Post by: woodman on August 25, 2014, 07:28:00 PM
I spotted this guy this morning for a brief moment as he came over a ridge and behind some brush. I thought he was going to come straight through, but he hesitated. I could see him but did not have a clear shot and did not know if there were cubs or not. Like so many times, he just disappeared and I thought maybe I should have taken a shot but was glad that I held off. I sat there silent and listened, there was no wind, no leaves rustling, it was totally silent. I was hoping that maybe I would hear what direction he headed. The next thing you know, he was huffing right behind me in the brush. I slowly turned and could see leaves moving. I stayed silent and he was unsure what to do I think. He must have sensed something was amiss in his area. I waited him out, he walked slowly out of the brush and gave me the clear shot that I had waited days for. One shot and he did not take anther step. He made a slight noise and I put my normal second shot in him and it was lights out.
I worked pretty hard getting him out but I could not get him in my rig by myself. A fellow came by and offered his truck to haul this bear to the butcher shop. The hanging weight field dressed was 252 pounds. I just got a call from the butcher shop to let me know that after taking the hide and head off, the meat and bones are 191 pounds.
Another great day in the woods!
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Post by: fillthefreezer on August 25, 2014, 08:52:37 PM
I spotted this guy this morning for a brief moment as he came over a ridge and behind some brush. I thought he was going to come straight through, but he hesitated. I could see him but did not have a clear shot and did not know if there were cubs or not. Like so many times, he just disappeared and I thought maybe I should have taken a shot but was glad that I held off. I sat there silent and listened, there was no wind, no leaves rustling, it was totally silent. I was hoping that maybe I would hear what direction he headed. The next thing you know, he was huffing right behind me in the brush. I slowly turned and could see leaves moving. I stayed silent i sat and texted all my friends, like i usually do while out hunting, especially the ones i know who are stuck at work and love bear hunting, german shepherds, and picking up sheds and he was unsure what to do I think.edited for truth, like any friend would do
Post by: woodman on August 25, 2014, 09:18:10 PM
Excellent. What caliber handgun ?
S & W 44
Post by: woodman on August 25, 2014, 09:20:16 PM
I spotted this guy this morning for a brief moment as he came over a ridge and behind some brush. I thought he was going to come straight through, but he hesitated. I could see him but did not have a clear shot and did not know if there were cubs or not. Like so many times, he just disappeared and I thought maybe I should have taken a shot but was glad that I held off. I sat there silent and listened, there was no wind, no leaves rustling, it was totally silent. I was hoping that maybe I would hear what direction he headed. The next thing you know, he was huffing right behind me in the brush. I slowly turned and could see leaves moving. I stayed silent i sat and texted all my friends, like i usually do while out hunting, especially the ones i know who are stuck at work and love bear hunting, german shepherds, and picking up sheds and he was unsure what to do I think.edited for truth, like any friend would do
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 25, 2014, 09:20:21 PM
Excellent. What caliber handgun ?
S & W 44
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Well bless your heart.........very cool.
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Post by: whitey on August 26, 2014, 12:14:14 AM
Put the slap down on him.
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Post by: woodman on August 27, 2014, 04:17:52 PM
I hike a lot in the mountains as well as hunt. I like to do a lot of photography of animals and shed hunt. While I do this I see a fair amount of bears. Some are large, some are average and some are just cubs. I carried a 357 with me while out there because I have had some very close encounters including more than one time shooting to keep bears off of me that were trying to harm me by challenging me and charging me. If you were to look, you would see that a lot of my posts include pictures and videos of bears. I get some pretty decent sized ones at times which I post here.
Twice now I have run into a particular bear that just dwarfs anything that I have posted. When I first saw it, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I was sure that my 357 would not stop it. After those encounters, I searched for a 44 caliber handgun. I found one on here from a fellow member who sold it to me. It came with the ammo that I have for it. The loads are unknown to me but I can tell you that when the gun is fired, it makes one heck of a ball of fire around the cylinder. I even wrote about it here to see if that was normal. I have never had a gun that did this. I was told that guys try to load shells to get that effect.
To answer you in the short version, I don't know. I carry it for the reason that I stated, and laid it on that bear for scale. What would you suggest to use?
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Post by: Tjajwilson on August 28, 2014, 06:39:17 AM
Post by: woodman on August 28, 2014, 10:09:39 AM
NICE BEAR! What are you hanging it from? I see its not by its legs, so his butt hole :chuckle:?
Yeah, I screwed in a BROWN EYE BOLT! :rolleyes:
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Post by: woodman on August 28, 2014, 09:49:13 PM
Ha ha ha funny woodman! But really how did you have him that way
It is outside of the butcher shop on his scale. There is a hook that in reaching into the open body cavity.
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