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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: atc250r18 on August 04, 2011, 02:38:41 AM

Title: Bear down in Kitsap
Post by: atc250r18 on August 04, 2011, 02:38:41 AM: Got her with less then 2 minutes of legal light, she's no monster but she's way bigger then the 2 year old I shot last year (it was my first one).
I would call it a perfect heart shot.
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Post by: lazydrifter on August 04, 2011, 05:26:21 AM: Nice.. Congratulations
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 04, 2011, 05:30:03 AM: NICE ONE :tup: How far did it go being heart shot ? what cal. rifle ?
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Post by: D-Rock425 on August 04, 2011, 05:44:35 AM: Nice work
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on August 04, 2011, 06:07:17 AM: Congrats!
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Post by: navdoc on August 04, 2011, 06:14:09 AM: Very nice indeed! Nice to hear about (I'm a fellow kitsap citizen and hoping to hit the woods next week)
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Post by: GoldTip on August 04, 2011, 06:16:53 AM: Awesome, congratulations.
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Post by: mulehunter on August 04, 2011, 06:21:28 AM: Very cool. Congt.

Mulehunter.
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Post by: longashes on August 04, 2011, 06:43:16 AM: Good job!
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Post by: skier2480 on August 04, 2011, 07:17:09 AM: Way to go!!! :tup:
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Post by: Daytonite on August 04, 2011, 07:41:15 AM: Nice work :chuckle:

Can't wait for the blues to open
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Post by: atc250r18 on August 04, 2011, 08:08:00 AM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on August 04, 2011, 05:30:03 AM
NICE ONE :tup: How far did it go being heart shot ? what cal. rifle ?
After calling for a little over an hour we could hear at least three different bears below and to our left but they held up about the time the darn thermo cline started pushing our sent down hill. After we couldn't get the grunts to come any closer we decided to call it a day. Well last minute thinking I said, "lets walk to the other side of that little thicket and glass before we get out of here". We came around the corner of the little thicket and there she was 40 yards away digging, a 180 grain Accubond out of my 300 win knocked her down about 4 feet from where I shot her. It was the quickest I've ever seen a big game animal die in person.
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Post by: Goomsba on August 04, 2011, 08:09:32 AM: Nice Work :tup: Great Bear!
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Post by: Echomules on August 04, 2011, 10:57:44 AM: Outstanding!!
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Post by: shedcrazy on August 04, 2011, 11:10:12 AM: Good job, you look pretty happy! It's hard to see the bear though
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Post by: saylean on August 04, 2011, 11:13:45 AM: :tup:

Congrats!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 04, 2011, 11:17:00 AM: Great looking Bear! Congrats.
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Post by: sebek556 on August 04, 2011, 11:26:08 AM: :tup: way to go
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Post by: hoytem on August 04, 2011, 12:58:59 PM: sweet bear! do you still have your 250r?
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Post by: atc250r18 on August 04, 2011, 01:37:30 PM: Thanks, and yes, I've had it since 96, bought it from the original owner when I was 15. An 85’ runs a pretty penny for a 15 year old. I break it out when it snows or for the semi decade Oregon trip.
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Post by: NW-GSP on August 04, 2011, 02:35:21 PM: congrats man! sometimes that last minute ( hey lets walk 100 more yards) pays off :tup:
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Post by: 180-GRAIN on August 05, 2011, 02:09:30 PM: Great shot and a great bear! congrats!
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Post by: pat riotic on August 05, 2011, 03:04:34 PM: perfect shot...? yup! :tup:
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Post by: ratherhunt on August 05, 2011, 05:00:23 PM: Great Bear, Congratulations
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Post by: doyourtime89 on August 05, 2011, 05:44:03 PM: NICE!!!! I did some scouting out in the Greenwater area today.....it opens on the 13th.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on August 05, 2011, 11:37:56 PM: nice bear
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Post by: Alphamax on August 07, 2011, 12:45:31 AM: nice shot, how far away was the shot?