Post by: saylean on August 07, 2008, 10:57:43 AM
Post by: DeKuma on August 07, 2008, 11:06:14 AM
Looks like a pretty nice coat on that one.
Post by: Gutpile on August 07, 2008, 02:38:06 PM
Post by: saylean on August 07, 2008, 02:41:40 PM
if my brother would get off his arse and post on here like he should..he could tell ya.
Post by: X-Force on August 07, 2008, 05:44:36 PM
Opening day after work i was up in this area without my own rifle, Sayleen and Johnny were out hunting that day and i let Johnny use my rifle so i end up with a 30-30 open sight. i saw a small sow about 45 minutes in to the hunt and about 300 yrds away. i watched her pass through the clear cut while she kept looking to my right. Soon after she left the clear cut a i heard a bear moving into the area from where she was looking. i waited and waited for this bear to come into an opening but as in many washington clear cuts it was just to thick so see anything. this bear got within 30 yrds of me making noise the whole way. Then just as sudden as the noise came it went and the woods became silent. i waited for 30 min without so much as a sound then all of a sudden a rather large bear was right in front of me at 20 yrds. i dont know if the bear saw me or smelled me but he was gone in a flash.
This brings us to my brother-in-laws bear. i told him about the encounter the night before and had him juiced for a morning hunt. we hike(more like walked considering the distance we went) up the logging road and almost bypassed the first small clear cut but i told him about a hiker whom i talked to a couple days before and how he has seen bears in this small clearing. we slow down our walk but not to a snails pace by any means. half way through the clear cut a huckleberry bush gets rattled in front of us about 65 yards away. we both stand in the roadway wondering what to do next when this sow comes down the hill and heads straight to the road. i noticed this bear immediately she was the first bear i saw in this area a couple days before (sayleen has video of it). i told my brother in law that this was a bear i had seen in there before and to take the shot. one shot from my dads browning 280 and a 10 yrd roll to the road and it was all over. she weighed 184lbs and was measured out to be 5'9". it was a great day in the woods for a 15 minute hunt.
Post by: billythekidrock on August 07, 2008, 07:33:48 PM
Those yellowed and worn teeth are a sure sign of a mature bear no matter what it weighed. Congrats.
Post by: bowsandhose on August 07, 2008, 07:52:34 PM
Post by: rackattack on August 07, 2008, 08:00:27 PM
Post by: Head-shot on August 07, 2008, 08:28:02 PM