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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: onewakuwa on May 13, 2008, 10:04:08 AM

Title: Wenaha outing
Post by: onewakuwa on May 13, 2008, 10:04:08 AM: Spent Sat. thru Monday in the south end of the Wenaha searching for my bear.
Snow still blocked the perimeter road pretty low so didn’t cover much country.
I pretty much limit myself to a couple miles in. I know, it’s limiting, but can’t put on the miles as I used to.
Only saw 3 bear, a sow with 2 100# cubs.
On the way out along the Grand Ronde I spotted something weird swimming frantically upstream. I stopped and saw it was a young deer struggling to get to shore. It would work its way along a rock face but the strong flow at the intended exit point stopped its progress every attempt. I thought it was doomed after about 10 minutes of continual effort. Then it found footing at the edge of the face and crawled out, looked for an escape even tried to jump up about 8 feet higher onto the face and fell back. Then it jumped into the flow again turned downstream and managed to reach shore past the rock face. Pretty neat drama. Probably will approach the shoreline cautiously the next time.
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Post by: snohohunter on May 13, 2008, 10:06:47 AM: Great pics and cool story!
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Post by: shanevg on May 13, 2008, 10:07:11 AM: Cool pictures! Looks like a fun trip. Bummer about now bears though.
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Post by: saylean on May 13, 2008, 10:36:08 AM: They look to be pretty little bears. Cool pics too. At least you got to see some.

Happy hunting.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 13, 2008, 10:47:12 AM: Cool Pics One!! Thanks for posting
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Post by: Alchase on May 13, 2008, 01:01:26 PM: Great pics!
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Post by: actionshooter on May 13, 2008, 08:50:40 PM: I would call that a good day, good pics
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Post by: M_ray on May 13, 2008, 09:06:36 PM: Good Job, looks like a funday! Pretty interesting pics of that deer too, I think that momma is lucky ... if she was a he I think it would be big enough for me! ;)

Hey that rymes and I wasn't even tryin! ... I'm a dork sometimes Geeze and I haven't even been drinking I should probably start!
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Post by: Slider on May 13, 2008, 09:20:17 PM: SWEET!!! Get a BIG ONE for the Contest!!! ;)
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Post by: Rufous on May 13, 2008, 10:11:52 PM: Keep after them. I was out in the Blues on Monday evening and saw 9 bears. There are really starting to pop out now. Good hunting, Brian.
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Post by: Head-shot on May 13, 2008, 10:17:25 PM: Cool story and pics, Really neat about the fawn.