First Hunt Success

[JayWalker89]

One hunt in the books, one less bear on the mountain. Pumped to put meat in the freezer! Ive not posted on here before but I've been lurking and learning from you all.

So I feel I got pretty lucky on this one, especially for my first time out. Spent 5 hours Friday morning hiking up to 'base camp', it was gruelling terrain, minimal trails and 2600' elevation gain. Beautiful country though, and saw half a dozen bucks and a dozen doe, so marking this spot for the fall! After an hour or so of getting settled into camp (and recovering from the first real hike I've done in a year) with my two buddies, I take a minute to glass up the mountain. Boom, right there in a large open spot this guy was just grazing.

The three of us quickly grab our gear and hustle up to where he was, took us maybe an hour to get where he was last seen. We ride the treeline in the direction he was moving when I spot him coming out of an adjacent treeline. We are now 50-60 yards away. We watch him for 15 mins, debating whether he was big enough, whether it was a male, whether I wanted to clip my tag so soon into our trip. As we go over all of this, he is grazing his way towards us so a decision had to be made. I almost passed on him when a blondie walks out behind him. Beautiful colour but not looking too healthy, bare spots on her hide and she was small in comparison. That size difference was all I needed to turn this guy into a shooter. Probably 30 yards away at this point I take the shot, blondie looked like she was going to make a move on us when we all stood up and she bolted. The boar goes for a run about 50 yards, lays down, rolls down the hill a little and I hit him again. Done deal. An amazing experience getting so close to these animals, and the meat is delicious! Not decided on what I'm doing with the hide, I'm in Langley if anyone has recommendations on where to take it, thanks in advance!

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[rred]

Congrats on your bear

[tuner]

Congratulations, that’s a fine looking Bruin,welcome to HBC by the way and continued success in the fall.

[monasheemountainman]

hell of a nice first bear dude! congrats! any story to go along with it? what area were you hunting?

[Jelvis]

HBC's new poster, Jay, with great photo and a huge blackie with big skull and a 1st Hunt Success! This is awesome and beauty view.
Jelly -- Jay--Walker folks, nah hice black bear whoa! We got ourselves a winner folks! :) Put your hands together for Jay right now hunters!
------------------------------Looks like a Grizz at first brother!

[Blainer]

Nice looking Bruin. Great colour

[RyoTHC]

I'm really starting to think actually BLACK bears are far less common in BC than I've been told lol, I think 75 percent of bears posted this season have been color phase brown/reds

[tayleoscar]

Nice looking bear!! Love the colour

[Harvest the Land]

Awesome job - what a beauty! Now you're hooked for life

[srupp]

Hmmmmm WELCOME...and congradulations. .great color..beaut photos.
Thank you.
Steven

[DStewart]

Gorgeous bear! Good way to start the year

[RackStar]

Great bear!!

thats one to be proud of

[boxhitch]

Caught him aways from cover? nice bear, attago

Lots of colour this season, must be the climate change

[45freezer]

Tremendous bear, way to set it off right! Looks like beautiful country as well. It definitely does seem like there's less jet black bears kicking around these days, anybody else see any with white chest patches this year?

[BeerMan]

That is a beauty! Great picture to. Thanks for sharing,hope you post the story.

[caddisguy]

Well done! That is one heck of a bear!!

[Chrispryn]

Bloody ripper bear mate. Welcome to the good life.

Gonna make a nice rug if you choose to go that way.

Chris

[HarryToolips]

Welcome to HBC, and a heck of a bear congrats, should make great sausage, and I hope you euro that skull cause it's a beauty...you'll remember your hunt every time you look at it..

[fuzzybiscuit]

Congrats on a good lookin’ fudge face and welcome to HBC! You’ll have some good eats there and I second the idea of doing a nice Euro mount of the skull.

Oh, and you don’t have to actually kill something in order to post. If that were a requisite some of our most frequent members would never be heard from again...lol.

[scoutlt1]

Very nice bear!

Congrats!

