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Title: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
Post by: saylean on April 26, 2013, 09:07:09 PM
More to follow...work to be done first...its a dandy bear.
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Post by: h20hunter on April 26, 2013, 09:07:56 PM
Nice
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Post by: Rufous on April 26, 2013, 09:13:05 PM
Happy to hear it. Take care of the bear, then post up a story and pics please.
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Post by: 270Flat on April 26, 2013, 09:14:03 PM
Sweet!!
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on April 26, 2013, 09:37:34 PM
Congrats can't wait for the story and pics
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Post by: scottfrick on April 26, 2013, 09:40:22 PM
Awesome!
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Post by: jackelope on April 26, 2013, 09:50:47 PM
 :tup:
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Post by: Dbax129 on April 26, 2013, 10:00:26 PM
Awesome! Tag for photos and story
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Post by: Huntboy on April 26, 2013, 10:06:18 PM
Great, pics and story?
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Post by: pendoreilleadventures on April 26, 2013, 10:15:41 PM
Tag

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Post by: kglacken on April 26, 2013, 10:31:27 PM
Sweet! Had to stay home this weekend, but ill be out to Copalis again next weekend.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 26, 2013, 11:03:44 PM
Nice ..can not wait to see it  :tup:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 26, 2013, 11:11:31 PM
Sweetness
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Post by: D-Rock425 on April 27, 2013, 07:43:23 AM
 :tup:
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Post by: Wea300mag on April 27, 2013, 07:49:19 AM
Nice work X, way to get it done!
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on April 27, 2013, 07:54:15 AM
OK now great job! Now the pics???? :tup:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 27, 2013, 08:06:23 AM
Congrats, hmmm bear pics.  :tup:
Title: Re: X-Force bagged a skagit bear tonight
Post by: saylean on April 27, 2013, 12:07:34 PM
Meats on the way to butcher, hide to taxidermist....story should be up soon I would expect....
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Post by: bearmanric on April 27, 2013, 12:13:57 PM
Sweet. Rick :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: dc1608 on April 27, 2013, 12:18:08 PM
Good job on the bear.  Can't wait for photos!
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Post by: X-Force on April 27, 2013, 01:40:15 PM
So a little story…

First I would like to apologize that I don’t have any pictures yet. I also don’t have any great pictures because I did not bring a camera with me when I harvested the bear. The pictures I do have and hope to post soon where taken after the cavalry arrived and then it was all business.

A little back story

Since the first weekend in April I have been working on my new house; stripping popcorn, demoing walls, generally making a mess. My wife and I have an in house target date for the middle of June. With that schedule I knew that my time hunting this spring would be minimal to say the least.

With that being said I took the last two days off work just to work on the house… no hunting. My wonderful wife said that since I took off work I don’t need to waste my time hunting. I needed to be productive.

The story

Well last night after putting in long nights all last weekend and most of the days this week I said, “hey honey lets go for a hike” aka bear hunting. She shot me down about as fast at the words came out of my mouth… typical. So running late I had to stop by ACE and the house to get things together so that I could work on the house after my evening hunt.

The whole time I have had the place I haven’t had one neighbor stop in to say hi, no welcome to the neighborhood etc. Last night that changed. I had a nice elderly lady stop in to welcome me to the neighborhood and asked if she would snoop around the place. I was grateful to have someone finally show interest in their new neighbors plus I got to show all the things we are doing with the place.

After all the looking and bsing I was running another 30 min behind and I didn’t leave Woolley until 6.
Even though I was running late I wanted to stick to my plan of hitting a spot Saylean and I looked over last time I had this tag.

I got through the gate, drove to a predetermined spot, dumped the truck and slowly hunted through stands of trees that are just about the right age. Its early in the season and I didn’t see any fresh peels, no scat, no real sign of bears. I worked my way into a clearing with ankle high grass and caught a couple elk out in the open. I hunkered down so as not to spook them and watched a herd of about 20 feed 45 to 80 yards from me. Eventually an old cow got down wind of me and pushed the herd out of sight. With the elk busting me but not barking I decided to head up farther. But just before I hit the timber again I caught elk out of the corner of my eye. They didn’t bust. The cow pushed them just out of sight but they turned and were working their way back.

I again hunker down. It was getting to be the right time of the evening. Critters were stirring. Within 10 or so minutes I hear something rustling in the brush… Just by the sound I knew I was at least going to see black. As the bear came into view it laid down. With a dead tree in the way all I could see was its head. It was a good bear. Immediately, I knew I wanted to take him I just had to be patient.

The wait seemed to drag on forever but was probably no more the 10 minutes. But with all the bloodsuckers swirling my head it took all my strength not to start swiping them by the handful.

The bear got up and started to feed toward me. As he did he cleared all the brush and branches between him and I giving me a clear window. Now, all I had to do was wait for the shot to present itself. Meanwhile the elk herd either smelt me again or spotted the bear. A cow started barking and it was make or break time.

This whole time while the bear was walking toward me I kept the cross hairs on him. When the cow barked the bear was almost dead on straight on me. I didn’t want the bear to skedaddle so I settled the cross hairs center of chest and squeezed. The bear spun on a dime and nailed the trail it came in on. Within seconds I hear the death bawl.

I can’t believe he went 40 yards. The bullet clipped one lung and took out his heart.

