2018 Bear Success Thread

[JungleJoe]

Great Posts guys!

 

[gonhunting247]

 

[crowinghen]

My husband got drawn for a special archery elk tag for last September here in western Washington. We spent the who;e month of September hunting that tag, so i brought my 30-06 along. The woods had been closed for fire danger, but the first day they re-opened we went in to check out game cameras. First we decided to look at this hillside that looked promising for bear. Walked in a couple miles fell on my butt while crossing a ditch getting ready to glass this hillside and saw a bear with my naked eyes. I got set up on a stump and got him just as he was heading into the timber. He rolled down the hill but got up so I shot him again, this time in the heart. weighed 120 lbs hanging weight. He was a 3 year old. Good eating!

 

[crowinghen]

Here's how we got him out of the woods. (After rolling him down the blackberry covered hill.) We use this alot since we hunt mainly walk in areas.

 

[crowinghen]

About a week later we were walking up a logging road in the rain. When we got to the top the rain cleared and I saw a bear digging in a stump a couple hundred yards away. He disappeared around the back of it, i jumped up on a knoll and got set up. He came around the side of the stump and sat there facing us. Hubby said" I see him" but I already had my crosshairs on him and dropped him. It was a brutal climb up through the berries ripped my rain pants up . As we were going up a spike and couple of cows came out within bow range, but Hubby passed on him.
This bear was 130 lbs no head or hide, also a 3 year old bear.

 

[clearwateralaskaoutfitters]

 

[loops]

2018 BC spring bear, spot & stalk archery, 20 yard double lung.

Nice! Hopefully my son is old enough to go out soon and has an interest in it.

 

[BackcountryBloodline]

Nice! Hopefully my son is old enough to go out soon and has an interest in it.

How old is he now? I first brought my boy out when he was 7, some of the best time we've spent together was up in the mountains.

 

[Wildatheart]

Montana public land 5-12-19

 

[MTCHIRO]

My nine year olds first bear from earlier this year, she's stacking stuff up this season.

congratulations on the bear. that is awesome

 

[TheGrayRider]

Wasatch Mountains, Utah. May 12, 2019.First color phased bear. Take care, TheGrayRider.

 

[WTFJohn]

First picture is at about a mile away last September in CO, closed to 20 yards and a single .45-70 gave me the chance to take rest of the pictures. First September targeting bears specifically, definitely not my last.

 

[7718Sallee]

Got my first bear this year

 

[Ridge Ghost]

Not a very big bear, but hard to pass up when I've been wanting one with a blonde color phase

 

[Sammckeeth]

Here’s my Montana 2019 bear. Pretty typical spring bear hunt lots of glassing followed by a mad scramble to get to him before he moved and finally a very late night packing him out.


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[Jaden Bales]

Should we fire up a 2019 Spring Bear success thread now?

 

[realunlucky]

Start one up would love to see a few pictures of your bear

 

[clearwateralaskaoutfitters]

 

[jenstapio]

With fall bear season kicking off, I thought it would be fun to have a thread for all of our bear kills.

Post up your success photos from this year's bear hunts! I'll get it started.

Idaho Spring bear, baited, archery.

What a tank! Great work.

 

[Brent9477]

Some great looking bears congrats !