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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #105 on: May 21, 2018, 11:30:51 AM »
Sorry, no photos until this evening.  Had a really nice red boar show up a few days ago on the bait.  Pretty sure I have him on camera in 2015, but not last year.  I went out with a friend to hunt our baits yesterday and he was taking his son.  They double checked their rifle, a scoped .444.  It was shooting way right and low and no amount of dialing could get the shot to move.  They were going to leave and hunt another day.  Normally I use my bow, but as fate would have it I had brought my open sight .30-.30 for something different.  I told him to go ahead and use my rifle.  His boy took a couple of practice shots and was right on the money.  I really had a good feeling about them seeing a bear tonight.  Right after 8pm they had a black come into the bait buy only stood there for a second as he was chased off by this bear.  Nice broadside shot, blew out both lungs.  Bear ran about 50ish yards and piled up.  Young man had killed his first bear and holy smokes what a toad.  Gutted, all three of us could not get him off the ground.  Took us an hour and 20 minutes to get him 150 yards back up to the road.  Got out of there at midnight and fell into bed at 0110.  He has a fantastic coat, super thick and about as red as any I have seen.  Really big skull, just a really nice bear.
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #106 on: May 21, 2018, 11:39:56 AM »
Awesome, congrats on number 2!
Cant wait to see the photos!
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #107 on: May 21, 2018, 12:03:58 PM »
Awesome job!👍🏻
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #108 on: May 21, 2018, 01:13:28 PM »
Right on !!!

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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #109 on: May 21, 2018, 01:23:46 PM »
Congratulations!!

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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #110 on: May 21, 2018, 01:37:14 PM »
baits are getting hot now. 3 different color phases hitting mine. ones a no brainer, just gotta catch up with him.

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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #111 on: May 21, 2018, 01:43:55 PM »
Awesome! Can’t wait to see some pics!
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #112 on: May 21, 2018, 02:26:34 PM »
baits are getting hot now. 3 different color phases hitting mine. ones a no brainer, just gotta catch up with him.

Good luck!!
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #113 on: May 21, 2018, 06:39:17 PM »
On the bait
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #114 on: May 21, 2018, 06:40:41 PM »
These photos at night do not really show how red he is.
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #115 on: May 21, 2018, 06:42:04 PM »
Finally in the truck
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #116 on: May 21, 2018, 06:44:25 PM »
Nice bear, hard to tell, but he has a nice wide head!
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #117 on: May 21, 2018, 06:50:03 PM »
Nice bear Fred,  congrats to the hunter

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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #118 on: May 21, 2018, 06:56:28 PM »
Great bear!
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Re: Machias' 2018 Idaho Bear Season
« Reply #119 on: May 21, 2018, 06:57:38 PM »
Nice bear! Getting it done!

 


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