Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 07:03:38 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 07:36:46 AM
Post by: h20hunter on July 08, 2013, 07:48:30 AM
I like these old pics...very cool.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 09:23:22 AM
Holy cow....look at that skinny dude with the bear!:chuckle: :chuckle: how about this one .... This bear followed me up the creek ...when I got to my stand I layed my gun down on a log ..did not have my pack off yet when my little buddy started freaking out ,,,BEAR BEAR I Looked down at the creek we just walked up and the bear was running up the creek to get to the timber has fast as he could ...Obviously got our wind ...I crabbed the gun and jumped up on the log so I could see him when he popped up ..I threw up off hand and as soon as his nose hit the crosshairs Poooooow ... he instantly was chasing his tail in circles and fell over ....after I gutted him I was sitting there putting my stuff away and I turned around and looked at the gutpile and it was MOVING :yike: He had worms crawling around in him at 12 long ... :yike: :bdid: So I boned it out and gave the meat to a friend who could careless about the worms ...I was not eating it !
I like these old pics...very cool.
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 08, 2013, 09:27:44 AM
Post by: Goldeneye on July 08, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
Oh my. " I thought you'd be bigger". :tung: :chuckle:
Snap! :chuckle:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 11:45:20 AM
Here I better throw one in Compliments of WASP .... :chuckle: :chuckle: Shot this one while Elk Hunting Peaches Ridge Area ...1st morning in camp I was walking down a horse trail when she walked up to me at 3 steps :yike: WHACK ...straight threw the chest head on ....went about 15 yrds and flopped over !
Post by: C-Money on July 08, 2013, 01:05:08 PM
Oh my. " I thought you'd be bigger". :tung: :chuckle:
Being a backwoods road kill eaten' Pennsylvanian, his size may be average. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Nice looking bears BH45! I would sure like to put some time in after one of those animals. :tup:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 03:01:08 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 03:18:34 PM
This one was in August ! Hippy lookin BH45 ...HAHA
Post by: h20hunter on July 08, 2013, 03:20:38 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 04:25:47 PM
This is along story :chuckle: Me and my 2 hunting buddies hike in to my spot early one morning and once we got up there I set them in my favorite spot ..They were brothers ..I told them to sit there and do not move until I get back ..after I dropped them off I hike up the ridge above them and was actually watching them for awhile ..just wanted to see if they would stay put .. :chuckle: after about an hour or so I started glassing over top of there heads to see if I could spot anything ..Well ..it took me about 10 minutes and Bam ...I see a bear about 100yrds below them ..I whistled about 20x and they never looked my way and the bear was feeding away and they could not see it ...Bushes are about 3 to 4 ft tall ...so I pick up my stuff and head there way ...once I get there I looked hard before saying anything about a bear ..could not see it ...So I told them I just saw one while I was sitting above you ..They said yeah right ! So we glassed for another hour and nothing ..I tried to tell them to stay put and he will show himself again ...they always do ...just be patient ! They then tell me that I could sit here and keep waiting and they wanted to head to where I came from :dunno: :yike: I said O.K Just follow the old grade to the top and you can watch me and watch down the hill toward the other creek and I will hang here ...If I know there is a bear working a spot I never leave . They will feed for awhile then take a nap and then pop up again ... So THEY HEAD OFF .. It was not 10 minutes later when I looked down the hill and there he was .... :chuckle: :chuckle: All I could see is his head and the upper part of his chest when he stood up to pull the berries down ... I rested off an old log and when he popped his head up I put the crosshairs on his neck ..right below his chin ...and poooow ...I see bushes flying everywhere and he is screaming his head off doing the death cry ...I could not see him ..just bushes moving and him screaming ...Finally I got a little hole to shoot threw and poooow again ...this time no more movement or crying ..I knew he was dead then ...My 1st shot hit him square in the mouth ..took out all his teeth ...ouch ...should of held a little lower since I was shooting down a steep hill but he got it hard the second one ! So I sit there for a few minutes and here they come ...my 2 buddies .. :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: All they were just hissed off ...but like I told them ...no patients ....no nothing ...They still did not believe me until we got there ..they whined the whole time about going down hill threw bush and devil clubs :chuckle: I laughed the whole time ...