[Magnumb]

Congrats Jay! Real nice bear and great pics... willing to share the story?

[JayWalker89]

Edited original post with story!

[kelowna.jordan]

Congrats man. Great looking bear!

[LuckyIfYouGetOne]

Great bear and write up...gander’s taxidermy in Surrey does awesome work. Have got two bears done by them and they look great!

[Arctic Lake]

Nice bear you have there ! I really like the country you were hunting, tall grass .open tarrain and nicxe cover as well !
Way to go !
Arctic Lake

[Jimbob]

Awesome! Beautiful area and bear.

[BStrachan]

Congrats on your bear!

[Fella]

Congrats, that’s a fantastic bear, good eats and a beautiful coat.

[Grumpa Joe]

Well done on your first bear. Definitely fuels the fire to get out more.

[ElliotMoose]

Beautiful coat! Congrats on your first animal and welcome to HBC!

[walks with deer]

great job and first post and hunt...

how did you take him out?

[DoubleDeuce]

Great bear and write up...gander’s taxidermy in Surrey does awesome work. Have got two bears done by them and they look great!

I second that,Rob Gander is a great guy and a straight shooter.Definitley a good choice in taxidermist.

[Jelvis]

Gotta bump this post for Hunting Black Bear in B.C. with Jay on HBC the Walker, the stalker, the writer, all in one folks 3 in 1. Bam!
Jelly Votes - Jay's Black Bear Hunting Post and Photos and Story of 2018 folks! --- "Black Bear Presentation of 2018" --- Up for an Award --> ROOKIE of dah YEAR --

[JayWalker89]

Took him down with 270wsm, 140 grain Barnes

[Tim Tam Slam]

That’s a heck of a first bear! Congrats!

what are you going to make with him? Sausage, pepperoni, ground? Burger? Roast?

still lookin for mine. Went up 2 weeks ago missed a chance at a younger blackie!

[JayWalker89]

That’s a heck of a first bear! Congrats!

what are you going to make with him? Sausage, pepperoni, ground? Burger? Roast?

still lookin for mine. Went up 2 weeks ago missed a chance at a younger blackie!

I had some breakfast sausage made, a couple of roasts and the rest was ground. Not tried the roast yet but the rest is delicious!!

Still lots of time to get one, good luck!

[boxhitch]

Better story now, glad I looked in again
Hell of a hike to look for a yogi

[AlexPdHJ]

Congratulations on the great bear and welcome to hunting!

[tigrr]

Nice adventure and success. My days of hiking up a mountain are behind me.

[Jelvis]

Hiking up for five hours folks, that is thee awesome part for a lot of still hunters, and JayWalker89 shows how it's done.
-- Thinking and remembering the deer he saw and making a note for this season coming.
Jel - take a look at the opening page and the photo, and realize this is Top Of Thee World Black Bear Presentation, and for all to enjoy on HBC --

[JayWalker89]

Damn, Jelvis the hype man, making me feel good while slaving away at work!

[albravo2]

Great bear! You have higher standards than me if you debated whether or not he was a shooter.

Well done! Best of luck this fall.

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[Cody-ak]

Congrats man that’s a nice looking bear- look forward to reading future posts

[JayWalker89]

Great bear! You have higher standards than me if you debated whether or not he was a shooter.

Well done! Best of luck this fall.

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I think it was more the fact it was my first hunt ever, and only a couple of hours into my hunt. No question he was a shooter now I've had my hands on him, the experience was all I needed.

Thanks a lot, good luck to you too man!

[weatherby_man]

Wow, that is a great bear!!! To have this on the first day of your first hunt, thats a story for the grandkids one day! Enjoy and relive every minute of it, sounds like a perfect hunt.

[Jelvis]

This thread is a ( good example of how well a presentation can be done.) From opener, the post itself, the photos, the title, and story, as well as follow up with conversations with others inquiring and praising the young feller for his fine efforts and sharing.
Jel - we all look forward now to more great stuff as hunting season continues thru this season -- from all hunters --