Bearpaw Season 2024

[bearpaw]

Nate’s first archery elk hunt, he got this 5x5 today! The bull came right in and stood at about 15 yards for probably 10 minutes, but was behind a bush, all he had a shot at was legs and horns, then finally the bull moved away and into an open spot and Nate put the arrow where it belongs at 42 yards.

[bearpaw]

We had two bear hunters this week, the son nailed his bear the first day and went fishing in our pond the next day while dad hunted. Dad pulled the trigger the 2nd evening. They say they had a great time and will be back!

[bearpaw]

Plenty of bear out there…

[teanawayslayer]

You still keeping baits going or using hounds?

[bearpaw]

You still keeping baits going or using hounds?

We're doing all methods of hunting, not just one method.

[nwwanderer]

As it should be, thanks for the share!!!

[bearpaw]

It was a late night, this bull come to water right at the end of the evening, at 15ish yards Michael sent the arrow from his recurve, he’s shooting heavy arrows and it was nearly a pass through, the double lunged bull dropped in less than 50 yards. It was an emotional time, Michael had been trying to get an elk with his recurve for 5 years. Congrats Michael, well done!

[bearpaw]

As it should be, thanks for the share!!!

Most of the bear hunters like that we mix it up with some time doing different methods. Quite a few comment that it's nice not having to sit at a bait all day. Sometimes a hunter may not want to do one method or another, but most like mixing it up. Sometimes we have a hunter who is biased against one form or another of hunting, I think its a good experience for them to see or hear the other bear hunters in camp talking about how much they enjoyed the method of hunting used for each hunt. Quite often hunters tell us its different than they thought it would be and have a new more positive view of the different methods.

[bearpaw]

The guides just bedded this bull, a little weak on paddle length but great brows, he will make a nice mount. My fingers are crossed, hoping he doesn’t move too far overnight?

[bearpaw]

Last day of Idaho archery, it’s been a tough week, we called in a few bulls but never got a clear shot due to brush when they stopped moving. Russell spotted this bull this morning, but we can't get to him today and this is the last day so this bull will live on.

[bearpaw]

Watched this young bull coming for a half mile, in the video you can see him panting, temp was in the 80’s, he came within 50 yards of the hunter and stopped right behind a bush, he never offered a standing shot within shooting range.

[Bob33]

It was a late night, this bull come to water right at the end of the evening, at 15ish yards Michael sent the arrow from his recurve, he’s shooting heavy arrows and it was nearly a pass through, the double lunged bull dropped in less than 50 yards. It was an emotional time, Michael had been trying to get an elk with his recurve for 5 years. Congrats Michael, well done!

That's pretty neat that he got this with a recurve. Very nice.

[bearpaw]

It was a late night, this bull come to water right at the end of the evening, at 15ish yards Michael sent the arrow from his recurve, he’s shooting heavy arrows and it was nearly a pass through, the double lunged bull dropped in less than 50 yards. It was an emotional time, Michael had been trying to get an elk with his recurve for 5 years. Congrats Michael, well done!

That's pretty neat that he got this with a recurve. Very nice.

  He was one of the happiest hunters I've seen in a while.

[WapitiTalk1]

Boom!  GREAT job to hunter and guide. Beautiful bull.

[bearpaw]

Michelle was our last bear hunter of year, her husband had booked the trip for her two years ago, she always wanted to get a bear, but health issues had prevented them from coming hunting until now. Her husband called a few weeks ago and said they were able to come now if we could fit them in.

Brian chased a big boar with the hounds early in the hunt, it covered an insane amount of rough country, the bear would bay up and then run, it never stayed in one spot long enough for Michelle to get there and then it crossed a state line into another state so that put Brian into “dog recovery mode”!

While trying to catch up with the chase he ran into a game warden, he explained the chase had started about 15 miles away in Idaho and that they weren’t hunting with the hounds in the other state, that he was just trying to catch the dogs. The game warden was very good about it and allowed him to continue after the hounds. Brian finally hiked in a drainage and caught the tired hounds and the score for the hunt was bear 1, hunters 0!

The next day was a bust, no bear was seen or chased. Day number three was a bust in the morning but the hunt took a swing for the better right as the day was ending as this big boar came carefully in to the bait that Michelle was watching. She put the crosshairs on the bear and the hammer down and the big bear took off, disappearing as fast as it had appeared.

Brian brought in Chewy our blood tracking dog, he is like a miniature bear Houdini, Chewy found the big bear and our last hunt of the year ended fantastically, congrats Michelle on getting such a great bear!