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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 10:33:41 AM

Title: Blues bears!!!!!
Post by: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 10:33:41 AM: I drew a blues bear tag who's with me?
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Post by: yelp on March 29, 2009, 10:46:26 AM: I tried didn't get drawn..good luck.
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Post by: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 10:51:38 AM: how many points you got? i had 6
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Post by: Timberstalker on March 29, 2009, 11:46:56 AM: which unit?
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Post by: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 11:57:51 AM: Not sure i want to give up my honey hole just yet ;) two years ago we killed five bears in two week ends filling all of our tags four average bears one big one squareing six four. cant say exact weight i would guess three hundred and fourty lbs very big boar. Oh and all of these bears were blonde or brown :) hopefully the snow pack will let us in if that gives you an clue
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Post by: bowsandhose on March 29, 2009, 12:55:38 PM: i got a dayton tag
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Post by: Ray on March 29, 2009, 12:56:52 PM: Can't wait to see the bears start dropping.
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Post by: boneaddict on March 29, 2009, 01:00:16 PM: a big clue. :chuckle:
Gonna have to join Timber this year in the bear picture taking department I think. Can't seem to draw, 6 points here. I usually bump into a few by now, but not this year. They are tucked in still sleepin'.
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Post by: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 04:23:33 PM: Im not taking any thing less than six feet no need to :) :IBCOOL: Oh and i prefer my bears like i like my ladies Big And Blonde lol JK hahahahaha
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Post by: Rufous on March 29, 2009, 05:04:08 PM: Archery King, you do not need to give away your honey hole just to inform us which unit you will be hunting. Each unit has lots of honey holes. I have hunted spring bear in the Blue Creek, Wenaha and Dayton unit and took mature boars in each. Good luck on your hunt. Rufous.
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Post by: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 05:09:46 PM: Your right the WENAHA is a big unit and there are a lot of honey holes :) you take any big bears Rufos?
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Post by: MichaelJ on March 29, 2009, 05:30:21 PM: My bear that squared 6'6" was from unit 154 Blue Creek... Got to love them blues bears! Oh and he was a gorgeous dark chocolate!

Michael
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Post by: CJ-5 on March 29, 2009, 10:03:19 PM: Sounds like a nice bear, you got a picture micheal?
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Post by: BENCHLEG on March 29, 2009, 10:14:58 PM: 4 PTS STILL WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR.
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Post by: Rufous on March 29, 2009, 10:20:41 PM: Of the 9 bears I have tagged so far the bear I took out of the Wenaha unit in May of 2001 was the biggest. He was 13 years old and his skull green scored 20". I figure his live weight at about 375# based on his girth. Just his 4 legs without paws or hide weighed 120#. His hide measured 77" from nose to tail and 88" front claw to front claw. He was a big boy. Here are a couple pics:

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My spring bear in the Blue Creek unit was a 12 year old boar. I got him May of 2005. I did not recover the hide or skull but he was a good sized and obviously mature boar. Here is a photo of that one:

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Finally here is a photo of the bear I took May of 2007 in the Dayton unit with my 45 Colt revolver. He was 7 years old and had a 17 and 7/8" skull and his hide measured 6'6". He weighed about 275#.

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Post by: MichaelJ on March 29, 2009, 10:26:17 PM: Pictures don't do him justice... btw I've grown up a little bit since then! lol

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He had an unbelievable amount of fat on him, and his skull officially went 18 7/8"... I thought it would've been a little bigger for how much he squared...

Michael
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Post by: jager on March 29, 2009, 10:27:55 PM: Great lookin' bears! Wish I had a spring tag!
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 29, 2009, 10:31:38 PM: good heavens those are some big bears. I know they're out there. Biggest bear track i have ever seen was in 154. Caught one good sized boar on my trail cam last year. Couldn't get a good look at him though. Got some smaller ones too. No luck last year though, and no luck getting drawn this spring either.
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Post by: MichaelJ on March 29, 2009, 10:39:52 PM: Another one of the rug... thats a standard Rem 700 30-06 leaning against the rug for size reference...

