Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: BULLBLASTER on September 09, 2012, 05:29:42 PM
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got my 2012 WA bear friday afternoon. girlfriend and i got to a glassing spot around 330 pm and were waiting and glassing. had a candy bar at about 5 and the gf spotted a bear (first wild bear shes seen) and was very excited. i watched and played cat and mouse with the bear in the brush for an hour and a half. i was on him at 180 yards and about to shoot when he ducked behind a tree. i watched teh opening on teh other side of the tree for 10 minutes through my scope. then i needed to give my eye a break and stretch my legs so i stood up and looked down the hill to our right and there he was. the bear snuck closer and was working side hill below us. so we jumped up and headed down after. peeked over a rock and there he was walking broadside around 80-85 yards. i pulled up and let him have it! maybe a little overgunned with the 300 RUM and 215 grain bullets at 2950 fps but a hight shoulder hit put him down in a hurry!
not a real big bear but i saw the chocolate color and had to have him! it was hard to tell size in yellow grass also.
thanks for looking!
dropped the skin off for a soft tan today!
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Congrats, really nice color...
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That's definetly Boo Boo, I bet Yogi is very sad :chuckle:
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That's definetly Boo Boo, I bet Yogi is very sad :chuckle:
hey now! be nice! i just picked the easy one to pack out! :chuckle:
besides on huntwa isnt that a 250 lb bear? :dunno:
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congrats...and that will be a lovely soft tanned hide :tup:
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Good looking bear. Nice Color!
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Good looking bear. Nice Color!
thanks all, he also has a 8 inch by 8 inch white patch on his chest. i really want a front half mount but just cant part with that kind of cash right now. so soft tan it is! very thick and soft fur also!
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Congrats!
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Nice bear and congrats!
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Cool bear! Cant pass one with a hide like that! Congrats!
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Congrats,, awesome color bear. We're you on the east or west side?
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now if we can only see pics of the bear the guy shot today who was posing for his camera and changing shirts and folding laundry in the hills..I dunno if I have ever laughed so hard out in the hills hunting at someone :chuckle:
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Congrats! Any bear is a good bear.
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:tup: congrats nice color
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Great job!!
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Good job on a nice looking bear. :tup:
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now if we can only see pics of the bear the guy shot today who was posing for his camera and changing shirts and folding laundry in the hills..I dunno if I have ever laughed so hard out in the hills hunting at someone :chuckle:
I keep checking for his pics! He was striking a mean pose a few times! Good thing that self timer on his camera was working! And he even had 3 changes of camo to find just the right one! It was epic! :chuckle:
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Congrats on a nice bear; and having a girlfriend with a keen eye. ;)
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Nice bear and who cares what it weighs, I don't. :tup:
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Look I think if you tease us with having a girl friend to hunt with ,you should at least have one photo with the gal and bear.
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Beautiful coat! Congrats!! :tup:
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Look I think if you tease us with having a girl friend to hunt with ,you should at least have one photo with the gal and bear.
I have some on the computer at home. Ill try and add one Wednesday when I get back home. It is great having a gal to hunt with! This is her first time bear hunting but she has been elk hunting with me and she even hunts deer!
Thanks for the good words! And I agree that on bears size doesn't matter... to me anyways :P
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Beautiful :tup:
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Nice! Great color!
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Congrats! Any bear is a good bear.
:yeah:
I would be more than happy with any bear let alone a nice chocolate one like that. Good work.
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:brew:
:EAT:
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Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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congrats!! hoping for my first very soon!
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Good going on the bear. Hunting bears is my favorite. Curious about your rifle load. What bullet did you use? What powder? How long is your barrel? Thanks, Rufous.
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Good going on the bear. Hunting bears is my favorite. Curious about your rifle load. What bullet did you use? What powder? How long is your barrel? Thanks, Rufous.
Gun is a sendero 300 rum with brake and Wyatt's box mag and bedded. Shooting Berger 215 grain hybrid bullets with 90.2 grains of retumbo and a overall length of 3.800 these are shooting 2950 out of the 26 inch barrel.
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congrats on the bear! Cant wait to get my first.
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Look I think if you tease us with having a girl friend to hunt with ,you should at least have one photo with the gal and bear.
here is a pic of my gf and the bear
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:tup: :tup:
Grats! Did ya bark at the GF and tell her not to wear black next time? :chuckle: