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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Crunchy on October 25, 2011, 05:33:54 PM

Title: My First Bear
Post by: Crunchy on October 25, 2011, 05:33:54 PM: Well I notched this tag a few weeks ago on Hancock land. Short story is the first clear cut we got to that morning was the right one. Parked the rig, loaded the rifle, walked out to point where we could see, and there she was feeding on blueberries. Touched one off from the 7mm mag, and she went down hill and out of sight quickly. Was a 225 yard shot. Waited an hour and then went looking for it. No blood anywhere, and I started to sweat. I stumbled across some fresh bear scat, and thought hmm might be my bear. Found her about 10 yards away. She went about 50 yards from where she was shot, and we never found a drop of blood. Anyways I cant wait for my second one.
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Post by: bucklucky on October 25, 2011, 05:34:48 PM: Congrats man!!!
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 25, 2011, 05:36:19 PM: Good Job! Nice Bear!
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Post by: Ripper on October 25, 2011, 06:42:30 PM: Good job.
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Post by: Machias on October 25, 2011, 06:56:32 PM: :tup: Nice job, congrats!!
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Post by: HuntNFish on October 25, 2011, 07:08:29 PM: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: dkecoleman on October 25, 2011, 07:36:37 PM: Good job man, nice bear
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Post by: jamesjett on October 25, 2011, 09:16:13 PM: Congrats!
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 25, 2011, 09:20:33 PM: Good job Crunchy!
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Post by: akolatier on October 25, 2011, 10:24:14 PM: Congrats!!
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Post by: Guy on October 26, 2011, 03:34:50 AM: Congrats! I'll bet you were worried when you didn't find blood... Makes a fellow sort of nervous. Been there.
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Post by: ICEMAN on October 26, 2011, 04:09:22 AM: Crunchy, good job!!! :tup:
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Post by: jmx369 on October 27, 2011, 09:32:51 AM: Nice. Congrats.
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Post by: saylean on October 28, 2011, 03:22:12 PM: More than I got this year. ;)

Nice work!
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Post by: jackmaster on October 28, 2011, 04:15:16 PM: if you happen to bump into another bear and get a crack at him try a high shoulder shot, for me its the most reliable shot cause if you hit them they go right down or you miss completely and you dont have to worry about losing a bear, now obviously you still owe it to the animal to do your best to make sure you didnt hit him, but out of the 8 bears i have killed out of 8 bears i have shot at they never took a step, my son killed his first bear yesterday and it didnt even wiggle, and when i skinned the bear out its spine was severed and it sent bone pieces through part of his lung and some how put a huge slice through the liver, but had the bear run off we wouldnt have seen any blood either and he was real close to some absolute dog hair brush
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Post by: dirty24d on October 28, 2011, 04:20:59 PM: with their thick skin, thick layer of fat, and thick coats its not uncommon to not see blood till you find where they layed down to die.. Not that i would know from experience because I suck at bear hunting but i have done my homework and seen the same situation you were in many times.

Congrats on the 1st!!!!