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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: acnewman55 on June 23, 2014, 10:38:49 AM

Title: Saw a big bear this weekend
Post by: acnewman55 on June 23, 2014, 10:38:49 AM: Watched a big black bear feeding in a meadow at 75 yards from our campsite Saturday night. It was too dark for quality photographs, but the next morning I tracked his movements from the previous night and got shots of a print in the snow, and a fresh pile of his scat.

For reference, this print is pictured with an FNX 40 that has a 7.4" length, and the gun is sitting about 1.5" closer to the camera than the print. The gun actually fit inside the depression of the print. I wish I'd had a measuring tape - though I realize a print isn't always indicative of size.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F24%2Fsyhu7y3a.jpg&hash=4a28aec02d42e8fb82d8745ab7c37c93c7bc4dd4)

His scat was also by far the biggest pile we encountered over the weekend, out of about 24 piles on the 7-mile hike into camp.

I haven't a seen a ton of bears, but this was by far the biggest. I'm hoping he'll stick around until August 15th!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F24%2Fa4y7e7yq.jpg&hash=cd08133c7de63d2023592fdbe0002a375729eed2)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F24%2Fzy8u7ery.jpg&hash=e5694604d1412fed838052be5ca34edcb08b1f29)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F24%2Fderujuhy.jpg&hash=ed9296b3b81dd9c3a4ea7f6b9cf3ca9e11ef04ad)

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Title: Re: Saw a big bear this weekend
Post by: Ripper on June 23, 2014, 01:47:22 PM: I'm looking forward to seeing your pics with him this fall.
Title: Re: Saw a big bear this weekend
Post by: acnewman55 on June 23, 2014, 04:51:35 PM: I'm going to be going back in sometime next month to setup a trail-cam.

Hopefully he sticks around!
Title: Re: Saw a big bear this weekend
Post by: 6.8mmARHunter on June 26, 2014, 11:36:30 PM: Nice looking bear dude. Let me know if you want company when you go in with the trail cameras.