Hunting Washington Forum

Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: dirty.dan4 on October 12, 2008, 09:49:44 PM

Title: Tagged Out
Post by: dirty.dan4 on October 12, 2008, 09:49:44 PM: Took my little brother out for deer and took my second bear. We started hiking at first light and headed for a couple of spots that I had scouted. About 1030 my brother and I were glassing a clearing and we heard something crash behind us. We started to follow her for about 125 yards. There was a good layer of blackberry bushes in between us and it, enough so that we were no more that 20 yards off of where it was. I crept up to the gametrail that she was heading to and crouched down ready to shoot about 10 yards. My heart was damn near jumping out of my chest. More bushes snapping and finally, she poked her head and then shoulders out into the open. I put the crosshairs of my 300 win mag on the boiler room and squeezed one off. With a groan she turned and bailed back into the brush. She went about 15 yards back and then went down and thrashed around for about 10 minutes. Had to hack my way through the blackberries, but fortunately it was close. A short pack to the road, skinned her, and deboned her and I tagged out. She measured 5'4" head to tail and Im guessing she weighed close to 200 lbs. Her teeth were pretty beat up so I think that she was getting up there in age.

Anyway, the experience of taking two bears this year has been absolutley unbelieveable. Here are some pictures.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: bow4elk on October 12, 2008, 09:54:27 PM: Congrats!! Nice bear.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: X-Force on October 12, 2008, 11:27:06 PM: :brew: Nice work.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: NW-Eric on October 13, 2008, 03:31:36 PM: nice going and way to tag out :tup:
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 13, 2008, 09:03:28 PM: Nice looking bear!
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: dirty.dan4 on October 13, 2008, 10:15:38 PM: Thank You.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: addicted on October 13, 2008, 10:22:14 PM: sweet.

short story but still enough to get me excited. thanks
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: Ray on October 14, 2008, 08:21:31 PM: Dirty Dan, I really like the character of that bear. Congratulations.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: eburghunter on October 14, 2008, 08:24:17 PM: Nice Bears
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: Snowman on October 15, 2008, 12:45:22 PM: Who skinned her and helped debone her!!! Just giving some *censored*. It is cool that all the hard work you have put in the last five years and all the *censored*est hiking we have done has finally paid off for you. Hopefully next year we can get your bro out there so he can get one. Anyways congrat again on the bear and she tasted really good. Had some steaks the other evening and man they were tasty. The boy is pumped now and wants to fill his second tag too.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: bowsandhose on October 15, 2008, 12:47:00 PM: very nice congrats
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: blindpig on October 15, 2008, 02:15:45 PM: Excellent, nice.
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: M_ray on October 15, 2008, 02:21:24 PM: Well done! :)
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: robb92 on October 15, 2008, 10:46:50 PM: Congrats on a nice bear!!!! Thanks for posting the pics!
Title: Re: Tagged Out
Post by: blessed on October 15, 2008, 11:06:52 PM: Congradulations on a couple fine bears! Nothing like the coastal brush to add excitment to a hunt! Thanks for sharing!