Post by: huntingfool7 on July 09, 2013, 06:36:42 AM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 09, 2013, 05:39:06 PM
Kyle was excited when he got his license ..I told him if he could pass his hunters ed. class I would take him bear hunting ..well after missing 0 on his test and the instructors a little in shock I had him there they finally told me that Kyle was ready to go hunting without a doubt :dunno: :chuckle: O.k So anyway we head out early and start hiking at daylight ....it takes us about an hour to get where I wanted to be ..my sweet little perch over looking what I call (the hell hole ) Literally ! I knew if we got one here it would be a scary recovery and no need to tell mom :yike: We are sitting there for about 15 minutes or so and I hear brush breaking below us and grunting sounds ..I tell the boys to be real quiet and do not move ..they can now hear it and I could hear both of my boys hearts just pounding away ..The problem the bear was against the ledge we were sitting on and we could not see him ..We had to wait until it fed back down the hill below us ...he was feeding on Oregon Grapes and this was the end of September and most of the Blueberries were gone in this area by now ..after about an hour of hearing the bear and not seeing him he finally popped out on a huge dead cedar tree and starting tearing it apart ...I was trying to get Kyle settled in while the bear was occupied ..final Kyle is settled in on my pack and tells me he was solid and not moving ..I tell him to wait until he gets broadside and put the crosshairs on his shoulder ...Well now the bears hears us and turned right at us ...he stands there just looking pretty and he has a huge white V on his chest :drool: I told Kyle to put the crosshairs dead center in the white V of his chest ...He is around 200 down hill ...Kyle then tells me I am ready dad ...I just kept whispering Squeeze squeeze squeeze and POOOOOW ... the bear flips over on his back - feet in the air and rolls off the log :dunno: 8) I mean nice shot I said to Kyle ...it really was an awesome time to see him roll his 1st bear ...But now it was time to head down into hells Canyon without killing my boys ...to be truthful I do not think anything would of stopped them from getting to that bear ....it was hell coming out because I had the whole damn bear on my back and they could not help ...was not bad as far as getting all the boned out meat and the hide ..it was the climb back up that about killed me !
Post by: h20hunter on July 09, 2013, 05:47:50 PM
Post by: saylean on July 09, 2013, 08:51:29 PM
Holy cow....look at that skinny dude with the bear!
I like these old pics...very cool.
what do you mean?! he's at least 300 lbs... ;)
Great pics and stories/advice...fallen trees are bear highways.
Post by: johnnyaustin44 on July 09, 2013, 10:33:49 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 10, 2013, 07:27:52 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 10, 2013, 07:29:58 PM
Just remember all compliments of a .270 and a 140 gr .Hornaday interlock :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: tell me when you get bored and I will stop ... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: nocklehead on July 10, 2013, 08:25:14 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 14, 2013, 05:11:49 PM
Check out the old NWTF Hats ....I look like a dork :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Sportfury on July 14, 2013, 06:20:31 PM
Post by: Curly on July 14, 2013, 09:21:36 PM
Sweet, love the stories. Keep them coming.
