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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: johnhart84 on July 15, 2013, 11:59:03 AM

Title: My Past Bear From The Monroe Area
Post by: johnhart84 on July 15, 2013, 11:59:03 AM: I haven't been on in a while but wanted to post my last bear I shot. I got it in the Monroe area in late August. I saw him on the edge of a clear cut at 85 yards away and tried a call to see what happened. He ignored it at first and walk just inside the timber and out of view :bash:. I continued to call for 20 minutes or so to see if I could get him to pop out again. I was sitting on top of a log pile so I could have a good areal view. The whole time my eyes were fixating on the last spot I saw the bear instead of looking over my shoulders like I usally do when I use a distress call. This bruin could hear the dinner bell because he circled back almost undetected, and was heading my way from my back right side. Before I knew it, I ended up calling this bruin in with a distress call to about 12 yards of me. A little too close to comfort :yike:. I was using a custom call from "bearmanric". If you get one of his calls, you will not be disappointed. They sound incredible. Anyways just wanted to post a picture of him!
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Post by: h20hunter on July 15, 2013, 12:03:26 PM: Nice bear John......You will have to swing by for a beer sometime.
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Post by: Rooster1981 on July 15, 2013, 12:58:36 PM: Thats a cool story and congrats on a nice bear :tup:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 15, 2013, 01:07:32 PM: :tup:
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Post by: 7mmfan on July 15, 2013, 01:18:03 PM: bugger killed that bear the day after I left to go guide fishing trips for the fall. I had hunted the cut with him 3 times before that. Its an awesome bear!
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 15, 2013, 01:21:14 PM: As he snuck up behind/right of you, what were the wind conditions while you were calling? I bet he circled down wind trying to sniff out what was making all the noise.

-Steve
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Post by: woodman on July 15, 2013, 01:21:33 PM: Nice, that paw looks huge!
Title: My Past Bear From The Monroe Area
Post by: grizzlyadams on July 15, 2013, 01:53:17 PM: Nice bear!!! Hope that's not the one I've been after. LOL Awe heck they're all the ones I've been after. ;-) congrats
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 16, 2013, 06:04:20 PM: Nice :tup:
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Post by: johnhart84 on July 16, 2013, 07:03:41 PM: Thanks everyone! Just 2short weeks :IBCOOL:!

H20hunter- definitely, I won't turn down a beer :drool:, and some bear stories.

JackOfAllTrades- You make a valid point. Never thought about that possibility. If there was a breeze, it was sudtle. I do remember a good fog in the clear cut that started clearing out closet to me by the time I pulled the trigger. Which would mean if there was a breeze, it was coming from my back side. That's a great :twocents:, and something to think about on my next hunt.
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Post by: MatthewHunter98 on July 16, 2013, 09:53:32 PM: hntin story of a lifetime :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on July 17, 2013, 02:55:06 AM: Nice bear :tup: Congrats
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Post by: Turner89 on July 17, 2013, 10:09:47 PM: :tup: Nice job John. I want to call one in like that :) We'll have to go out a couple times this next month.
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Post by: Ripper on July 18, 2013, 06:20:42 AM: Congrats, nice bear and story. :tup: