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05-21-2008, 02:02 PM
Last weekend went camping / hunting trip .Camped with family and friends at hot springs. Good, but it was little crowded. On right from us was group of young yahoos with 3 dogs. I think they have had a little too much booze. They kept loud music , screaming ,shouting at each other well past midnight. I rolled down window on my pathfinder and pop CD with coyote calls for couple minutes.. Wow . That was a hit. Dog immediately started howling, barking and stuff. It was like a zoo. These guys shut down music and wonder with flashlights around what is happening. One of them come up with idea that it is wolf in the bushes and it may attack them and dogs. I think they were trying to stay vigilant till morning. May be it was immature on my part, but we all had good laugh before sleep.
Sunday I went road hunting with buddy. Saw quite few bears. Seems now they are moving around. I have spotted this guy about 80 yards down hill . Bear run between trees from my right to left and slightly quartering away. Trees obscured a shot. Till he pass clear line of sight abt 120 yards away. Bang. Bullet come thru lungs, enter behind left shoulder blade and exit forward of right . Bear run couple yards and dropped on side of the creek. Almost perfect spot for skinning and cleaning. Remington 700, 30-06, bullet Win silver tip,180 gr. I think it was a little heavy. Any comments ?
In hour or so we continue on the road and two miles down spotted another bear uphill abt 60 yards. My partner got him broadside straight thru lungs. Bear run 15 yards and dropped dead. It was easy, we just had to roll bear down hill. Finish skinning, cleaning, drop off and on my way to campsite.
When arrive to hot springs camp I learned that bear was wondering on camp last day. Bear ate almost all food of yahoos on right and huge bowl of freshly cooked stew from big party on left. People made a lot of pictures. I think some people have no idea how to handle food in bear country. On early Monday morning we are relaxing in hot tube and having cold one. Suddenly nice 5 ft bruin emerge from bushes and goes directly toward us. It was a moment of excitement. Than we try to scare bear by throwing empty beer can and making all sorts of noises. He just gave a look like saying” what is your problem? I m not beer drinker.” So, for couple minutes we ended up relaxing in hot tube ,while bear was grassing 3-5 yards away. I wish we had a camera. Than ,guess where bear went. Yeah ,he walk to yahoos camp and make brawls with dogs. While chasing one of the dogs, bear smashed into tent with people inside. Growl, barking, screaming… After all settled down, first time I have seen someone takes camp down that quickly and takes off. So, everybody had something to talk about. It was really nice trip. Sorry for long story, I just want to share .Think it was funny in the way.
Sunday I went road hunting with buddy. Saw quite few bears. Seems now they are moving around. I have spotted this guy about 80 yards down hill . Bear run between trees from my right to left and slightly quartering away. Trees obscured a shot. Till he pass clear line of sight abt 120 yards away. Bang. Bullet come thru lungs, enter behind left shoulder blade and exit forward of right . Bear run couple yards and dropped on side of the creek. Almost perfect spot for skinning and cleaning. Remington 700, 30-06, bullet Win silver tip,180 gr. I think it was a little heavy. Any comments ?
In hour or so we continue on the road and two miles down spotted another bear uphill abt 60 yards. My partner got him broadside straight thru lungs. Bear run 15 yards and dropped dead. It was easy, we just had to roll bear down hill. Finish skinning, cleaning, drop off and on my way to campsite.
When arrive to hot springs camp I learned that bear was wondering on camp last day. Bear ate almost all food of yahoos on right and huge bowl of freshly cooked stew from big party on left. People made a lot of pictures. I think some people have no idea how to handle food in bear country. On early Monday morning we are relaxing in hot tube and having cold one. Suddenly nice 5 ft bruin emerge from bushes and goes directly toward us. It was a moment of excitement. Than we try to scare bear by throwing empty beer can and making all sorts of noises. He just gave a look like saying” what is your problem? I m not beer drinker.” So, for couple minutes we ended up relaxing in hot tube ,while bear was grassing 3-5 yards away. I wish we had a camera. Than ,guess where bear went. Yeah ,he walk to yahoos camp and make brawls with dogs. While chasing one of the dogs, bear smashed into tent with people inside. Growl, barking, screaming… After all settled down, first time I have seen someone takes camp down that quickly and takes off. So, everybody had something to talk about. It was really nice trip. Sorry for long story, I just want to share .Think it was funny in the way.