Post by: WapitiTalk1 on July 23, 2018, 01:35:00 PM
Post by: KFhunter on July 23, 2018, 01:42:25 PM
had a black bear claim my deer once, but by the time I got to it most of the deer was gone, thought it would be safe over night, shot at last light, I kept hunting, bear kept what was left.
Elk should be different story, bear wouldn't be able to eat 3/4 of it in one night.
Post by: lamrith on July 23, 2018, 01:53:36 PM
You all carry your predator tags too right.....
Post by: Bob33 on July 23, 2018, 02:01:39 PM
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on July 23, 2018, 03:27:06 PM
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Post by: jennabug on July 23, 2018, 04:20:06 PM
I like this thread.Me too. Following.
Post by: Timberdog on July 23, 2018, 05:23:54 PM
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Post by: big wood on July 23, 2018, 05:31:54 PM
Post by: yorketransport on July 23, 2018, 06:31:33 PM
Sounds like a great way to fill your bear/cougar tag... :tup:
You all carry your predator tags too right.....
That was my first thought!
I got called out one moring to help my father in law retrieve a deer he shot late in the evening the night before. I had already filled my deer tag so I didn't bring a rifle, just a little 10" 30 Herrett Contender in a shoulder holster. When we got to his deer there was a bear shuffling away from the carcass. I couldn't have made the shot off hand with the pistol and my father in law was behind me about 15 yards with his rifle. If I would have had a rifle in my hands though it would have been a dead bear!
Post by: bkaech on July 23, 2018, 07:33:49 PM
Post by: 71Shovelhead on July 23, 2018, 07:36:05 PM
Post by: j_h_nimrod on July 23, 2018, 08:11:59 PM
My Weimaraner pup was able to stand on her hind legs and eat ~2lbs of rump in about 5 minutes, but that is the closest I can recall.
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on July 23, 2018, 08:19:03 PM
Another time I took a friend deer hunting on Kodiak and he shot his first deer and was tickled to say the least. We brought it to town where we were staying with a friend about three blocks from the Kodiak Post Office. He had a wooden shed in his back yard and we skinned the deer and hung it to age until the day we flew out. The friend we were staying with went out to quarter it and box it the morning we were leaving and came running back in the house to tell us a bear had chewed the deer in half and taken the hind quarters. We went out and sure enough the door had been busted in. It had scartch marks all around it. Then it had evidently closed behind the bear when it was chewing on the deer, as it had busted out one of the walls on the shed to get out with the goods. Darn bears never seem to leave the same way the come in. Anyway, we called fish and game and a trooper came over to investigate and he found what was left of the hind quarters a couple hundred yards behind the house. They were in no shape to salvage, so we went home with only half of that deer.
Post by: wapitislayer on July 23, 2018, 08:29:16 PM
Post by: shallowforks on July 23, 2018, 08:52:45 PM
Post by: JWEBB on July 23, 2018, 09:33:01 PM
Has anybody had a bear (or even another predator) lay claim to their elk kill before you had completely packed all the meat back to camp? Were you able to get the slime bag off your kill, or, did you have to just call it a day and sacrifice the rest of the meat to the predator?
Have had this happen 2 times. No matter what the situation, I would absolutely never let a predator keep me from getting my kill. I’m always packing heat even when I have my packboard on.
Post by: mountainman on July 23, 2018, 09:49:25 PM
Not an elk, but we had a deer that we gave 2 hours to before tracking, mid morning time. Deer only made it 60yards on its own, bear drug it another 50 before having a butt snack. Nephew almost got a shot on the bear.Brett needs to be quicker👍
Post by: Axle on July 24, 2018, 06:41:50 AM
Post by: WA hunter14 on July 24, 2018, 06:57:29 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on July 24, 2018, 08:04:33 AM
Has anybody had a bear (or even another predator) lay claim to their elk kill before you had completely packed all the meat back to camp? Were you able to get the slime bag off your kill, or, did you have to just call it a day and sacrifice the rest of the meat to the predator?
Have had this happen 2 times. No matter what the situation, I would absolutely never let a predator keep me from getting my kill. I’m always packing heat even when I have my packboard on.
