2020 Bear Success Thread

[Scottyboy]

MN Black Bear, Shot with my bow.
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That’s a nice bear! What zone where you in?

 

[CREillY]

That’s a nice bear! What zone where you in?

Thanks! We have some land in the North East No Quota area

 

[Scottyboy]

Thanks! We have some land in the North East No Quota area

That’s a no quota bear!!?! Do you by chance want a new friend?

 

[MeatBuck]

Got a little trigger happy and killed my smallest bear to date. Oh well, he’s going in to the next batch of meat cigrits and a few dozen fawns will thank me for it.

 

[338edge]

Eastern Oregon fall season. Went out for an evening elk hunt and ended up with this bear. The wife spotted it and I killed it at 250 yards. Very excited

 

[Elk830]

Eastern Oregon fall season. Went out for an evening elk hunt and ended up with this bear. The wife spotted it and I killed it at 250 yards. Very excited View attachment 232269View attachment 232271View attachment 232273View attachment 232273

I like the coloration on that one.

 

[82ndshawn]

I'll kick it off. After 4 days of missed opportunities early in May, I made a run back to Idaho with @JJBuck for a 2 day trip. 2 days, 2 bears and a bunch of Chorizo!


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Awesome bears!!!

 

[CBreeze]

Missing AK where they grow a bit bigger but I love eating these acorn bears from the National Forest near my parents house. Best sausage ever.

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[wannabemountainman]

Missing AK where they grow a bit bigger but I love eating these acorn bears from the National Forest near my parents house. Best sausage ever.

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Congrats! What state?

 

[CBreeze]

That’s a ga bear.

 

[mooster]

Bumped into this guy on my Sept. AK moose hunt. Sure was welcome meat in camp to supplement the freeze dried.

 

[Highcountrybulls]

My wife's first bear, taken in June. He looks kinda rough but it is just soaking wet due to washing him in the river before taking photos and skinning. He was covered in mud and sand. Should be a beautiful rug.


A griz I took in July. I literally had to go fishing for this bear. He was standing on the cutbank and when I shot him he fell into the river and sunk. I snagged him with a pike jig and carefully drug him up to the surface so we could grab him. We let this one dry off a bit before taking pictures after seeing how the photos of the wet bear turned out.

 

[Kountry Biscuit]

I'll kick it off. After 4 days of missed opportunities early in May, I made a run back to Idaho with @JJBuck for a 2 day trip. 2 days, 2 bears and a bunch of Chorizo!


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Very nice bears!

 

[ForesterCopeland]

Here is my 2020 spring bear. A beautiful Oregon bear.

 

[mscott87]

I'll kick it off. After 4 days of missed opportunities early in May, I made a run back to Idaho with @JJBuck for a 2 day trip. 2 days, 2 bears and a bunch of Chorizo!


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Did you do a guided hunt for these? If so, how did you like it? Never hunted bears before but was looking at trying to go out west to try it. I live in Louisiana so just trying to figure out what the best ways to hunt them would be?

 

[capetownkg]

Took this bear in December. The blaze is what everyone loved

 

[jhm2023]

2020 turned out to be our best bear year so far. In the spring I took 3, one of which was my first color phase and my wife took her first 2. I have been trying to get her on her first bear for 5 years, and this year we were finally able to make it happen with a 6.5' bear. She killed her second the following week and then her third in the fall. The best part is having our 4 year old daughter with us for every hunt and she even helps set bait. Some taken with 300blk subsonic, some with 300blk supersonic and one with a 6.5 Creedmoor. Some over bait, some spot and stalk, but all 6 taken under 30 yards. Can't beat all the homemade smoked sausage.

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[Samsam]

Good looking bears

Took my first two bears with a bow this spring. Lots of work but well worth it!

bear by bike, I’m down.

 

[Sandhillshunter]

Great pictures everyone!

 

[mooster]

Missing AK where they grow a bit bigger but I love eating these acorn bears from the National Forest near my parents house. Best sausage ever.

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I like them NGA mtn bears also! Have a cabin up close to Blairsville.