To be continued. Im working on an hour sleep.
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 27, 2013, 01:49:21 PM
Great story, awesome looking bear! :tup:
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Post by: 50CalJim on April 27, 2013, 01:53:19 PM
Congrats! Looks like a good Hide. :tup:
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Post by: notellumcreek on April 27, 2013, 02:16:53 PM
 :tup: :tup: :tup: Good work man!!! Beautiful animal you have there.
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Post by: FSTaxidermy on April 27, 2013, 02:22:53 PM
:tup: :tup: :tup: Good work man!!! Beautiful animal you have there.

 :tup:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on April 27, 2013, 02:27:59 PM
Congrats.  I took the same shot last year.  Dead on, center of chest right at the bottom of the neck.  Dropped straight down and never moved.
Nice looking bear.
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Post by: Watimberghost on April 27, 2013, 04:39:47 PM
Well done! Congrats on a good looking bear! Cool story as well
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Post by: jrebel on April 27, 2013, 05:55:30 PM
 :tup:
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on April 27, 2013, 06:40:01 PM
Great Bear, Very cool, Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Dbax129 on April 27, 2013, 06:47:23 PM
Awesome!
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Post by: 270Flat on April 27, 2013, 06:53:23 PM
Nice looking animal! Way to get the job done!! :tup:
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Post by: Huntboy on April 27, 2013, 07:21:58 PM
Congrats, nice looking bear.
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Post by: Wea300mag on April 27, 2013, 07:54:38 PM
Great story, just when you least expect it . . . . . expect it. :tup:
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Post by: bucklucky on April 27, 2013, 07:59:36 PM
Nice Job!
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Post by: ratherhunt on April 27, 2013, 10:09:40 PM
Super Nice Bear thanks for sharing the hunt
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Post by: bearpaw on April 27, 2013, 10:20:42 PM
Looks like a great bear, congrats...  :tup:
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Post by: Moose Eyes on April 28, 2013, 12:15:21 PM
Way to go!
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Post by: X-Force on April 28, 2013, 09:04:36 PM
Thanks guys. It was a fun hunt and a short season. Saylean brought the skull and hide to the taxidermist for me today and hopefully I can get the meat to the butcher tomorrow.

The taxi estimated the bear to be 5 or 6 years old. He was around 5'1" or so and has a 17" skull.

I didn't get to finish my story but the short of the long is...

The bear was located in an area i couldn't work on him very well myself so I waited for a couple buddies to show up to help. Unfortunately it took them a couple hrs to show up. We got the bear back to the road, de-boned and skinned in fairly quick order but we didn't get back to the gate until almost 5 am.

It was a long night but a great experience. I hope to have some more pictures up early this week.
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Post by: Ripper on April 29, 2013, 09:09:38 AM
congrats.  :tup:
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Post by: 250savage on April 29, 2013, 09:20:31 AM
Congrats :tup:
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Post by: elkoholic1 on April 29, 2013, 10:29:00 AM
 :tup: :tup:
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Post by: muzbuster on April 29, 2013, 10:31:37 AM
nice  :tup:
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Post by: zackmioli on April 29, 2013, 07:24:35 PM
congrats! nice to have some good friends to help you pack until 5am!
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Post by: bear hunter on April 29, 2013, 07:30:30 PM
 :tup: Congrats nice bear
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Post by: Beardo on April 29, 2013, 10:04:45 PM
Very nice bear!
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Post by: X-Force on April 30, 2013, 02:08:26 PM
Thought I should throw up a couple more pics. Enjoy.

Good luck guys :tup:
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Post by: Ccortez on April 30, 2013, 02:14:10 PM
Congrats on a nice bear  :tup:.. I'll be up there this weekend
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Post by: h20hunter on April 30, 2013, 02:15:15 PM
Fatty bear! Looks pretty heavy for a spring one.
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on April 30, 2013, 02:20:41 PM
Dang, that bear is fat!  Nice looking melon head!! 
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Post by: saylean on April 30, 2013, 04:03:50 PM
Nice bear brother. Glad you connected and glad to see the other pics up. :tup:
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Post by: Turner89 on April 30, 2013, 08:38:27 PM
Nice bear X-Force :tup: Bear are awkwrd to handle on decent ground.....let alone difficult terrain.
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on April 30, 2013, 09:14:59 PM
Congrats!  Nice bear
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Post by: fishhuntconsume on April 30, 2013, 09:26:03 PM
thats a dandy! great story to with it!
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Post by: JohnVH on April 30, 2013, 09:45:51 PM
awesome!!
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Post by: Machias on May 01, 2013, 05:42:16 AM
Nice fatty!!!! Congrats!
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Post by: skier2480 on May 01, 2013, 07:01:47 AM
Way to go!!!  :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: ouchfoss on May 01, 2013, 08:58:49 AM
Very nice!! Congrats!   :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on September 27, 2013, 01:15:56 PM
Thought I would post these up. The hide is great except for the face and skull looks awesome.
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Post by: h20hunter on September 27, 2013, 01:23:26 PM
I like the basic hair on tan............who did yours? Mine was done locally.....

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Post by: saylean on September 27, 2013, 04:23:23 PM
Your slow X-force!

Rods Taxidermy in Arlington did it.
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Post by: elkoholic1 on September 27, 2013, 04:30:01 PM
 :tup:
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