View Full Version : First bear sighting of the season
BromBones
04-18-2014, 09:16 PM
Bumped into him twice over the last few days and got a good look at him and a few of his tracks so have a pretty good idea on his size.
How big does he go by your estimate? Blurry pic cropped from an iphone but you can see enough to tell.
https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/q71/s480x480/10152466_634694426579142_729461879931746216_n.jpg
Downwind
04-18-2014, 09:18 PM
Looks like a shooter to me! A lot bigger then the bear I saw today.
gutpile
04-18-2014, 09:19 PM
He's a taker !
Papa Sasquatch
04-18-2014, 09:49 PM
looks middle age, good spring fur.
A nice one.
but Trying to sound real smart
I would guess 57% chance that its a female with good reproductive years ahead~ hmmm dilemma.
hunter1993ap
04-18-2014, 09:51 PM
from that pic looks 6.5'+. really good looking bear from the pic, I would probably shoot. I would also say definitely a boar.
Drillbit
04-18-2014, 09:59 PM
That's a nice one.
Better than my first bear of the year, lol
http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y414/Drillbit/TREECLIMBER_zpsa61b7b4e.jpg (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/Drillbit/media/TREECLIMBER_zpsa61b7b4e.jpg.html)
Stone Sheep Steve
04-18-2014, 10:06 PM
He's over 6 1/2 probably closer to 7'...but guessing from one pic is always risky.
IMO-Nothing about him says small. All big.
Shoot first....measure later.
SSS
Lastcar
04-18-2014, 10:06 PM
If this pic doesn't make it into at least 4 more threads I will be very disappointed. Still laughing from the first time I saw it.
That's a nice one.
Better than my first bear of the year, lol
http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y414/Drillbit/TREECLIMBER_zpsa61b7b4e.jpg (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/Drillbit/media/TREECLIMBER_zpsa61b7b4e.jpg.html)
hunter1993ap
04-18-2014, 10:08 PM
He's over 6 1/2 probably closer to 7'...but guessing from one pic is always risky.
IMO-Nothing about him says small. All big.
Shoot first....measure later.
SSS
your probably closer at 7 than I was at 6.5, but I always try to caution on the small side. I agree a big bear that would probably score high, looks like he has a big melon.
2forty
04-18-2014, 10:09 PM
It looks like a tank, not the one in the tree, that looks like one of my buds from 20 years ago after a night of drinking.lol
REMINGTON JIM
04-18-2014, 10:13 PM
I like send a 300 Gr Accubond out the H&H into his shoulder and then measure him up later ! :wink: RJ
Rattler
04-18-2014, 10:19 PM
Big bear, no doubt about it...
Bear Chaser
04-18-2014, 10:22 PM
A bit better than 6 ft nose to tail.
BromBones
04-18-2014, 10:45 PM
You guys are right on the money. I figured 6.5 + when I first looked at him.
Saw him again and figured 7ft is closer. His track (front pad width) measures 7". You could put a 12" frying pan between his ears with room to spare.
If I see him again in the right place at the right time, I'll get a definite measurement :)
NorBC
04-18-2014, 11:30 PM
hope i see him first..
leadpillproductions
04-19-2014, 01:30 AM
That's a shooter
Stone Sheep Steve
04-19-2014, 07:13 AM
You guys are right on the money. I figured 6.5 + when I first looked at him.
Saw him again and figured 7ft is closer. His track (front pad width) measures 7". You could put a 12" frying pan between his ears with room to spare.
If I see him again in the right place at the right time, I'll get a definite measurement :)
Was he on private land??
sawmill
04-19-2014, 09:53 AM
You guys are right on the money. I figured 6.5 + when I first looked at him.
Saw him again and figured 7ft is closer. His track (front pad width) measures 7". You could put a 12" frying pan between his ears with room to spare.
If I see him again in the right place at the right time, I'll get a definite measurement :)
7in. track = 8 ft. bear,give or take..Nice boar,nail him before he rubs.
boxhitch
04-19-2014, 10:29 AM
His track (front pad width) measures 7". You could put a 12" frying pan between his ears with room to spare. we need to see video of the cowboy that uses a fry pan for field judging )
That looks like a good bear for sure , big round hump above the tail too.
BromBones
04-19-2014, 01:04 PM
Was he on private land??
Yep.
2nd time I spotted him he was fair game, but no rifle.
hunter fisher
04-19-2014, 02:07 PM
6 1/2 is safe bet
ThinAir
04-19-2014, 02:14 PM
Yup shooter bear for sure. I'd say 7 or close to it!
olympia
04-19-2014, 02:22 PM
Yep.
2nd time I spotted him he was fair game, but no rifle.
lol I bet you wished you had bought that $150 .303 you had seen on the gun rack at the hunting store which would have been sittin in your truck waiting for that moment.
t-rexer
04-19-2014, 02:28 PM
Lol. That's hiw she goes. Start carrying uour gun at all times you'll never see him again
Camp Cook
04-19-2014, 02:41 PM
Note to self buy license and bear tag that monster has me going.
Oh yeah I wouldn't have asked I would have drilled him...
BromBones
04-19-2014, 02:58 PM
Note to self buy license and bear tag that monster has me going.
Oh yeah I wouldn't have asked I would have drilled him...
He's on private land in the photo. The only shooting going on was with a camera.
Stone Sheep Steve
04-19-2014, 06:04 PM
Get a bow and film crew and entertain us like the Pemby boys chasing the obese potato thief:-D.
SSS
Drillbit
04-21-2014, 09:48 PM
First bear of the years.
I posted this years already (the tree climber), here's last years. The shakey-sidekick filmed it, sorry. It's a video if you click on it.
As a note, this last springs bear was 3 weeks earlier than this years first bear. Good tip for the Grizz hunters wanting to get into areas. Late thaw this year.
http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y414/Drillbit/th_Clip44_zps9c9ed260.jpg (http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y414/Drillbit/Clip44_zps9c9ed260.mp4)
Sunny
04-21-2014, 10:07 PM
At least 300 lb
Drillbit
04-21-2014, 10:09 PM
^My last years one, or the OP? The OP bear is a shooter
The vid I posted is a little guy, we just thought it was funny he was hanging out with the Elk
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