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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Molon5labe on September 15, 2016, 12:48:53 PM

Title: My 2016 fall bear
Post by: Molon5labe on September 15, 2016, 12:48:53 PM: Got this guy last Friday. Spotted him on a hillside eating blackberries. There was an old, overgrown logging "road" on the top of the hillside he was on and I thought I could get up there and take a close shot on him from the top so I got back on my bike and went up to it. Ditched the bike and started making my way through the brush and stickers to where it comes out of the timber on top of the hill. All the sudden the ground in front of me erupted as I bust 2 grouse. *censored*! I keep sneaking along. I crawl down a 5ft deep ditch, start up the other side and think I'm probably getting close, I better put in the ear plugs I actually thought ahead enough to bring with me this time. I look up real quick and there he is. 30 yards straight ahead staring right at me. He heard the grouse and came to investigate I guess. I didn't really want to find out what was going to happen next so I steadied my Tikka T3 as best I could dead center on his chest and let one rip. He takes off, I hear 2 cries and silence. He made it about 40 yards down the "road" and expired. I took the shot at 7:10pm and didn't get back to the truck, 3 miles away, until 12:30am. I'm not a pro obviously but I'm thankful that I had a real good buddy who showed up at about 9:30 with nothing but coordinates of my location and the road my truck was parked on.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv172%2Fthe_iodine%2F20160909_193434_zpsk2rharir.jpg&hash=f17feb4ca69a732e27f6f5b803bd4bddbecadf86)
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv172%2Fthe_iodine%2F20160909_191622_zpssdwq2van.jpg&hash=978a2cddcb8e610c860d2c529c0f0ca6c029fbc7)
Title: Re: My 2016 fall bear
Post by: Buckewe on September 15, 2016, 12:55:07 PM: Way to go. Nice looking bear
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Post by: johnhart84 on September 15, 2016, 01:56:36 PM: Great shooting! Congrats on the bear!
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Post by: Kit Carson on September 15, 2016, 09:37:09 PM: Nice bear :tup:
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Post by: dmoua on September 15, 2016, 09:57:52 PM: Awesome bear and story. Good job.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 15, 2016, 10:13:55 PM: Congrats
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Post by: Machias on September 16, 2016, 04:46:10 AM: Congrats!!

The first photo would have made the coroner rule suicide. :)
Title: Re: My 2016 fall bear
Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 16, 2016, 05:48:28 AM: Quote from: Machias on September 16, 2016, 04:46:10 AM
Congrats!!

The first photo would have made the coroner rule suicide. :)

:chuckle:
Great bear! :tup:
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Post by: jasnt on September 16, 2016, 06:09:32 AM: Congrats
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Post by: Tokul on September 16, 2016, 02:05:42 PM: Very nice. Congrats!
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Post by: dan11011 on September 16, 2016, 02:54:26 PM: great looking bear! :tup:
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Post by: pashok23 on September 16, 2016, 08:16:48 PM: Good job :tup: Congrats
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Post by: tgomez on September 16, 2016, 08:17:33 PM: Nice bear and a good story. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
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Post by: DOsborn on September 16, 2016, 08:25:03 PM: Sounds like a great hunt, congratulations
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Post by: saylean on September 18, 2016, 05:20:25 PM: Gets the blood pumping huh?! Nice!
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Post by: csaaphill on September 18, 2016, 05:54:51 PM: Awesome :tup: