply #28 on:** May 29, 2012, 11:17:07 AM »

Heck, I forgot to mention.... This bear had been shot before. In the left shoulder there were bullet fragments and a scarred hole in the should blade muscle area. Luckily their bullet/gun wasnt big enough. I was shooting my 300WM with 208 grain Amax. I was a little nervous with that round on what it would do. I talked with a hunting buddy that uses that on elk all the time and loves them. I dont really have an input on what I think about their performance since it was a 22 yard shoot with a 300 wm. I think anything would have done the trick at that range. The bear was hit, jumped on the ground and dead in 8 yards within 2 seconds. Very quick and clean kill.

Wea300mag · « **Reply #29 on:** May 29, 2012, 07:06:08 PM »

Great looking bear, love the color.

trophyhunt · « **Reply #30 on:** May 29, 2012, 07:23:03 PM »

Well that didn't take long!! Nice job, way to put em down.

bearpaw · « **Reply #31 on:** May 30, 2012, 07:15:46 PM »

92xj I had a great time hunting bear and visiting with you guys.

Have been turkey hunting since you left, the guy from Mississippi killed two birds and we got another 5 birds after he left. I'm hoping to get out bear hunting again tommorow.

92xj · « **Reply #32 on:** May 30, 2012, 08:06:07 PM »

Good luck tomorrow!
Chip came over to the cabin when he was suppose to go to bed. Talked for a good while and got his contact info. Congrats on his birds. I know he was pumped up!

Let me know when you get done with your hunts and are ready for some work around the house and/or on stands.

bearpaw · « **Reply #33 on:** May 30, 2012, 08:29:09 PM »

Chip was pretty tired the next day, he said he visited with you guys in your cabin.

I've been going hard since you left, finally got 4 hours of sleep this afternoon, I am like a new man.

I might be going down to see Chip and go hog hunting when the wife and I go to her family reunion in WI. I looked at the map and WI is 2/3 of the way to MI. He says the hogs are a terrible nuisance on his farm.

bassquatch · « **Reply #34 on:** May 31, 2012, 11:41:12 AM »

Awesome job and a great story!! That's the way it should be!

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #35 on:** May 31, 2012, 09:21:14 PM »

Great bear. It will be a nice coat for a rug.

Titan-1 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 04, 2012, 03:05:35 PM »

Great job man... Dale is a class act for sure!!

92xj · « **Reply #37 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:02:46 PM »

Update....

So, not only was this bear shot by me with a 300wm and the other person that shot the opposite shoulder that I did, it also had a rear leg shot with bird shot. I was prepping a leg to throw on the smoker, in the process I found bird shot in it. So, this bear has been shot at least 3 times!

Got the skull cleaned and white. The hide is getting tanned and doing a half mount with it.

ShaneTyTrey · « **Reply #38 on:** February 26, 2013, 08:36:01 PM »

Have you got the mount back by chance and who is doing/did the work

92xj · « **Reply #39 on:** February 28, 2013, 10:17:38 AM »

Sure have!
Tyler Ono did the mount for me.
Will find some pics now....

92xj · « **Reply #40 on:** February 28, 2013, 10:20:06 AM »

Crap cell phone pics

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #41 on:** February 28, 2013, 11:33:27 AM »

Cool

Love his color!!!!

Mudman · « **Reply #42 on:** February 28, 2013, 11:35:38 AM »

Bueatiful beast!

n_mathews13 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 29, 2014, 12:18:06 PM »

Tyler dose good work

bmonti76 · « **Reply #44 on:** July 30, 2014, 12:29:07 PM »

Thank you for sharing your experience with us, really nice trophy.

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