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Tīɡ
05-19-2015, 10:16 PM
The title is a bit of a giveaway but first I will start with a bit of background. I have always been an outdoors fan, with fishing and hiking being passions from a very young age and got my CORE and PAL as soon I was 18. Since then I have done some small game and duck hunting and a fair bit of shooting, with more of an interest/focus on long range. But last year was my first year of big game hunting and with considerable effort put in throughout spring and fall, for bear and deer respectively, nothing came to fruition and I finished off my year without cutting a tag. But I did see some incredible country, met some great people and learned countless new things!

Now onto the good stuff! This season started off well with some good shed hunting and being a part of my little brother (Sylus) getting his first big game animal, being a great boar.(http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?117562-Spring-Bear-Down!&highlight=sylus) It always sucks when the younger bro shows you up....but this past May long weekend me and a friend from University who only just got his CORE 2 weeks ago decided we would head to the hills to chase bears. We went to an area neither of us had ever been to before but with always being open to new country and adventure we went for it. A late arrival on Friday night led to a terrible "sleep" if you could call it that in the truck. Saturday we were up and putting the glass to work and got to watch a beautiful light cinnamon sow with 2 cubs, one being a dark chocolate and the other a light cinnamon as well.

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/fishingfanatic23/Momma%20Bear_zps1bko7ewn.jpg (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/fishingfanatic23/media/Momma%20Bear_zps1bko7ewn.jpg.html)
She is the bottom and cub #2 is behind the tree top left.

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/fishingfanatic23/Momma%20Bear%202_zpswbeocxjg.jpg (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/fishingfanatic23/media/Momma%20Bear%202_zpswbeocxjg.jpg.html)
Cub #2 is out just enough to show the colour, very similar to momma. The chocolate cub looks much darker in the photo than what he actually was.

By the time lunch rolled around we had only seen the sow and cubs but did see 20 mulies which is always exciting! The afternoon started with a bit of a hunt on foot and ended up in the haunt of a very busy beaver!

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/fishingfanatic23/011_zpspkvetjdi.jpg (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/fishingfanatic23/media/011_zpspkvetjdi.jpg.html)
This was just a sample of his handiwork.

After the hike it was time to relocate a bit with the truck and continue hunting from there. So we were not even 1 minute into our drive and there he was, standing on the left of road, about 60 yards away, giving the truck the stink eye and not backing down. I looked at him, saw a good sized head, solid forearms with head and ears not swiveling at all. I then was confident that it was a solo bear (no cubs) and there was a good chance it was a boar. I got out as quickly and quietly as I could, loaded two rounds into my 7mm rem mag, took a seat, said a little prayer for calmness and accuracy, I lined him up behind his shoulder and pulled the trigger....and that's exactly what I did, I PULLED the trigger and sent a clean miss over his back. But this guy was not backing down, he ran up the bank to the left and TOWARDS me. He stops above me, eying me up and not backing down, not 25 yards away. I racked the empty shell out and ran the live one home, took a deep breath, SQUEEZED the trigger and let my 7mm bark again. DOWN HE GOES! But out came that attitude again, he thrashed and crashed down the hill as I backed up towards the truck and yelled to my buddy to grab his gun. As the bear goes to get up in our direction I tell my buddy to hit him again and with a mercy shot it was all over. Shaking and buzzing with adrenaline I cut my tag and waited 15 mins to approach, with loaded gun in hand I made sure he was done. My first "dirt nap" had been given out! A nice black bear boar!

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/fishingfanatic23/First%20Bear_zpsuigzy1go.jpg (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/fishingfanatic23/media/First%20Bear_zpsuigzy1go.jpg.html)
Here he is!

Hope you all enjoyed!
Tīg

Sylus
05-19-2015, 10:17 PM
Congrats bro! You definitely earned this one.

leadpillproductions
05-19-2015, 10:24 PM
Congrads good job

notyalc
05-19-2015, 10:28 PM
Congrats on your first bear! Feels damn good eh!

itsy bitsy xj
05-19-2015, 10:41 PM
Congrats!
Did you have some puckering going on when he came for you?

Brambles
05-20-2015, 07:27 AM
Nice bear, high side of the road too.....as they all should be!!

olympia
05-20-2015, 08:13 AM
Good job man nice bear. I just have a side question
..what kind of noise do they make when they get mad? Is it a growl like a dog or a roar? I have only shot one bear and he did t make a sound.

Tīɡ
05-20-2015, 09:11 AM
Congrats!
Did you have some puckering going on when he came for you?

The fear and adrenaline didn't hit till after he had stopped moving, but then it hit light a freight train! In the moment I was strangely calm, all I was thinking about was this was HAS to count!


Nice bear, high side of the road too.....as they all should be!!

Yes I was very happy he did all the grunt work for me in his cloud of rage!


Good job man nice bear. I just have a side question
..what kind of noise do they make when they get mad? Is it a growl like a dog or a roar? I have only shot one bear and he did t make a sound.

He was snarling like a big dog with one roar type vocalization right when I first hit him, along with a crazy amount of heavy breathing/woofing. Makes my hair stand up all over again when I think about it!

NorBC
05-20-2015, 11:09 AM
Good work!

TPK
05-20-2015, 04:16 PM
Awesome! Congrats and Thanks for sharing!

Seeker
05-20-2015, 04:32 PM
That'll wake you up. I have heard black bears are more unpredictable than G bears. Good work on the "nap", sleep tight yogi.

Mishka
05-20-2015, 05:41 PM
Good work.. Nice write-up.

Tīɡ
05-20-2015, 10:04 PM
Thanks everyone! It was a great experience and I can't wait to get back out there!

Trigger Happy
05-22-2015, 09:36 AM
Good job bro, nice to have backup with you, just shot my first bear with my 3 daughters all under age 6, what an awesome memory and experience. Thanks for sharing :)

Sylus
05-22-2015, 06:10 PM
Good job bro, nice to have backup with you, just shot my first bear with my 3 daughters all under age 6, what an awesome memory and experience. Thanks for sharing :)

Great job getting your daughters out there and involved!

adamgarbett
05-23-2015, 09:45 AM
congrats!!! my fist "dirt nap" was a bear too, and my 3 month old daughter was in the truck as i got the bear on the way out of the bush from camping. Awesome memories and again CONGRATS!

TheProvider
05-23-2015, 10:00 AM
Nice bear. Good luck with the up coming year

Tīɡ
05-24-2015, 10:02 PM
Thanks again! Great to hear about getting the young ones involved! I wish I had been given those opportunities.

boilerroom
05-26-2015, 10:13 AM
Great job, and thanks for taking the time with your story and pics - made us feel like we were there with you!

cheers,
BR

yota
05-26-2015, 11:16 AM
great write up and congrats on a nice bear!