Post by: ouchfoss on September 17, 2012, 09:39:19 AM
So after my dad and I started on the blood trail it wasn't more than about 125 yards of easy to follow blood and there she was, in a brushy crappy RMZ but dead and already stiff as could be. Turned out to be a healthy sow about 175-200 (my dad swears she is no less than 200 considering he did all the meat packing for me :chuckle: ). Her hide was in decent shape too so its going in the freezer to maybe get done at some point. Not sure on the skull measurements but I would assume its nowhere close to P&Y minimum.
So Saturday I figured I would go to where I thought the elk were considering I never made it that far on Friday and sure enough there is elk tracks everywhere from the day before but the elk are nowhere to be found Saturday. I am assuming that the reason the bear was in fact walking my direction that day was because the herd was in the swamp Friday morning and the bear just didn't want to hang around which is why he was heading my direction. No complaints here!
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Post by: billythekidrock on September 17, 2012, 04:41:03 PM
Hows the leg holding up? Is it rusting yet? lol
Post by: ouchfoss on September 17, 2012, 05:03:35 PM
Congrats Jesse.I am definetly sore and tired. Leg isnt doing to bad though, thankfully aircraft aluminum is fairly rust resistant. I did get it covered in bear blood and I'm not sure how that effects aluminum though. :chuckle:
Hows the leg holding up? Is it rusting yet? lol
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Post by: ouchfoss on September 17, 2012, 08:07:41 PM
Very cool, Congrats! What were you saying to yourself as it was walking right toward you?
For the first 40 yards I was saying, "keep walking this direction, keep walking this direction"
Then I was saying, "please dont smell me, please dont smell me"
And about 20 yards away I was saying, "Turn broadside, Turn broadside"
And at full draw I was saying, "Stop, Stop, Stop"
Kinda weird how stuff like this gets ingrained in your memory. Not a bad thing though! :tup:
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on September 17, 2012, 09:12:45 PM
Post by: ouchfoss on September 17, 2012, 09:52:11 PM
Right on Jesse! Thats a good size sow. Looks like she has put on quite a bit of fat.
Definetly alot of fat. I got done butchering up the meat this evening and I cut all the fat off and put it in bags and ended up with 3 gallon ziploc bags full of pure fat! I plan to bake the fat to seperate the grease and make cracklins and boot sealer.
Post by: sirmissalot on September 17, 2012, 10:26:11 PM
Right on Jesse! Thats a good size sow. Looks like she has put on quite a bit of fat.
Definetly alot of fat. I got done butchering up the meat this evening and I cut all the fat off and put it in bags and ended up with 3 gallon ziploc bags full of pure fat! I plan to bake the fat to seperate the grease and make cracklins and boot sealer.
Bear cracklin? That sounds interesting let us know how it turns out.
Post by: ouchfoss on September 17, 2012, 10:32:13 PM
Right on Jesse! Thats a good size sow. Looks like she has put on quite a bit of fat.
Definetly alot of fat. I got done butchering up the meat this evening and I cut all the fat off and put it in bags and ended up with 3 gallon ziploc bags full of pure fat! I plan to bake the fat to seperate the grease and make cracklins and boot sealer.
Bear cracklin? That sounds interesting let us know how it turns out.
I cooked some bear fat several years ago just to seperate the grease for my Danners (which works awesome I must say) but never got around to actually eating the cracklins. My dad was saying he has eaten them before and it was awesome so I figured this was a perfect situation to give it a try.
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Post by: ouchfoss on September 21, 2012, 08:52:46 AM
My wife made a shoulder roast from it 2 nights ago and it was awesome! Far better tasting than deer in my opinion. Makes me want to go spend time and try fill bear tag #2 just to add more of that to the freezer.
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Post by: Alchase on September 26, 2012, 11:22:42 AM
Congrats Jesse.I am definetly sore and tired. Leg isnt doing to bad though, thankfully aircraft aluminum is fairly rust resistant. I did get it covered in bear blood and I'm not sure how that effects aluminum though. :chuckle:
Hows the leg holding up? Is it rusting yet? lol
Just breaking it in!
Great story, thanks for sharing it with us, and nice bear. The pics of the meat are making me drool :drool:
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Post by: ouchfoss on September 30, 2012, 06:38:07 PM
I know you are supposed to let them get close in archery man, but damn did you have to let her eat your pants right off of your legs?!? Good looking bear my friend, enjoy all that tasty tasty meat.
:chuckle:
September hunting can be horrible in hot weather so I have made it a habit of wearing "shorts" every year during early archery. Might be a little cold in the mornings but when it gets to be 80 out, your glad you arent wearing jeans.
And yes, she is definetly tasty!
Post by: ouchfoss on September 30, 2012, 06:40:57 PM
Archery Bear 2012 As it lays (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaFpvlpi0ZM#)
Archery Bear 2012 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3GK3kOXiQ#)
Post by: X-Force on September 30, 2012, 06:46:28 PM
Post by: ouchfoss on September 30, 2012, 06:52:20 PM
Congrats! At 12 yrd the blood must have been pumping.My blood was pumping like crazy at 80 yards! :yike: :chuckle: