Trav
05-17-2014, 09:16 PM
Myself and my girlfriend headed out in region 3 today, intending to cruise some roads looking for a bear and eventually find a place to camp. Being the long weekend, our area was busy with campers and quads and trucks. But we had not even been gone from home an hour when we spotted a sow as she shooed two tiny cubs up a tree. About half an hour later we came around a corner and this guy was standing on the road. We watched him a bit and determined there were no cubs and it appeared to be a very decent boar. By this time he decided he was tired of us being there and walked directly away from us. He turned slightly to us and paused for a split second as he started to enter the bush on the side of the road. My girlfriend fired her 7mm-08 just as he went to step out of sight. I saw the bear hunch briefly as it took off. We went to where he entered the bush and could hear him groaning and rolling around just inside the trees. Waited a minute and went to look, found him down and out 30 yards away. Perfect pass through of the lungs with a 139gn hornady sst. We drug him into the open and took a few pics. Very nice mature boar, a quick measurement put him right at 6 feet. We are both very happy with this bear, as we were just looking to put some meat in the freezer. Looking forward to some fine burgers, sausages, and maybe smoked hams! Looks like I will be trying to fill my tag next weekend!
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