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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Timber on May 28, 2008, 10:24:40 PM

Title: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: Timber on May 28, 2008, 10:24:40 PM: I took my cousin out this past weekend to help him fill his spring bear tag. This was the only weekend he was able to get out and hunt, so the pressure was on. It was a great day! We got to our bear spot at 9:00 am and at 12:45 pm Kevin ended the hunt by shooting the sixth bear we had seen. I captured the entire hunt on video.

This was the first bear we saw. He was 150 yds away. The wind was marginal and right when we decided he was a shooter, he took off.
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After he left, we spotted a smaller bear 100 yds from the first bear. We decided to let him go.
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Later, a small bear walked out of the woods 80 yds above us and started rubbing his back on a tree.
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A little while later, we saw another bear, this one a small chocolate.
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An hour later, a small cinnamon bear come out of the woods and started to feed. Before I could get the camera on him he bolted back into the woods. Then we saw what scared him, it was a bigger cinnamon/chocolate bear. We decided this bear was a shooter.
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With swirling winds, we somehow managed to close the distance to 210 yds. Just as Kevin was getting ready to shoot, the bear put his nose up in the air. I thought for sure he had winded us, then BOOM. In the picture you can see the 270 grain slug from the .375 H & H piercing the bears shoulder.
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We found the bear 100 yds away, just inside the timber.
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Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: boneaddict on May 28, 2008, 10:26:43 PM: AWESOME!
That first one looked nice! but this one will do just fine. Good for him.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on May 28, 2008, 10:27:44 PM: Very nice looking Bear. . . Congrats to him.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on May 28, 2008, 10:27:51 PM: Nice job, great variety of colors to choose from, what unit were you in?
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Post by: bucklucky on May 28, 2008, 10:28:09 PM: Wow, that is a nice looking bear. Look at that sheet of paper on his chest!! Awesome lifesize candidate!!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on May 28, 2008, 10:32:30 PM: Quote from: bucklucky on May 28, 2008, 10:28:09 PM
Awesome lifesize candidate!!

:yeah:
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Post by: bobcat on May 28, 2008, 10:50:35 PM: Awesome pictures! Thanks for posting them, and the story.
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Post by: searchnfor on May 28, 2008, 10:55:43 PM: Great picture shooting Timber! Congrats to Kevin excelent bear. The picture with the bullet hitting the bear is incredible.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: saylean on May 29, 2008, 12:08:42 AM: Boy, the bears are having it rough with you guys this spring! Im jealous. Great pics! Love the patch on the one you got. Very cool. Thanks and grats!
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Post by: X-Force on May 29, 2008, 12:19:19 AM: I have to agree with Saylean. My eyes are as green as they have ever been and i just keep getting more jealous of the hunt im missing out on. Still good luck to all of those still out there with a spring tag and no bear to fill it. Beautiful bear and great shots Timber.
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Post by: robb92 on May 29, 2008, 02:38:45 AM: very nice pics and story thanks for posting them.
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Post by: billythekidrock on May 29, 2008, 06:08:47 AM: Great pics and story..Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: GoldTip on May 29, 2008, 06:42:14 AM: That first bear appears to be a pig, may be just the photo angle as well. The one your cousin got is a beauty as well, love that big blaze on his chest. Congrats.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: zackmioli on May 29, 2008, 08:30:04 AM: Awesome pics and story! Congrats to your friend!
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Post by: Bearhunter on May 29, 2008, 12:16:52 PM: Awesome bear Timber, What a huge blonde patch on that bear I would love to take one like that. Are you going to load the video you took so we all can watch it I hope! What Video camera were you filming with. Congrats to your cousin.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: Alchase on May 29, 2008, 12:38:04 PM: Good Lord, five bears in three hours from one set! Incredible day and the pictures and story are fantastic.
Thanks for posting them
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Post by: LongTatLaw on May 29, 2008, 01:00:59 PM: That is a nice bear...I agree the 1st bear looked all the part as well!

Are you gonna utube the hunt?

awesome and congrats!
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: MuleDeerCrazy on May 29, 2008, 06:19:08 PM: Man, where were you when I needed some pointers in the Huckleberry Unit! Just got back from my daughter's hunt and we saw one decent bear across the canyon, but too far to get to it. We had fun though.

Ended up seeing one bear, four cow moose, six wobbly-legged little moose calves, and had a cougar screaming at us while we were hiking in the dark the last morning, at right around 100 yards. I thought it was cool, she thought we should go back to the truck! Oh yeah, and we picked around 75 ticks off in two half days and one whole day of hunting, must be a terrible tick year, have never had them on me like that before?

Good luck to everybody still hunting, it's coming down to the wire now.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: Jackjr on May 29, 2008, 08:17:47 PM: Nice one. that first one looks pretty big to me. :yike:
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Post by: Machias on May 29, 2008, 09:24:33 PM: Congrats, great photos and very nice bear. Sometimes the photos are better then putting one down, you got several real trophies there!
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Post by: Timber on May 29, 2008, 09:51:46 PM: I'll see if I can figure out how to put the video up on youtube. I'll work on it this weekend.
Bearhunter, I was using a Sony HC7. It's a high definition camera, the footage looks incredible on an HDTV. The pictures I posted are still frames from the video.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: Slider on May 29, 2008, 10:10:37 PM: Very Nice!!! Congrats on the Hunt and Video. :)
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Post by: Intruder on May 30, 2008, 01:01:47 PM: That's awesome. Hope you can get the vid working so we can see the action.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: JoshT on May 30, 2008, 01:46:24 PM: That .375 is a stone cold killer! That's two bucks (one mine) and a bear down since Nick got that bad boy in October. Sweet bear, can't wait to see the video.
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Post by: FOsteology on May 30, 2008, 06:34:30 PM: Nice bear. Congrats!
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on May 30, 2008, 10:31:29 PM: Killer looking bear, cool pics too
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Post by: archery288 on May 30, 2008, 10:42:17 PM: Awesome bear timber! congrats !
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Post by: tlbradford on May 30, 2008, 10:56:51 PM: Those screen captures are very clear, especially at those distances. Great photos thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Sideswipe on May 31, 2008, 05:50:24 PM: Impressive! Looks like you're as good a photographer as a hunter.
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: Timber on June 11, 2008, 07:49:56 PM: .
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Post by: Ray on June 11, 2008, 07:55:44 PM: Good video. Looks like he almost got away into the trees at the end.
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Post by: saylean on June 11, 2008, 07:55:57 PM: Thanks for the video... ;)
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Post by: Wea300mag on June 11, 2008, 07:56:17 PM: That was awesome!!!
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Post by: DeKuma on June 11, 2008, 08:27:02 PM: That was awesome. Glad you got the video uo on here.
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Post by: Bearhunter on June 11, 2008, 09:21:06 PM: Thanks for posting the Video, what an awesome day, looks like you guys have a spot dialed in.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on June 11, 2008, 10:11:27 PM: That was an awsome video. Thanks for posting it!
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Post by: Intruder on June 12, 2008, 01:02:19 PM: Sweet video :tup:
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Post by: hogsniper on June 12, 2008, 01:54:19 PM: Great video!!! Amazing how hard those bears can be hit and still cover so much ground...Great lookin bear also...That place is crawling with em!!! Thanks for sharing!! Justin
Title: Re: Northeast Boar Down
Post by: searchnfor on June 12, 2008, 09:30:37 PM: Nice camera work Timber!!