Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 21, 2025, 03:30:36 PM
We returned from our caribou hunting trip to Alaska (his graduation present-I promise I'll get a thread up as soon as things calm down) just in time for me to start school (I'm a high school teacher for those that don't know), so LP was on his own for bear hunting this year.
Set up his tree stand and put out his predator call for a good, long sit. Day one a bear crossed his clearing but didn't give him a shot with his bow. Day two, right before dark a bear stepped out of the shadows to investigate, but due to low light, LP elected to use the rifle on him.
Had to find him the next morning.
LP texted me: "Dad, this is a big bear. I can't get him loaded."
Chalk up another fawn killer for the Grim Reaper... :tup:
Post by: highside74 on August 21, 2025, 03:31:54 PM
Nice bear young man
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 21, 2025, 03:32:10 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 21, 2025, 03:33:18 PM
Little isn't so little anymore😁Yeah, that's my fault. I keep feeding him... :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: jrebel on August 21, 2025, 03:36:21 PM
Where is he headed for college?? I just dropped my oldest off a week and a half ago.....boy do they grow up fast.
Post by: Dan-o on August 21, 2025, 03:39:53 PM
Congratulations on sending him to college.
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 21, 2025, 03:44:49 PM
Pretty AWESOME!!!!
Where is he headed for college?? I just dropped my oldest off a week and a half ago.....boy do they grow up fast.
He signed with Eastern Oregon University to play baseball and major in education.
I wonder when it will occur to him that teaching school and hunting in the fall are not necessarily compatible with each other... :rolleyes:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 21, 2025, 03:48:33 PM
Post by: HntnFsh on August 21, 2025, 04:07:54 PM
You have obviously raised a great kid!
Post by: jrebel on August 21, 2025, 04:24:23 PM
Pretty AWESOME!!!!
Where is he headed for college?? I just dropped my oldest off a week and a half ago.....boy do they grow up fast.
He signed with Eastern Oregon University to play baseball and major in education.
I wonder when it will occur to him that teaching school and hunting in the fall are not necessarily compatible with each other... :rolleyes:
Not sure there is a worst job to have when it comes to hunting. My wife is an educator and I was going to college to be one......thought better of it and now work 8-9 days a month and get to hunt as much as I want. Can't wait for my wife to retire so she can join me on my hunting adventures.
Post by: teanawayslayer on August 21, 2025, 05:51:45 PM
Post by: Gentrys on August 21, 2025, 08:25:11 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on August 21, 2025, 08:28:23 PM
Little isn't so little anymore😁Yeah, that's my fault. I keep feeding him... :chuckle: :chuckle:
If you quit feeding them they don’t grow anymore.😉
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on August 21, 2025, 08:29:25 PM
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Post by: high_hunter on August 21, 2025, 08:55:04 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 22, 2025, 07:07:09 AM
Agreed. I think a one-man-taxidermy shop or being a game warden might be worse... but not by much... :chuckle: :chuckle:Pretty AWESOME!!!!
Where is he headed for college?? I just dropped my oldest off a week and a half ago.....boy do they grow up fast.
He signed with Eastern Oregon University to play baseball and major in education.
I wonder when it will occur to him that teaching school and hunting in the fall are not necessarily compatible with each other... :rolleyes:
Not sure there is a worst job to have when it comes to hunting. My wife is an educator and I was going to college to be one......thought better of it and now work 8-9 days a month and get to hunt as much as I want. Can't wait for my wife to retire so she can join me on my hunting adventures.
Post by: lewy on August 22, 2025, 09:13:00 AM
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Post by: Twispriver on August 22, 2025, 02:39:12 PM
Did any of it go sour after being left until morning?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 22, 2025, 03:20:44 PM
Very nice, congratulations :tup:Good question. We may never know. The whole bear is getting sliced up, brined and made into jerky. I don't know if we'll be able to tell, unless he's pretty bad when we're cutting him up. Starting that process today. He's been in the cooler at CoryTDF's house since we recovered him.
Did any of it go sour after being left until morning?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 23, 2025, 05:34:43 PM
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