:yeah:
:tup:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 15, 2013, 09:10:47 PM
I get off of work one evening and decide I need to go for a ride So I threw the trusty .270 in the truck and headed out ..all I think I crabbed a knife and picked up a buddy ..This was back when I could freely roam around the hills around my house without GATES ... :pee: :chuckle: So my buddy and I decided we would split up and he would walk one grade and I would take another ..I dropped him off and I parked the truck so we were both within walking distance if one of us got back sooner than the other ..as I am walking out this old grade I could see the blueberries were thick and I am getting excited about what could be ahead ...I started seeing bear poop after bear poop along the grade and it was fresh ...I slowly work my way down the grade stopping a lot and I hear something in the brush about 50 yrds from me ..it has to be a bear :dunno: I stand there for a few minutes and I can hear it coming to me ..then I see his back and his head pop up ..he is looking right at me but has no clue I am there ..he starts feeding quartering to me ..Then I could see his shoulder so I layed the crosshairs just in front of his shoulder and his neck and squeezed the trigger ...Pooooow ... no movement what so ever ...I get to him ...about 30yrds and he never took another step ...My buddy heared me shoot and was there to help shortly ...his words were ..wth you sent me down the wrong grade :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: then he said ...I never seen that much bear sheet in my life ....well he only went bear hunting twice before this trip :bdid:
I dedicate this bear to my good friend Wayne Mackey ...He used to own Riverside archery & taxidermy ...He has now passed and I sure miss the old fart ! :yeah:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 17, 2013, 05:32:34 PM
Post by: h20hunter on July 17, 2013, 06:20:35 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 21, 2013, 09:23:47 AM
This will be my longest story yet . :chuckle: My buddy and brother in law and I were headed out on a deer hunt over around Grand Coulee ..We hunt around a few days and the only bucks we seen were all on private land So after 3 days of deer hunting we decide to head home ...We come threw Winthrop and pulled over to take a break from driving ..we had a sandwich and off we go again ..I am in the back seat of a Toyota king cab and only have a little side window to see out of ..as we come to the top of the pass at Blue Lake I look up on the ridge to my right and see a bear ... it looked like a black little dot moving along the rocks ....I tell them to stop ...I just seen a bear ...Where they say ...We get out and I am trying to tell them where it is but they can not spot it ..after a few minutes they finally see it ...they can not believe I just spotted this bear at that distance out of the back seat of a Toyota :chuckle: anyway I tell him to get out his range finder and he ranges it ...he tells me it will not range it because he is maxed out at 400 yrds .. :yike: So I told him to range something at 400 so I can judge it from there ..he is like ...your crazy ..that bear is way out of range :bdid: I told him I was going to take one shot at it and if I hit low you will see it hit the rocks ..they are O.K ..WHATEVER :chuckle: after giving me a mark at 400 I decide it was waaaaaay out there ..but I know my gun and I have faith in my reloads :dunno:( Hornaday of course ) :chuckle: :chuckle: I find a stump just on the other side of the guardrails and lay my pack on it ...I get all settled in and tell them I am putting the bears back at the bottom of my scope ..they are just laughing and thinking I am nutz :dunno: I tell them to watch closely to see where I hit ..the bear is broadside So I lined up his front leg with the center peg of the crosshairs and raised it up until I had just a little hair above the bottom of the scope and squeeze ...POOOOOOOOOOOW ......the bear does not move ..they are telling me , we did not see anything you missed !! I am like what ..you never seen the bullet hit ...NOPE !! The bear is still there and when I decide to jack in another the bear just takes off like someone slapped it in the butt ... :dunno: Mind you ...we talked for like a minute before the bear decided to take off ..So we talk it over and decide I flat out missed ...we load up and head down the pass ...after going a couple miles I kept thinking to myself why did he just take off like that ..especially way after I shot ...no why he knew what was going on and that distance ...I tell them to turn around I need to go take a look ...they are freaking out ...your nutz ..you did not come anywhere near that bear ...I said you maybe right but something seemed weird to me when he took off like that ....They beach about it for a minute or 2 and take me back ..after looking at it again ..we are shaking our heads knowing this was one shot that probably should not have taken place ...but I know I have pulled some long shots in my time and this one was definitely the longest ....I load up the mag with 4 bullets and head out while they sat on the road guiding me up the hill and threw the timber ...I had my orange on so they could see me good ...once I broke threw the timber I looked at them in my Binos and they are pointing me in the right direction ...they look like peese ants sitting on the tailgate .. :chuckle: :chuckle: it has taken me about 25 minutes to get to where I was standing and I had about another 250 to 300 to go up hill :yike: I remember the bear being on a ledge and it was standing in front of a big flat face rock ...I look up the hill and I see it ...I get there and work my way threw a harry spot and as I pull myself up onto the ledge I see the flat faced rock is seriously splattered in blood :o :dunno: :yike: I get up on the ledge and see blood everywhere ...I just sit there in awe ! To be truthful I do not know how long of a shot this was but it was waaaaay out there ...I know my .270 loaded with a 140 gr Hornaday shooting about 1 1/4 high at hundred using the center of the bottom peg is pretty much on at 500 yrds ...I done my experimenting back in the day with a 50 gal drum ...did not have all this high tech stuff back then .... :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: So what I am saying it was around 6 to 7 hundred :yike: shooting groundhogs in PA as a kid paid off and of course I need to thank my dad who taught me how to run a rifle ...This is why I am a varmit hunter ! If you want to shoot long distance get your rifle and start hunting ground squirrels - rock chucks and coyotes ..it will definitely make you a better shot ...here is a prime example why I am a hardcore hornaday fan ...I hit this bear behind the front shoulder and it blew right threw him at that distance ...I do not know if it was the bullet weight or how the bullet was made ..or both ...but it has been the perfect combination for me and I will never change ...I just love the 140 gr out of a .270 ...I load 54grs of IMR 4831 and I never had any problems with bullets holding up and any distance ... :tup:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 21, 2013, 09:36:16 AM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 25, 2013, 07:02:50 AM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 25, 2013, 09:22:57 AM
They sure are Pretty !!!