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Michael
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 29, 2009, 10:49:46 PM: That is one big friggin' bear Michael
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Post by: MichaelJ on March 29, 2009, 10:55:43 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on March 29, 2009, 10:49:46 PM
That is one big friggin' bear Michael

Thanks! I can't wait to get him on the living room wall in our new apt come the middle of May... that along with 2-3 deer mounts and hopefully my cougar rug that I want to get done over the summer will sure impress the ladies that come over! haha too funny both my and my roommate got gf's...

That rug sure cost a lot of money though well worth it!

Michael
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 29, 2009, 11:00:05 PM: There you go... break 'em in early. If she doesn't mind hanging out at your apt with lots of dead stuff on the walls now, it won't come as a surprise later...

Wish I had thought of that 15 years ago.. :bash:
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Post by: MichaelJ on March 29, 2009, 11:35:01 PM: She comes from a huge hunting family and doesn't mind 'em at all... she actually has gutted and hauled out deer for her brother/dad before. She enjoys it.... :o

Too bad the only thing we need to work on is the cookin skills! lol

Michael
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on March 30, 2009, 07:50:01 AM: Great bears guys..Love the brown color
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Post by: JoeVon on March 30, 2009, 09:16:26 AM: Quote from: Archery King on March 29, 2009, 11:57:51 AM
Not sure i want to give up my honey hole just yet ;) two years ago we killed five bears in two week ends filling all of our tags four average bears one big one squareing six four. cant say exact weight i would guess three hundred and fourty lbs very big boar. Oh and all of these bears were blonde or brown :) hopefully the snow pack will let us in if that gives you an clue

Lets see some pics!
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Post by: CJ-5 on March 30, 2009, 04:12:35 PM: Nice bear!
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Post by: MAGhunter on March 30, 2009, 06:22:09 PM: NICE!! :tup:
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Post by: bowsandhose on March 30, 2009, 07:09:15 PM: great bears :drool: I'm pumped for spring bear
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Post by: MichaelJ on March 30, 2009, 07:59:12 PM: Yeah good luck Bowsandhose! I hear there are grizzleys in the blues, but that was a few years back and I'm not sure how substantial the source was.... I know one day we saw scratch marks on a tree from the DOWNHILL side that were higher than 8'!!! Thats a BIG BEAR! lol

Michael
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Post by: firecrotch on March 30, 2009, 08:01:11 PM: haha i like the last picture of our cooler. that was a great week of huntin for ya
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Post by: MichaelJ on March 30, 2009, 08:21:48 PM: Quote from: firecrotch on March 30, 2009, 08:01:11 PM
haha i like the last picture of our cooler. that was a great week of huntin for ya

That was a fun hunt! Our cow hunt the following weekend or week after that was a lot of fun too!

Michael
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Post by: firecrotch on March 31, 2009, 01:12:46 PM: that it was, good times...
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Post by: Archery King on March 31, 2009, 05:32:42 PM: Hey JoVon

I have some pics but i am new to this site and i dont no how to post them along with the comment? help? lol
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on March 31, 2009, 10:24:11 PM: At the bottom of the reply box, under the -+ buttons there is a tab marked "Additional Options". Click on it, hit "browse", find your picture, double click on it, and hit the "open" button. Then hit the "post" button.
'cmon, post some pics man... Those of us with ADHD need PITCHERS!!
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Post by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 07:56:57 AM: I dont have a great pic there on my dads camera, and this is my dads bear Dave Hubbard.
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Post by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 07:58:40 AM: Thanks for the help pathfinder i should have my bear down by mid May hope it is even bigger :) lol ill put up picks for sure.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 01, 2009, 07:59:36 AM: Nice Bear Archery King. Can't wait to see 09's harvest...
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Post by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 12:48:17 PM: I hope the snow pack isnt to low this year :( :yike:
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Post by: Machias on April 01, 2009, 01:08:13 PM: Hey I know that guy!!! He help pull me out of a snow bank a few years ago out behind his farm!!!! :hello:
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Post by: Archery King on April 01, 2009, 02:31:12 PM: HAHAHAHAHAHAA Let me guess you were coyote hunting on a road called Lone Pine rd. Ya thats my dad in the pic if there was a kid with him it would be me or my brother. Your not the first guy nor will you be the lat that we pull out!