Hells Canyon Bear 10-13-12

[HellsCanyon]

Got this old boar Saturday afternoon while hunting our unit 18 deer tags. Had a great weekend, passed on some smaller 4x4s, caught some bass, shot some chuckers, found a few 300"+ bulls, and saw some sheep as well!

Had this guy in the scope at 577 yards but never stopped for a shot. Ended up sneaking over the hill and found him at 40 yards! Snuck sideways into 30 yards and fed him a 168 grain Berger! He was about 175 lbs and not very big but had a huge head and paws on him. Old bear too, only has two front teeth left!!

Mike

 

[fillthefreezer]

nice work, shapin up to be quite the season.
love the backdrop in the second pic

 

[HellsCanyon]

Here's another picture. Thanks!

hoping to add a nice muley to the 2012 total... I was sure wishing for my bow in this situation though!

Mike

 

[BuckSnort]

Congrat's!... Time to fire up the skull boiling pot again...lol

 

[fillthefreezer]

p.s. looks like the beards are coming into their season... :chuckle:

 

[HellsCanyon]

p.s. looks like the beards are coming into their season... :chuckle:

I didn't get my first kill until I started letting it grow this season... now I'm two for two on my latest trips! Lets hope the mojo keeps working! I can always go to the faithful fooman if I need a boost, despite the protests from the GF...

Bucksnort, yep and I even have enough stuff left to bleach him out... here's what his teeth looked like after I caped the head.

 

[Travis Bertrand]

Good job mike!

 

[Slim Jim]

Right on! Looks like you are having a great season. Congrats

 

[BuckSnort]

Definitely a progressing bear.. Here in CA it's mandatory to present skull to the Fish And Game to have a tooth pulled, they then return results (age) after they study it...Do they do that up there as well?

 

[HellsCanyon]

Yeah they check em but last bear I had checked I never got the results back??

Mike

 

[Justin Crossley]

Congrats!