2021 Bear Success Thread

[SaltyBowman]

I’ve been blessed to kill quite a few good bears in NC, Saskatchewan and Alaska but my favorite bear to date was a big brown taken on the Alaska Peninsula. Unbelievable hunt I will never forget.

 

[Nick Muche]

 

[thinhorn_AK]

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Black bear with a tear bow is something I’d like to do soon. What draw weight did toy shoot for that one and how far? Over bait?

 

[Nick Muche]

That was a 55lb Black Widow, 6 yard shot, yes over bait.

Black bear with a tear bow is something I’d like to do soon. What draw weight did toy shoot for that one and how far? Over bait?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

That was a 55lb Black Widow, 6 yard shot, yes over bait.

Which black widow do you have?

 

[Nick Muche]

Which black widow do you have?

I have a PSA X and a PSA II.

 

[Honyock]

Got my first black bear last week on the White Mountain Apache Rez in Arizona. Measured 7'2" from nose to tail.

 

[Clarktar]

Got my first black bear last week on the White Mountain Apache Rez in Arizona. Measured 7'2" from nose to tail.View attachment 315183

Very nice!

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[Jellymon1]

Called in a nice boar yesterday. Came in slow and quiet to 40yds. 3 for 3 in our group so far!

 

[OKaustin]

Kodiak, I’ll add more to my thread about the hunt later.

Congrats!

 

[Blacktailaddiction]

Very very very happy to be posting again here after my spring bear in may. I got this guy at 7 am this morning as he walked through a blackberry patch. I found this spot that’s right off a very well traveled road but you could never see it from the road so it’s perfect. It’s this big cliff with a solid patch of blackberries below it and I knew a bear was in there so I decided to sit on top of the cliff with a good view of the patch. Lo and behold 40 minutes into shooting light he wanders in and I stop him with a grunt and squeeze off a perfect shot. He goes 10 yards and death moans and then the fun really started as I had to get him out of there. I thought it was a color phase bear but it was just very rubbed on the back half. I’m guessing he’s in the 250-300 pound range and a very old boar. Very blessed and looking forward to eating him! Also shot a cow elk last week so it’s been a heck of a 2 weeks! Cool bears posted so far here good luck everyone!

 

[roosiebull]

Very very very happy to be posting again here after my spring bear in may. I got this guy at 7 am this morning as he walked through a blackberry patch. I found this spot that’s right off a very well traveled road but you could never see it from the road so it’s perfect. It’s this big cliff with a solid patch of blackberries below it and I knew a bear was in there so I decided to sit on top of the cliff with a good view of the patch. Lo and behold 40 minutes into shooting light he wanders in and I stop him with a grunt and squeeze off a perfect shot. He goes 10 yards and death moans and then the fun really started as I had to get him out of there. I thought it was a color phase bear but it was just very rubbed on the back half. I’m guessing he’s in the 250-300 pound range and a very old boar. Very blessed and looking forward to eating him! Also shot a cow elk last week so it’s been a heck of a 2 weeks! Cool bears posted so far here good luck everyone!

congrats!!

the biggest bodied bear i have killed was a similar scenario.... a big clearcut, at the bottom is a paved road, but you could see more than half of it from that paved road. to walk in there is just shy of 3 miles, and uphill the whole way.... why would anyone walk into a spot like that just to get to a cut that's right along a paved road?

while that spot was in it's good habitat stage, it was a gem of a spot.... nobody hunted it, it was an isolated food source that backed up to NF land, and it held game like crazy. the bottom of that cut was like a ladder of flat benches, there were 3 levels, and that's where everything hung out, and you couldn't see any of that from the road, even though it was really close to the road. one evening i watched 8 bucks in there feeding during spring bear... i found that big bear the year before while deer hunting, but i already had a big bear in the freezer, so i didn't want to kill him that year.... but i certainly planned on killing him, which i did.

that spot is long overgrown now, and probably the last 4-5yrs it was good i let my sis in law hunt it, i stayed out of there unless i was hunting with her. she killed a good bull in there with her bow, and a couple really good bucks..... once i took her to that spot the first time, she kinda claimed it, so i let her have it.... half of the fun is initially finding those places, and i'm not one to put too many of my eggs in one basket, so it wasn't a hard decision to me, and that was a perfect spot for her to beat up for a few years.

well done on the bear, and i bet there is a lot you took away from that scenario..... there will be other spots like that in the future that are too obvious for people to hunt, especially if access is a little difficult.... those spots can be really good

 

[rlmmarine]

Here is one from last week

 

[Saylean]

Killed this boar a week or so ago. Called into 20 yards. 5’7” nose to tail. Washington state.

 

[CREillY]

Opening day MN Archery Black Bear! Was missing a front paw. I'm getting a 3/4 mount done so I was more concerned about getting him cleaned up and cooled than pictures.

 

[Hardly_Hangin]

I was scouting last week and walked up on a GPS collar bear in a tree munchin on hickory nuts - he whuffed at me and scurried down. That was a rush - Im hoping to connect with my first this year, I've had 5 bear encounters in the past 4 seasons and have yet to seal the deal.

 

[GrayGoose]

Another MN black bear taken on the 3rd day of the season.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Got this one Saturday night. It’s right at 8 feet. I spotted it from about half a mile away and could tell it was a good bear. Big head, big hump sort of silver colored. Put on a stock and shot him at 75yds, he took off running and collapsed about 30 yds later.

 

[Quicksilver]

Finally broke my dry streak tonight. Alpine black bear munching blueberries. Was going after another one and came down a hill, looked to my right and there he was at 108yds. Amazing what a strong wind in your favor will do for you. Norma improved put a 245gr Berger in it and sealed the deal. Made it 10yds. I was debating going out this afternoon…goes to prove a day in the mountains is better than a day at work! Super happy with it, especially how it all went down. Blueberry fed bears makes good eating!

 

[SpringTom]

Check out Borderland Supply Co

These look awesome! One more thing to drool over..