Post by: JACKALL on January 19, 2009, 08:50:19 PM
This year I put in my time and finally connected.
The bear was a little over 5' and 225-250lbs. I got it on public land solo.
Post by: Open-sights on January 19, 2009, 09:33:57 PM
Post by: cohoho on January 21, 2009, 04:26:03 PM
Post by: agchawk on January 21, 2009, 04:41:36 PM
Post by: saylean on January 21, 2009, 05:52:35 PM
Good looking bear. Any story to him?
Post by: JACKALL on January 23, 2009, 07:00:51 AM
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Boar? I love the all black nose. :tup:
Good looking bear. Any story to him?
Sorry for not gettin back to ya, about 1 hr after posting the pics of my bear, my wife and I headed to the hospital and had our first child :) What an experience!
The bear tastes great, I actually went scouting for the high hunt, and a pretty good storm blew in the highcountry that evening. So I decided to walk out in the dark and sleep in the truck instead of my bivy in the monsoon! Well after returning to the truck I decided to head to a spot to look for a bear in the AM! Finally arriving there at 11:00 and slept for a few hrs. Got out and started hiking just before daylight, about an hour into the hunt I could hear the boar feeding in the berries. I had seen several sows w/ cubs earlier in the season in the area, so I slowly moved to get a look and spotted him at about 100yrds. I just kneeled down and watched to see if there were any little ones around. After about 10 min I decided he was alone, but had to move to make the shot, in doing so I snapped a little twig alerting the bear. I quickly slid one in behind the shoulder with my .270 the bear went about 30 yrds and piled up in a stand of small spruce trees. Being my first bear I wanted to get him out whole so the drag was on down the single track trail, not the best idea I have ever had :bash:, after a couple hrs I was within about 60 yrds of where I could get the truck but could not move the bear I was completely wore out. Had to head off the mountain to call in a favor from a good friend thankfully he answered and came to help load him up!
Post by: PacificNWhunter on January 23, 2009, 07:40:18 AM
Post by: JACKALL on January 23, 2009, 01:43:30 PM
Post by: PacificNWhunter on January 23, 2009, 01:47:57 PM
Post by: robb92 on January 23, 2009, 07:04:51 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on January 23, 2009, 07:08:28 PM
You said the magic words: "puttin' in the time it deserves..."
Congrats!
Post by: Elkstuffer on January 24, 2009, 10:56:07 PM
Post by: blindpig on January 28, 2009, 01:41:59 PM