Post by: BLUEBULLS on May 18, 2009, 09:46:22 AM
I wanted but I'm plenty happy with his size.
Post by: Hillbilly270 on May 18, 2009, 09:47:22 AM
Post by: tlbradford on May 18, 2009, 09:47:42 AM
Post by: jackelope on May 18, 2009, 09:48:59 AM
congrats bud.
Post by: hogsniper on May 18, 2009, 09:50:54 AM
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Post by: Rob on May 18, 2009, 09:56:35 AM
very nice!
Post by: TheHunt on May 18, 2009, 10:01:52 AM
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on May 18, 2009, 11:07:48 AM
I’ve been shed hunting a lot this year and dropping in to see if the bears were out. Sign was pretty scarce but I knew it was time for them to pop out and feed. The onions are thick and you can smell them in the air. I talked my wife into letting me head to the hills Friday evening with the promise that I’d be back that night so she could come along on Saturday. I arrived at about 5pm on Friday and started to glass from a few key vantage points. I hadn’t seen a single bear and all of the elk and deer I was seeing seemed at ease until almost dark. I hiked out to one last point before dark and soon saw a huge black blob. A quick look through the scope and I confirmed it was what I was after, a huge jet black boar. Well after 3 shots the bear was gone. I had left my rangefinder in the truck because I was mainly just going to glass across a canyon and didn’t plan on getting a shot. He ended up being a little farther than I thought. The next morning I was headed back up at 3am without my wife (couldn’t find a dogsitter) to look for signs of a hit but found nothing but tracks. I shot low!! I walked out to a point where I knew there was a pretty good onion patch to take a look and do some glassing. I slowly came up over the edge and here was a big bear, tearing up the onions about 40 yards from me. He looked my way as I already had my scope on him. I could tell he was a good bear but I couldn’t tell how good. I decided to take him and with one shot through his lungs he busted for cover on vertical hillside. I could hear him dying and decided to walk up the hill and call a buddy. Luckily he was heading up to the hills and offered to give me a hand. Well after several hours we were able to get the bear to the truck. He should stretch to about 7 feet long and I’m not an expert on weight but I’d say 400+. I would have loved to have the big black boar but I’m plenty happy with this one. He had a previous injury to his lower jaw so he has a severe over bite and only one big tooth that sits right in the center of his jaw. Definitely a unique bear.
Thanks for all the comments.
Post by: EastWaViking on May 18, 2009, 11:10:58 AM
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Post by: jackelope on May 18, 2009, 11:25:16 AM
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He had a previous injury to his lower jaw so he has a severe over bite and only one big tooth that sits right in the center of his jaw. Definitely a unique bear.
sounds like a bear longtatlaw would be proud of.
congrats again.
Post by: agchawk on May 18, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
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Post by: bowhunterforever on May 18, 2009, 01:47:11 PM
NICE BEAR. 400+, thats a big bear. Congtats.:yeah: Nice shooting!
Post by: ThePascoKid on May 18, 2009, 03:11:12 PM
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Post by: JBar on May 18, 2009, 07:40:26 PM
I think I would have to put this Bear in the big black boar category! If this one ain't in that category I would love to see the other one! Way to go that's an awesome bear.
Post by: markts on May 18, 2009, 07:52:05 PM
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on May 19, 2009, 06:14:38 AM
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on May 19, 2009, 06:20:35 AM
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 19, 2009, 06:37:06 AM
Joe
Post by: nwhunter on May 19, 2009, 07:27:14 AM
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Post by: LongTatLaw on May 19, 2009, 08:41:53 AM
Very nice brother! :IBCOOL:
Post by: Mr Mykiss on May 19, 2009, 02:26:08 PM
NICE BEAR. 400+, thats a big bear. Congtats.:yeah: Nice shooting!
Nice shooting??!! Didn't you miss 3 times?
Post by: jackelope on May 19, 2009, 03:08:14 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 21, 2009, 09:43:50 AM
NICE BEAR. 400+, thats a big bear. Congtats.:yeah: Nice shooting!
Nice shooting??!! Didn't you miss 3 times?
I actually did almost the exact same thing a few years ago. Popped out on a bear at the edge of a wheatfield diggning for gophers. No rangefinder, guessed him as a decent bear at about 300 yds. I am signted 2 inches high at 100 yds, so I held dead-on his shoulder and touched off a round. Bear took off.
When I got over there, his track was HUGE. He was so big it had coused me to misjudge the range. :bash: When I paced it off, it was over 450 yards. I never have been that great at judging ranger anyway. Now I never go anywhere without the RF...
Post by: LOVHUNTIN on June 11, 2009, 05:00:43 PM
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on June 12, 2009, 06:04:39 AM