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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 22, 2013, 11:22:55 PM

Title: BBD.... Added pics 9/25
Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 22, 2013, 11:22:55 PM: BBD! 8) pics to come
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 12:14:13 AM: All I can say it was pretty cool never killed one before. I've seen several just never the right time or place. This is my first year putting actual effort in other than a couple days driving around with a rifle. I hit it hard the first of August hunting five days dawn to dusk. Hiking old roads with with wild blackberries, glassing old cuts, sitting on swamp meadows and calling. NO DICE. Lots of sign scat tracks you name it. Today we just got home from camping... Yes I took my rifle on our camping trip in all hopes of being lucky enough to whack one up by walupt lake. Nothin there either. Anyway I told my wife I was gonna go sit in one my spots this evening till dark. I got in there and found some fresh tracks which was uplifting but nothing new. After about 30 minutes I heard a couple branches break and the next thing I know there he is about 45 yds away checking the wind and looking around. I settled my crosshairs on his chest and squeezed the trigger. He began spinning circle and I put another in him dropping him in his tracks. It happened so quick it was unbelievable. The first shot hit him just left of the center of his chest. The second caught him just above the corner of his mouth on the left side. After skinning him out we found a broken off arrow in the haunch area embedded in his spine. What a tough animal!
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 12:16:10 AM: Bear
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Post by: ellensburgpo on August 23, 2013, 12:18:16 AM: Looks like a real nice bear, congrats
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 12:18:45 AM: Arrow
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 12:20:32 AM: Thanks. All I got is phone pics right now. Just got home about an hour ago
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 23, 2013, 12:31:32 AM: Looks like a bruiser. Good job!
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Post by: Smossy on August 23, 2013, 01:54:36 AM: Great work. Hoping to get my first bear this year with archery.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 23, 2013, 02:24:42 AM: Looks like a nice one,Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Ripper on August 23, 2013, 05:25:56 AM: Way to go, looks like a real nice bear. They are really tough animals.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 23, 2013, 05:29:26 AM: Looks like a nice one. Congrats
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Post by: saylean on August 23, 2013, 09:30:21 AM: Ouch (on that arrow). Cool story...always seems to happen when you least expect it!
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on August 23, 2013, 09:32:43 AM: Nice Bear! Great job! 8 days and I be chasing them NE. :drool:
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Post by: jackelope on August 23, 2013, 09:53:10 AM: Awesome bear, and with the bow to boot. Congrats.
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Post by: johnhart84 on August 23, 2013, 10:00:15 AM: :whoo:

Nice bear, congrats!
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 23, 2013, 10:01:07 AM: Quote from: jackelope on August 23, 2013, 09:53:10 AM
Awesome bear, and with the bow to boot. Congrats.

Better re-read the story. Congrats on the bear :tup:
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Post by: jackelope on August 23, 2013, 10:03:17 AM: Quote from: MtnMuley on August 23, 2013, 10:01:07 AM
Quote from: jackelope on August 23, 2013, 09:53:10 AM
Awesome bear, and with the bow to boot. Congrats.

Better re-read the story. Congrats on the bear :tup:

Woops. That's what I get for just looking at the pictures.
I don't read the articles. I'm purely in it for the pictures.
:)
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Post by: jackmaster on August 23, 2013, 10:12:16 AM: damn nice bear, how thick was the fat layer on his hams and shoulders if you dont mind me asking? :tup:
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 23, 2013, 12:18:45 PM: Nice Bear!
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Post by: Ibcnurun on August 23, 2013, 12:35:40 PM: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 02:21:12 PM: Quote from: jackmaster on August 23, 2013, 10:12:16 AM
damn nice bear, how thick was the fat layer on his hams and shoulders if you dont mind me asking? :tup:
It was actually thinner than I thought it was gonna be. It was 1/2" in two small areas then the rest was 1/4"
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 02:30:00 PM: Couple more pics
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Post by: Quicksilver on August 23, 2013, 03:03:49 PM: Nice bear! Finding that arrow is quite a story, you don't see that everyday.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 23, 2013, 03:07:35 PM: Very nice bear congrats! I have a buddy in NH who shot one that had a broadhead embedded in the scapula, all covered over with gristle.
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on August 23, 2013, 08:22:13 PM: Congrats good lookin bear!
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on August 23, 2013, 09:48:17 PM: Super glue here I come.... :'(
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Post by: Austrian Hunter on August 23, 2013, 10:09:08 PM: Damn..... Lol
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Post by: Smossy on August 23, 2013, 10:10:13 PM: Holy crap. Bear down for sure lol
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Post by: h2ofowlr on August 23, 2013, 10:41:04 PM: Nice bear. Congrats.
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on September 26, 2013, 07:48:23 AM: Here's some pics of two vertibraes that the arrow and broadhead are in. It's amazing how this animal could be so healthy and survive such a blow. The two vertibraes are calcified together and the broad head is partially in the spinal chord canal. The arrow isn't even removable however it does wiggle around.
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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on September 26, 2013, 07:51:10 AM: 😷
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Post by: Machias on September 26, 2013, 07:53:58 AM: Wow!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on September 26, 2013, 08:24:32 AM: Congratz on the bear!! :tup: Crazy on the arrow. pretty cool!
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Post by: bearhunter99 on September 26, 2013, 08:34:16 AM: That is pretty crazy and a great conversation piece! Congrats on a good looking bear! :tup: :tup:
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Post by: arees on September 26, 2013, 08:37:17 AM: That bow hunter was a couple of pounds draw weight short of having a bear. It was a lucky break for you.

Good looking bear and congratulations.
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Post by: Dan-o on September 26, 2013, 08:52:28 AM: Wow great bear and amazing broadhead pics. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on September 26, 2013, 11:45:37 AM: if i lay across my desk on my side it looks good :tup:
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Post by: Widgeondeke on September 26, 2013, 11:56:49 AM: Definately congrats are in order. Very cool seeing that he lived with that arrow stuck in em. :yike: that was one bass add bear
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on September 26, 2013, 05:05:47 PM: Good job :tup:
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Post by: Jester052 on September 27, 2013, 10:59:24 AM: Awesome Bear with a better story behind it!!!!