Post by: blacktailcody on May 03, 2014, 10:07:13 PM
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Post by: blacktailcody on May 04, 2014, 03:34:43 PM
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Post by: Bullkllr on May 04, 2014, 03:46:20 PM
Is that last picture him actually shooting?
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Post by: RadSav on May 04, 2014, 06:33:32 PM
Hope we get a story and some details soon.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on May 05, 2014, 01:58:43 AM
:yike: stud bear! Congrats :tup::yeah:
Post by: rasbo on May 05, 2014, 03:38:11 AM
Post by: Okanagan on May 05, 2014, 07:09:51 AM
Wow! Is that thing over 7'?
Yes, over 7". Don't want to take my grandson's story away but will add a tad. Fattest spring bear that some experienced bear hunters had ever seen. We cut off a layer of fat three to four inches thick over his back and sides to get down to meat we could bone out.
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Post by: TheHunt on May 05, 2014, 07:30:11 AM
Post by: blacktailcody on May 05, 2014, 08:02:42 AM
Go ahead! You were there!
Post by: Okanagan on May 05, 2014, 10:14:01 AM
The story:
My grandson, Jon, had planned for months to hunt bear with me this spring. Just before he came a friend who knows bears told me that he had found a big bear. This friend hadn't told anyone about the bear but he likes Jon so suggested a place for us to find it.
We arrived there an hour before dark, parked, walked 70 yards down an overgrown grassy road and Jon saw a bear ahead of us. I glassed it and saw a smallish to medium sized black bear walking toward us. Jon asked if he should shoot it and I said, "I wouldn't," in a tone that gave him the choice but indicated that if I were in his shoes I wouldn't shoot it. He passed.
At dawn were were back and spent 3 hours sneaking along grassy lanes and a clearcut. Saw one herd of elk and no bears. The little amount of bear sign, most of it big, made me think a big bear in the area was keeping smaller bears away.
In early afternoon we hiked 3/4 mile and sat on a log to watch a grassy area where we thought the big bear might be feeding. I took a long nap and then we walked around the edge of the meadow looking into hidden pockets.
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When we headed back toward the trail, Jon saw a bear toward where we had been sitting. A LOT of BIG bear was sticking up above a large log as the bear grazed on the other side of it 75 yards away. Game on.
We edged behind a low spreading tree, got out a monopod for a rest and I glassed the bear's head when it would lift it. I told Jon that it was not the monster we were looking for but that it was a very big bear. Jon was too excited to be comfortable shooting at part of a bear above a log so we slipped back and around the tree. We moved 20 yards to our left and ten yards closer to the bear.
Jon put a fleece glove on the rest to pad it and got settled in. The bear began to get suspicious I think, and turned to its left, swinging around and walking slowly. Jon belted it tight behind the shoulder before it got quite broadside. (We had agreed that he would shoot a broadside bear center of shoulder but he said that his bow aiming instincts kicked in. It worked.) The bear stopped with a slight jolt, froze for a moment, then swung on around and galloped for the timber. It fell in the open within ten yards.
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The photo of Jon shooting over the monopod was taken less than two minutes after the shot from the same position. The fallen bear is in view, the black hyphen in the middle of the bleached grass patch just above center in the photo. At the shot, the bear had been at the right edge of the light grass patch, broadside and ten yards closer.
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The bear is a deceptive one, bigger than it looked, which is opposite to my normal. My friend who has guided used that word for it: deceptively bigger than first appearance indicates. Best fur coat on a large boar that I've seen, no bare patches in groin etc. Very slightly rubbed on lower shoulder.
Post by: Becky on May 05, 2014, 10:54:21 AM
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Post by: h20hunter on May 05, 2014, 01:17:16 PM
Is it just me or does this guy look like a grizzly? Please note, I've failed the Montana Grizzly Test multiple times :)
Nah...I see 100% blackie....and a lot of bear he is.
Well done. The pics and story recap is great.
Post by: elkoholic1 on May 05, 2014, 01:45:13 PM
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Post by: RadSav on May 05, 2014, 02:43:52 PM
Is it just me or does this guy look like a grizzly?
In girth!! :chuckle: But that's about it. When you see a real live grizzly it's a lot easier than you think. Though there are the occasional exceptions at a distance.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 16, 2014, 01:41:48 PM
Congrats on an awesome Bear. And great write up from grandpas point of view. I like it.I second that
Post by: Okanagan on May 18, 2014, 04:52:55 PM
I try to get a special hunt or fishing trip with each grandchild about that age, plus as much time camping, hunting and fishing as we can manage. I was the non-hunting driver and camp cook for several days of archery elk hunting with Jon and his brother last Fall.
Jonathan's Dad got a bear when he was the same age. He hiked out from our house with his younger brother into the nearby hills and killed a pretty good bear. I was repairing our pump when they returned and didn't look closely at their hands. After a couple of minutes I said that I had to go to town to get a part. Jon's Dad then said, "Could we go get my bear first?"
"You got a bear???!!!" Still a fun memory.
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