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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: bankwalker on November 13, 2016, 12:48:38 PM

Title: Backyard bear #2
Post by: bankwalker on November 13, 2016, 12:48:38 PM: For the last couple months my neighbor has had a big Bear destroying her apple trees so she insisted I hunted her 85 acres and remove the problem bear. After hunting this bear off and on for the last week's with no luck. Finally a couple evenings ago he slipped up and showed himself with a few minutes a shooting light left. As I walked between my garage and house I looked up and seen him under a big Apple tree. I snuck to within 20 yards of him.
Made good shot with a 162gr sst and he took off into some dense reprod. After a few minutes I didn't hear any sort of death moan and it sounded like he had covered alot of ground. So i decided to let him sit over night before heading into a possible dangerous situation.
In the morning I walked back and started tracking him only to find out here's went about 100ft from where I shot him.
Took a few pictures trying to show this bears true size and no picture does it justice.
It took 3 of us to barely get this bear into a Nissan Frontier. Glad I didn't have a full size truck haha.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi207.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb172%2Fmikey6900%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F20161111_071445_001-1.jpg&hash=6e53470b204a09fda93d6f1effc0c7d5cceca7c4) (http://s207.photobucket.com/user/mikey6900/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20161111_071445_001-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Backyard bear #2
Post by: Widgeondeke on November 13, 2016, 12:51:05 PM: Big boy there

:tup:
Title: Re: Backyard bear #2
Post by: Kit Carson on November 13, 2016, 01:19:07 PM: Nice work :tup:
Title: Re: Backyard bear #2
Post by: Timberstalker on November 13, 2016, 02:39:44 PM: He's a dandy. Are you gonna rug him?
Title: Re: Backyard bear #2
Post by: bankwalker on November 13, 2016, 02:41:50 PM: Quote from: Timberstalker on November 13, 2016, 02:39:44 PM
He's a dandy. Are you gonna rug him?

No he sat over night for almost 13 hours from time of shot to the time I got him home. I was more concerned about loosing meat. Ended up not losing any meat and now wish I wold have done a better job skinning.
Title: Re: Backyard bear #2
Post by: lamrith on November 13, 2016, 08:23:11 PM: Nice bear and good idea leaving him be overnight. Not worth busting brush at night with a wounded bear.