Bearpaw Season - Fall 2022

[carpsniperg2]

Smart thinking. I imagine with a big group of stock and different hands that for sure is a time saver.

[bearpaw]

Smart thinking. I imagine with a big group of stock and different hands that for sure is a time saver.

works well

[bearpaw]

Devon has hunted with us numerous times, he got this buck yesterday with Derek, the buck fooled them and popped out at about 500 yards, Devon’s wife was going to shoot first but wasn’t comfortable with the distance so Devon took the shot. Well Done!

[bearpaw]

Stephanie didn’t waste any time, after Devon got his buck yesterday she dropped this old warrior today, this old boy was actually larger bodied than Devon’s buck. Great going Stephanie! 

And our Montana deer hunt is completed, another great season with 100% kill!

[bearpaw]

In Washington we finished up strong too, all the guided hunters notched their tags, and all our unguided hunters but one shot at bucks, so it was a darn good season in spite of recent deer population hardships. We never got the cougar that was stalking deer but one of the hunters nailed a coyote!

[bearpaw]

They got a nice whitetail just at the end of the day last night, but it was too dark for decent photos by the time they got the buck set up, they were going to take better photos this morning that I haven't got yet.

They didn’t get back outdoors for photos unfortunately, this is a dandy buck, Derek shows off the best whitetail of the season, this Montana buck is a keeper!

[Caseknife]

That is a monster WT buck, mass all the way out to the tips.  Interesting to see how old that buck was.

[bearpaw]

I don’t think we will be hearing what age it was.

[bearpaw]

Greg dropped a huge bull bison on our Montana buffalo hunt a few days ago. He is planning a shoulder mount of the bull. We have a few more 10+ year old bulls, we don’t usually have any bulls to shoot that are that old.

[bearpaw]

We ended up with one more Montana deer hunter for a whitetail, he saw a couple much larger bucks but had a chance at this buck and didn’t want to take a chance on not getting one of the larger bucks.

[bearpaw]

I see I missed posting a few critters from this year, here is a really tall and unusual Idaho buck, there was a similar buck (probably related) in the same area we didn’t get, I’m curious how he’ll look like next year.

[huntnfmly]

All nice animals
Thanks Dale for posting all the pics we’ll see you soon

[bearpaw]

All nice animals
Thanks Dale for posting all the pics we’ll see you soon

 

[bearpaw]

Travis scored on this dandy Utah bull during the late hunt. I was a little worried about them finding a good bull after all the other seasons, but they focused on remote areas to up their odds. Brian called after they killed it and I asked about bringing the horses to them, he said there were too many rocks and cliffs, the horses wouldn’t get to the bull, so they spent the next two days packing the bull out of that location on their backs with backpack frames.

[bearpaw]

Bill nailed this bull on the last day of his hunt, they had seen a bigger bull but they were unable to get within shooting range. They had seen this bull before, on the last day they spotted him again and Bill dropped him. If you look close you can see a lot of the points are rubbed off smooth, they had watched this bull rubbing the day before. I've never seen a bull that has rubbed as much as this bull.

Lance had just spotted a big bull and was just looking him over when he got the text to come and help get this bull out. Bill said it didn't matter, that he was very happy with this bull and that's the most important thing, congrats Bill.