Mark-R
04-22-2020, 12:48 AM
Well I got my first bear today. I scouted this location many times in the past couple of weeks, figuring out the pockets and times where the bears appear and how to work the terrain for a stalk.
Things are finally coming together where I can spot a bear from across the valley, then make the trek to get into position without getting busted and keeping the wind right.
Today I spot this bear and decide to go for him.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y62pp03ebu7fbwi/20200421_155104.jpg?raw=1
After my trek into position, I'm looking around the clear cut for a bit where he's "supposed" to be, nothing.
Then I see fur moving, lower from where I had last seen him.
Look through the binos, I'm surprised to see what looks like dust all over his face. I figure he must have stuck his face in some dirt hole or something.
I look at him closer for a while, he looks like a male as far as a newb like me can tell.
After some cat and mouse, I'm about a 100 yards trying to get a decent rest in this mess of a clear cut, trying to aim upwards awkwardly and not get busted.
I'm not liking this rest, I skooch over to another log and I'm busted.
He stands tall on this stump to get a better look at me and exposes his chest. Boom! He falls like a sack of potatoes.
When I get to him, I'm appalled to see this
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh8kw4e6whgg0wz/20200421_190642.jpg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zpdthxlgszsv4ot/20200421_190527.jpg?raw=1
Needless to say this wasn't the same bear I had spotted.
After being weirded out, I get over it and get to work.
His hide seems fine, just a real case of buttaface.
Any ideas what caused this? Is it from him rubbing? Sickness?
The meat seemed fine but I'd like to know this is not some diseased bear.
Anyways, all in all I'm pretty happy, the meat seems good, and I'm on the scoreboard for black bear.
It's a 45min walk to where I left the hide & head, wondering if it's worth going back for.
Is a skull bleach similar work to a deer euro mount?.
What's the going rate to tan a hide these days?
Cheers,
MR
Things are finally coming together where I can spot a bear from across the valley, then make the trek to get into position without getting busted and keeping the wind right.
Today I spot this bear and decide to go for him.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y62pp03ebu7fbwi/20200421_155104.jpg?raw=1
After my trek into position, I'm looking around the clear cut for a bit where he's "supposed" to be, nothing.
Then I see fur moving, lower from where I had last seen him.
Look through the binos, I'm surprised to see what looks like dust all over his face. I figure he must have stuck his face in some dirt hole or something.
I look at him closer for a while, he looks like a male as far as a newb like me can tell.
After some cat and mouse, I'm about a 100 yards trying to get a decent rest in this mess of a clear cut, trying to aim upwards awkwardly and not get busted.
I'm not liking this rest, I skooch over to another log and I'm busted.
He stands tall on this stump to get a better look at me and exposes his chest. Boom! He falls like a sack of potatoes.
When I get to him, I'm appalled to see this
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gh8kw4e6whgg0wz/20200421_190642.jpg?raw=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zpdthxlgszsv4ot/20200421_190527.jpg?raw=1
Needless to say this wasn't the same bear I had spotted.
After being weirded out, I get over it and get to work.
His hide seems fine, just a real case of buttaface.
Any ideas what caused this? Is it from him rubbing? Sickness?
The meat seemed fine but I'd like to know this is not some diseased bear.
Anyways, all in all I'm pretty happy, the meat seems good, and I'm on the scoreboard for black bear.
It's a 45min walk to where I left the hide & head, wondering if it's worth going back for.
Is a skull bleach similar work to a deer euro mount?.
What's the going rate to tan a hide these days?
Cheers,
MR