n_watson22
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Hey guys,
Just got back from a bear hunt several weeks ago and I thought I would share my story. I backpacked into the area I planned on hunting on a Saturday afternoon with several of my buddies. We were hoping to get three bears. We hiked up a ridge and spotted our first bear around 3pm. It was a average sized cinnamon bear but it was in an area that would be hard to make a stalk. While we were watching the bear feed a deer took off across the hillside below. Not soon after we saw it a wolf came flying out behind it and cornered the deer into the creek. It was pretty cool to see, hopefully the deer made it out alive.
We kept going up the ridge and spotted the next bear around 6:30. It was around 1300 yards so we put a quick stalk on the bear. We made it to a little bench that was about 300 yards away from where we previously saw it. As we making our way to the edge we jumped a buck so we made our way to the edge to see how the bear reacted. As we did this the bear popped up like 20 yards away and started blowing at us. My buddy had never used my gun before and this was his first time hunting with rifle. I clicked off the safety for him and he still couldnt find it in the scope. The bear took off and made a sound with my lips stopping it at 40 yards. This time my buddy put a bullet right in its shoulder. The bear died a few minutes later and only made it a 40 yards. Turned out I left my scope on 16x, no wonder he had trouble finding it at 20 yards. The bear had very nice color that I have personally seen before. I believe its considered cinnamon.
Just got back from a bear hunt several weeks ago and I thought I would share my story. I backpacked into the area I planned on hunting on a Saturday afternoon with several of my buddies. We were hoping to get three bears. We hiked up a ridge and spotted our first bear around 3pm. It was a average sized cinnamon bear but it was in an area that would be hard to make a stalk. While we were watching the bear feed a deer took off across the hillside below. Not soon after we saw it a wolf came flying out behind it and cornered the deer into the creek. It was pretty cool to see, hopefully the deer made it out alive.
We kept going up the ridge and spotted the next bear around 6:30. It was around 1300 yards so we put a quick stalk on the bear. We made it to a little bench that was about 300 yards away from where we previously saw it. As we making our way to the edge we jumped a buck so we made our way to the edge to see how the bear reacted. As we did this the bear popped up like 20 yards away and started blowing at us. My buddy had never used my gun before and this was his first time hunting with rifle. I clicked off the safety for him and he still couldnt find it in the scope. The bear took off and made a sound with my lips stopping it at 40 yards. This time my buddy put a bullet right in its shoulder. The bear died a few minutes later and only made it a 40 yards. Turned out I left my scope on 16x, no wonder he had trouble finding it at 20 yards. The bear had very nice color that I have personally seen before. I believe its considered cinnamon.
We also packed in some whiskey and decided to polish it off on the last day. It didn't take me too long to take a dirt nap so my buddies buried me in sand. I wasn't too happy after waking up an hour later but it was all in good fun and thats what I get for passing out.
