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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: actionshooter on October 19, 2008, 01:05:21 PM

Title: LBD (little bear down)
Post by: actionshooter on October 19, 2008, 01:05:21 PM: :chuckle: Last weekend my Dad, Father in law, Brother and 2 of my brothers friends went north of colville for the deer opener. The deer hunting really sucked, there were a couple of small whitetail bucks passed up and NO mulies even seen. This is a small area and normally we will see a couple of locals road hunting but not very many people otherwise. In seasons past we will see upwards of 50 deer a day, mostly whitetails and a couple of mulies mixed in. This year the numbers were really low, I had seen maybe 15 whitetail does the whole trip and maybe 10 deer of unknown nature spooked in the timber :dunno: , I'm a clutz :chuckle:
On the 3rd day my father in law and I jumped in the truck to look for new areas farther north with more animals, to no avail. On the way back to camp a fellow stopped us and told me my brother shot a bear, how he knew it was my brother :dunno:, (later this guy shot a small 3 point being the ONLY buck I know was taken in the whole area in 4 days!). I got up to where my brother said he was going to go and sure enough he was dragging the bear to the road by himself, not a good sign :chuckle: :chuckle: .
I gave him a hard time but not too much being his first bear :chuckle:
I figure it was between 125 and 150 lbs live weight (closer to 125), but it has a gorgeous coat, no rubs or bald spots, nice color. As with a lot of bears taken, he thought it was bigger and farther away.

This was the 2nd bear seen in 2 days, and I saw 5 moose over 4 days which was unusual for this area, glade to see they were doing well!
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Post by: billythekidrock on October 19, 2008, 03:24:24 PM: Right on. Congrats on the bear.
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Post by: addicted on October 20, 2008, 01:59:28 AM: healthy looking bear. congrats
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Post by: coyotemadness on October 20, 2008, 04:44:27 AM: Very nice looking bear
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Post by: saylean on October 20, 2008, 07:33:29 AM: Grats to that man...one less fawn eater..good looking coat. :tup:
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Post by: robb92 on October 20, 2008, 05:11:16 PM: Congrats to him on a nice bear!
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Post by: bowsandhose on October 20, 2008, 05:24:23 PM: nice work
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Post by: 270Shooter on October 20, 2008, 05:44:07 PM: :rockin:
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Post by: Jackjr on October 20, 2008, 09:28:27 PM: way to go :IBCOOL:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 28, 2008, 02:09:43 AM: Congrats to him on the bear. Aleast you guys brought somr meat home! Thats about the size of my first bear.
Title: Re: LBD (little bear down)
Post by: granola/hippyslayer on November 07, 2008, 11:59:20 PM: Nice bear I love the pics with the bloody hands gripping the gun :chuckle: keep up the good work. one more predator down.
Title: Re: LBD (little bear down)
Post by: snipekillr on November 21, 2008, 03:54:38 PM: Nice job taking down the bear