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 25, 2013, 09:28:08 AM
Post by: Rooster1981 on August 25, 2013, 09:47:44 AM
I have to agree with you BH45, My dad taught me to reload at ten years old. & he swore by hornaday. He too loved shooting the 140 grn btsp. And he also shot 55 gr of IMR 4831 out of his 270. I cant begin to recall all the deer and elk he has shot with that load. And many were touching 400 yards. He also shot his Alaska Brown bear with that load.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 25, 2013, 10:07:57 AM
Glad to here it ... Not bragging or anything but I too have pulled some of the wall shots with a 140 gr Hornaday ...Some were so far most would not believe it :chuckle: but I have witnesses that I tell the truth at all times ;) I just give solid information and if it did not work for me I would not pass it on to someone else ....Not saying there it not other good bullets out there but I know how Hornaday has gotten the job done for me and I am not changing for nothing ! :chuckle:
I have to agree with you BH45, My dad taught me to reload at ten years old. & he swore by hornaday. He too loved shooting the 140 grn btsp. And he also shot 55 gr of IMR 4831 out of his 270. I cant begin to recall all the deer and elk he has shot with that load. And many were touching 400 yards. He also shot his Alaska Brown bear with that load.
Hopefully I can get some good footage with them hard at work ! :yeah:
Post by: Cap.Silver on August 25, 2013, 02:04:50 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 31, 2013, 07:13:50 PM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 01, 2013, 04:30:58 PM
We wake up about 4am this morning and had everything packed in the truck last night ..I just had the same feeling I had many times before ..knowing where we were headed and if we had blueberries and Oregon grapes ripe we would be killing something ...I love to hunt bear in September but I figured I would have to go at least 2 days to get the job done ...NOT !! :chuckle: We get up to the area I wanted to be and parked the truck at about 6am ...we hike up the ridge where we could see good ..my lower spot has gotten to grown up so I had to re-locate ..which was no doubt a good Idea ! I found a nice big stump and started trimming some branches so we had a better view of the area below us ...I happened to turn my head and look down hill when I seen bushes moving about 200 yrds below me ...all the sudden there he is ...BIG BEAR !!! I tell Ted to load the 300 quickly :dunno: I then tell him he is right below us ...Teds like WTH ! I get up to Teddy and tell him he is a big one and he is right down there ..Teddy gets all excited as the bear pops out on a log ..DAD DAD HE IS BIG 8) I am trying to get the video camera set up when Teddy is saying I am shooting ...I said wait a minute ..we are not letting this hunt go by without footage :chuckle:
The whole time I am trying to find the bear in the camera he is saying ..can I shoot can I shoot ...No no no ..I do not have him in the screen :bash: :bash: Then I got him dialed in and the game is on ...I tell him to calm down and when you see his front shoulder let him have it ...That took about 8 seconds and POOOOOOOOW ... A serious dirt for that bear !!! He went no where :yeah: it was awesome ...Finally got his 1st bear and it is a dandy ....Dark chocolate and a beautiful hide ...super thick hair and fat one to boot !! I have video and many pictures including the recovery of the bullet lodged in his far left shoulder ...180 gr Hornaday just layed the smackdown on this bruin :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 01, 2013, 04:33:38 PM
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Post by: billythekidrock on September 01, 2013, 04:46:32 PM
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Post by: mulehunter on September 01, 2013, 05:28:58 PM
Post by: Rooster1981 on September 01, 2013, 05:32:56 PM
Great looking bear congrats to you guys :tup:
Post by: Kc_Kracker on September 01, 2013, 06:06:45 PM
Post by: h2ofowlr on September 01, 2013, 10:21:04 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 01, 2013, 10:33:23 PM
Post by: scottfrick on September 01, 2013, 10:40:43 PM
Post by: yorketransport on September 01, 2013, 11:07:17 PM
Well done on all of those!
Andrew
Post by: bowhunterforever on September 01, 2013, 11:48:42 PM
Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on September 01, 2013, 11:55:28 PM
Post by: Dan-o on September 02, 2013, 12:28:00 AM
Leave one or two for the rest of us.
(Great thread, by the way. Thanks for sharing)
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2013, 05:35:27 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2013, 06:34:59 AM
Here is a layer of fat I peeled off of him ...it was about 3 inches thick !
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2013, 06:36:49 AM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2013, 07:17:39 AM
Post by: fishseeker on September 02, 2013, 08:35:47 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2013, 02:07:35 PM
Most importantly, how I s the Blueberry crop this year? :chuckle: Oh, nice bear :tup:I off on my thinking just alittle bit as far as blueberries being ripe ...especially up high ...he has been proking out for a good week or so ...Oregon Grapes were ripe already and they usually do not come on until the end of September ...crazy !! maybe a bad winter this year :dunno:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 02, 2013, 02:23:48 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 02, 2013, 02:32:13 PM
That was some thick stuff!That thick stuff is full of blueberries and Oregon grapes ....I stepped in bear sheet about every other step :chuckle: But its like that all the time ....when there is food to eat ....I have at least 100 bug bites on my bald head :chuckle: and a huge welt on my left ear ... We went to war for that damn bear ...just got it all cut up and I weighed the meat at 106 pounds and some odd ounces ....that's boned meat ...and I cut off another 10 pounds of fat....I know I carved off another 60 when I was bonning him out ........Summer sausage he will become :tup:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 02, 2013, 02:35:10 PM
Post by: Machias on September 03, 2013, 05:46:54 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 03, 2013, 05:52:59 AM
Nice looking bear!! Congrats!Thanks Machias... My body may take a week to recover from crawling out of that hell hole !! :chuckle:
Post by: Machias on September 03, 2013, 06:00:01 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 03, 2013, 06:05:35 AM
I know what you mean, I was deer scouting Sunday along the West Virginia border and put several miles in some thick steep stuff.The true Tar heel state ...sure has some fine hunting down there . :tup: O.k off to work ...take care man ! :tup:
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 05, 2013, 05:26:34 PM
Post by: Rooster1981 on September 08, 2013, 06:19:04 AM
Cool video's :tup:
Post by: Timberstalker on September 08, 2013, 10:20:18 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 08, 2013, 12:01:55 PM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 16, 2013, 05:31:10 PM
Post by: hrd2fnd on September 16, 2013, 05:36:24 PM
Anyone seen any bear lately :dunno: I better go watch my Steeler Game ...and have my birthday Shot or maybe 2 .... :chuckle:Well happy birthday :brew:
Post by: Curly on September 17, 2013, 12:12:39 PM
Anyone seen any bear lately :dunno: I better go watch my Steeler Game ...and have my birthday Shot or maybe 2 .... :chuckle:Well happy birthday :brew:
:yeah: Happy Birthday.
Sorry, your Steelers didn't win. Oh, wait..........no I'm not sorry. :sry:
Hope your shots made the loss bear-able. (See how I worked bear into the post) ;)
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 20, 2013, 05:45:31 PM