Imagine those guys who've been bushwhacked by a grizz while breaking down an elk or deer :yike: even with a gun my first instinct would probably be to run :chuckle:
Post by: baldopepper on July 24, 2018, 09:44:04 AM
Post by: KFhunter on July 24, 2018, 09:52:23 AM
Came back to camp a few years back to find a couple of great white pyrenees dogs munching a deer I had hanging. Sheep herders imbed those dogs with their sheep herds and they can be kinda nasty to deal with (they're about the size of a Saint Bernard dog). Ran those two off but had to find a higher tree to hang deer in as they kept coming back. Twice I've come back to find a weasel making a home inside a hanging deer, they're nasty little buggars also as they keep going back inside the gutted carcass and don't want to come out.
guess I'll add a welding glove to my kill kit :chuckle:
Post by: Jonathan_S on July 24, 2018, 10:39:28 AM
Came back to camp a few years back to find a couple of great white pyrenees dogs munching a deer I had hanging. Sheep herders imbed those dogs with their sheep herds and they can be kinda nasty to deal with (they're about the size of a Saint Bernard dog). Ran those two off but had to find a higher tree to hang deer in as they kept coming back. Twice I've come back to find a weasel making a home inside a hanging deer, they're nasty little buggars also as they keep going back inside the gutted carcass and don't want to come out.
guess I'll add a welding glove to my kill kit :chuckle:
Still not sure I'd grab one :chuckle: those guys are a tiny ball of fury, muscle, and razor sharp teeth
Post by: KFhunter on July 24, 2018, 11:01:33 AM
I think somewhere in the video series he talks about weasels being too difficult to train and make a mink look tame :o
Post by: theleo on July 24, 2018, 11:23:38 AM
Post by: j_h_nimrod on July 24, 2018, 11:25:33 AM
Post by: CedarPants on July 24, 2018, 08:56:37 PM
When we were walking back to him early the next morning, something looked odd about the game bag from a distance. It looked tattered and was blowing in the wind toward the portion of the deer nearest the ground. As we got closer, it became clear that both front legs had been ripped off and were nowhere to be found. You could also see scratch marks on the torso and head where something had been trying to pull the rest of it down. We were able to salvage the back half of the deer.
A week later, something savagly mauled my neighbor's St. Bernard and he had to be put down.
This was between Springdale and Chewelah, probably 7 years ago.
Post by: JWEBB on July 24, 2018, 09:20:03 PM
Has anybody had a bear (or even another predator) lay claim to their elk kill before you had completely packed all the meat back to camp? Were you able to get the slime bag off your kill, or, did you have to just call it a day and sacrifice the rest of the meat to the predator?
Have had this happen 2 times. No matter what the situation, I would absolutely never let a predator keep me from getting my kill. I’m always packing heat even when I have my packboard on.
Imagine those guys who've been bushwhacked by a grizz while breaking down an elk or deer :yike: even with a gun my first instinct would probably be to run :chuckle:
Good point! :chuckle:
Post by: Dan-o on July 24, 2018, 09:39:50 PM
Has anybody had a bear (or even another predator) lay claim to their elk kill before you had completely packed all the meat back to camp? Were you able to get the slime bag off your kill, or, did you have to just call it a day and sacrifice the rest of the meat to the predator?
Have had this happen 2 times. No matter what the situation, I would absolutely never let a predator keep me from getting my kill. I’m always packing heat even when I have my packboard on.
IF I'm right, it's illegal to push a Grizz off a kill in Montana.
Anyone know if I'm remembering correctly?
Post by: KFhunter on July 24, 2018, 11:27:13 PM
Post by: Bucks2Ducks on July 25, 2018, 05:59:10 AM
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IF I'm right, it's illegal to push a Grizz off a kill in Montana.
Anyone know if I'm remembering correctly?
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I've heard that in Wyoming too. Also heard they wont replace your tag.
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on July 30, 2018, 12:05:17 PM
I had coyotes chewing on an elk's gut pile last fall when I came back to retrieve another load. I also had a golden eagle eat a portion of a deer that I shot.
:yeah: Coyotes and raptors on my gut pile trail cam. Always interesting to watch.