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Title: Labor Day weekend Bear
Post by: Star882 on September 09, 2016, 01:55:29 PM
 I finally got my first bear! I got it on the West side during Labor Day weekend.
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Post by: shanevg on September 09, 2016, 02:02:04 PM
Congrats!  Looks like a great bear!
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Post by: 2MANY on September 09, 2016, 02:02:34 PM
Nice bear.

Plenty of dew on the grass Sat and Sun that weekend.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on September 09, 2016, 02:03:06 PM
Great photo too!
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Post by: jasnt on September 09, 2016, 02:15:34 PM
Great photo and bear. Any story?
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Post by: SemperFidelis97 on September 09, 2016, 03:11:27 PM
Great bear Star looking foreword to the story if you decide to share.
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Post by: Machias on September 09, 2016, 03:49:44 PM
Beautiful bear, great photo, can't wait to hear all the details!!  Congrats!
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Post by: Kit Carson on September 09, 2016, 05:24:31 PM
Congrats  :tup:
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Post by: Eli346 on September 10, 2016, 06:38:01 AM
Nice bear and photo!
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Post by: justyhntr on September 10, 2016, 07:13:44 AM
Nice bear ! Love that coat .
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Post by: acnewman55 on September 10, 2016, 07:28:30 AM
Awesome. Congrats!


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Post by: Widgeondeke on September 10, 2016, 07:40:20 AM
Congrats!   :tup:
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Post by: Star882 on September 10, 2016, 08:10:57 AM
So since a few people asked i figured i would share the story of my bear hunt.

So it all started with my previous hunt/trail camera check a couple weeks earlier when i lost my hand held GPS on what i thought would be my only chance out this year to target bear. I was able to convince my wife to let me go out and look for my GPS in a couple spots i thought it could be from my precious hunt and take my rifle for a walk in the process. I left my house around 4 am and got to the trail head around 1st light. Of course right when i headed in it started to pour down rain for about 45 min. After hiking in about 3 miles with some good elevation gain i started to see a ton of bear sign. I could tell there was alot of new bear trails that were not there last time i was out and the berries looked a lot better this time. My heart started pounding and my adrenaline was going since the last time i was in the section of the logging road i had a bear walking in the thick brush about 30 feet from me but unfortunately I couldn't get a shot. While all these thoughts are going threw my head i looked up the trail a see a bear head sticking up over the ridge line of the hill i was on at about 30 yards away. All in one motion i lifted my rifle and shot and the bear disappeared over the ridgeline. I never heard a death moan so i was concerned i may have just wounded the bear at 1st or even missed so I gave it a few minutes. I made a couple calls to get some help finding the bear and getting it out. With a buddy on the way I walked up about 10 feet on the trail to get a better view over the ridgeline and saw the bear dead about  20 feet from where i shot it. Over all it was a great experience with a quick death for the bear and i couldn't be happier. Except if I would have found my GPS. (Those things are expensive)
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Post by: Forrestrover.02 on September 10, 2016, 08:14:40 AM
Great looking bear!
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Post by: Ripper on September 10, 2016, 10:17:02 AM
Nice job and a fine looking bear. Congrats.
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Post by: SpicyTacos on September 10, 2016, 10:21:53 AM
Well done. Great story!
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 10, 2016, 06:47:26 PM
Congrats :tup:
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Post by: tgomez on September 12, 2016, 09:11:37 PM
The first is always the best. With bear especially, your hooked for life now. Nice coat and a good looking bear 🐻. CONGRATULATIONS
Title: Re: Labor Day weekend Bear
Post by: csaaphill on September 14, 2016, 12:05:12 AM
great bear  :tup:
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Post by: Mark251 on September 14, 2016, 08:47:22 PM
Nice  :tup:
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Post by: johnhart84 on September 15, 2016, 01:57:22 PM
Great 1st bear. Congrats
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Post by: saylean on September 19, 2016, 04:39:46 PM
Great pic of the bear! Congrats on your first!
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