2023 Bear Success thread

[KINGSNAKE]

First bear. Was hunting sheep in the Brooks Range and came across the bear. 72 yard shot with 6.5 PRC did it’s job.

Rough measurements had him square at 8’1” and 23 1/4 skull.

I met you in fairbanks last week. Great bear.

 

[ssgjpd]

I met you in fairbanks last week. Great bear.

Thanks, good to see you on here. Great bear yourself. Like that blonde color

 

[aaronjo2324]

First bear. September 2nd - Opening day bear in Colorado. 25 yard shot. I was set up glassing anywhere from 150 yards to 360 yards and he came up right underneath me.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

First bear. September 2nd - Opening day bear in Colorado. 25 yard shot. I was set up glassing anywhere from 150 yards to 360 yards and he came up right underneath me.

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That’s awesome! What did he square? Looks big. I guess you did a good job scouting.

 

[Quicksilver]

Got a sow last month, 485yds. Had to break the new 7 saum in correctly

 

[LIWolverine]

I made a last minute decision to head to Idaho from Arkansas and made it happen after 4.5 hours of hunting. 60 hours of driving for a 4.5 hour hunt lol. It was worth it! My first bear.

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[aaronjo2324]

That’s awesome! What did he square? Looks big. I guess you did a good job scouting.

Not sure what he squared at? When I took it to the taxidermist, all he said was that it was a big bear. Lol.

And no scouting, but this was my third year hunting that area. Usually I like to find a high point and glass with any hunting that I do… but I finally learned that bears are always on the move and spotting them from 1000 yards in thick oak brush and berry bushes didn’t do me any good. This year I picked a spot to sit where I’ve glassed up bears the last two years. I was there for a couple hours until he came in. It was an extreme boring two hours not picking apart everything with 15x binoculars like I’m used to doing… but it worked much better.

 

[JMYERS84]

Chocolate- Idaho June 23- 150lb sow
Black- Maine Sept 23- 361lb boar
Both taken with hounds

 

[Wildhorse]

Got my first bear the other day a big boar black bear that's been messing around and reeking some havoc spotted him and put the stalk on him dropped him at the edge of a canyon as the sun was setting with a neck shot through the spine 338 win mag ruger model 77 custom built by Bill St.Piare bear is at the taxidermist now he measured 6ft 10 inches taxidermist says we will see when the skull is out of him but thinks he might make Boone and Crockett. The tarp he is laying on is a 6x7 tarp

 

[rommesc]

Michigan Bear - taken with hounds during the 3rd season. Happy to have more delicious bear meat in the freezer.

 

[woodmaster0462]

I took this boar in Central Alberta. Squared little over 7 foot.

For my 2nd bear I held out for a bigger one or a color phase. All though I saw several more nothing that I wanted showed up.

 

[Felix40]

Just a couple days before the season closes here.

 

[Sierra Hunter]

Found this guy munching berries, been wanting to take a good bear for awhile now. Having to pack it out myself over three trips made me rethink that idea going forward. Hopefully I get some interesting intel back from the collar! I had him in 350-400 LB range but not entirely sure, anyone more savvy have an estimate?

 

[David Gough]

Found this guy munching berries, been wanting to take a good bear for awhile now. Having to pack it out myself over three trips made me rethink that idea going forward. Hopefully I get some interesting intel back from the collar! I had him in 350-400 LB range but not entirely sure, anyone more savvy have an estimate?

Congrats! That's a great bear. You seem to get it done every year. Please share the collar data when you get it back. Might be a problem Tahoe bear. Was the inside of its lip tattooed?

 

[Sierra Hunter]

Congrats! That's a great bear. You seem to get it done every year. Please share the collar data when you get it back. Might be a problem Tahoe bear. Was the inside of its lip tattooed?

Thank you! No tattoo but I’ll have to double check. Certainly not impossible but I was pretty far south for it to be a Tahoe bear, more likely to be a mammoth bear. I’ve talked to the bio so hopefully he can expedite that info.

 

[David Gough]

Thank you! No tattoo but I’ll have to double check. Certainly not impossible but I was pretty far south for it to be a Tahoe bear, more likely to be a mammoth bear. I’ve talked to the bio so hopefully he can expedite that info.

Mammoth bear would make sense too. I know NDOW tattoos the lip of captured bears in case an ear tag/collar is removed or destroyed. I took the year off from CA bear due to other hunts, but excited to see what it looks like next year.

 

[8404]

We were lucky enough to find this old gal after several trips into the back country. Ended up being a 199 yard uphill shot with the 300WM pushing a Cutting Edge 180 Laser bullet. She spun 180 and dropped in place.

 

[Pdzoller]

Got my additional tag filled Monday. First one with a white patch.

 

[PlumberED]

Congrats to all of you. Nice work.

 

[MallardSX2]