tracker
05-23-2009, 07:19 PM
My dad and I have talked about going hunting for black bears as soon as he got back from his grizzly bear hunt in the kootenay's { yes his friend shot one too} and before that we just got my first hunting license, afterall I just turned 10 ,I have been on lots of bear hunts with my dad and realy liked hunting bears, so a bear was first on my list to shoot...
My dad picked me and my brother from school and I seen the quad loaded in the back of the old ford so I knew we probaly were going hunting tonight and I was right, he said hurry up boy's we gotta go and get a bear tonight,I laughed and said cool lets git er dun ,we changed out of our school clothes and did some last minute homework [reading] and off we went to the bush,it was a real warm sunny day but when we got up to the mountain it was kinda cold, my dad said we have to go and find some sign first before we can actually hunt for them and what that means is looking for poop on the roads and trails,tracks in the mud holes and greened up areas with dandy lion flowers cause they like to eat them..
As soon as we hit the logging roads there was some good sized bear poop on the road ,my dad said this looks like a nice bear so we continue to look for sign riding around on the quad and we find lots but no bears ,we had supper on the top of the mountain and we saw a coyote and as we were having lunch something rustled in the bush down the hill from us and dad went to have a look and came running back and said it was a bear just over the hill but by time we got the gun loaded and over to where it was it was gone,my dad ranged the stump it was by and it was only 26 yards away form us ,that was neat even though I never did see it...So we finished supper and left that spot hopeing to see a bear along the trails and roads but no such luck ,lots of poop but no bears..We end up going back towards the truck where we saw the big bear poop and turn up a trail and start lookin for more sign,as we were going up there my dad said it was getting late and maybe we should go and I said ok and as we were going back down the hill my dad spots a bear way over on another hill ,so we stop and look at it with bino's and get some video tape of it [my dad likes to do that stuff] but it was like a 1000 yards away and my dad said there was no way of getting that one as the light was fading fast but to my surprize my dad makes his way that way and ends up finding some trails that work over to the hill side where the bear was ,he said we are only 200 yards down from it and to lets go . We went up the hill as fast as we could watching for the bear it was kinda funny as we both were puffing hard,as we walked my dad would stop every 20 yards and look for the bear then he grabs me by the shoulder and said there he is right over the hill from us ,my heart started pounding now my dad gave me the gun and walked me up the hill a bit and said stand up he's right there so I did and he was right in front of me as I lined up the scope on the bear I must have been a bit shaky because my dad said stop and knelt down and put the gun on his shoulder for a rest,that was much better he asked if I could see the bear in the scope and I could I said ,I took the safety off and my dad said any time you want shoot go ahead he was ready so I put the crosshairs right on the bear behind the shoulder and KABOOM the bear drops in his tracks.My dad was so excited that I shot my first bear ,so was I, but he said I looked scared and shocked I kinda was!!! As we get up to it it was getting bigger and bigger and solid black also ,my dad checks to make sure the bear is dead and grabs its head to pick it up and said this is a huge bear and what a pig.. That was cool ,I went over to it and grabbed it and it felt like a rock it was huge I could barely move its head ..We took some pictures and gutted it out and headed home ......
I shot my bear with a 270 wsm 110 gr ttsx he was 6 ft 3" and a 20 inch green score for a skull my dad said we are getting a rug now and some sausage and pepperoni ,, thanks dad.. "aka tracker"
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My dad picked me and my brother from school and I seen the quad loaded in the back of the old ford so I knew we probaly were going hunting tonight and I was right, he said hurry up boy's we gotta go and get a bear tonight,I laughed and said cool lets git er dun ,we changed out of our school clothes and did some last minute homework [reading] and off we went to the bush,it was a real warm sunny day but when we got up to the mountain it was kinda cold, my dad said we have to go and find some sign first before we can actually hunt for them and what that means is looking for poop on the roads and trails,tracks in the mud holes and greened up areas with dandy lion flowers cause they like to eat them..
As soon as we hit the logging roads there was some good sized bear poop on the road ,my dad said this looks like a nice bear so we continue to look for sign riding around on the quad and we find lots but no bears ,we had supper on the top of the mountain and we saw a coyote and as we were having lunch something rustled in the bush down the hill from us and dad went to have a look and came running back and said it was a bear just over the hill but by time we got the gun loaded and over to where it was it was gone,my dad ranged the stump it was by and it was only 26 yards away form us ,that was neat even though I never did see it...So we finished supper and left that spot hopeing to see a bear along the trails and roads but no such luck ,lots of poop but no bears..We end up going back towards the truck where we saw the big bear poop and turn up a trail and start lookin for more sign,as we were going up there my dad said it was getting late and maybe we should go and I said ok and as we were going back down the hill my dad spots a bear way over on another hill ,so we stop and look at it with bino's and get some video tape of it [my dad likes to do that stuff] but it was like a 1000 yards away and my dad said there was no way of getting that one as the light was fading fast but to my surprize my dad makes his way that way and ends up finding some trails that work over to the hill side where the bear was ,he said we are only 200 yards down from it and to lets go . We went up the hill as fast as we could watching for the bear it was kinda funny as we both were puffing hard,as we walked my dad would stop every 20 yards and look for the bear then he grabs me by the shoulder and said there he is right over the hill from us ,my heart started pounding now my dad gave me the gun and walked me up the hill a bit and said stand up he's right there so I did and he was right in front of me as I lined up the scope on the bear I must have been a bit shaky because my dad said stop and knelt down and put the gun on his shoulder for a rest,that was much better he asked if I could see the bear in the scope and I could I said ,I took the safety off and my dad said any time you want shoot go ahead he was ready so I put the crosshairs right on the bear behind the shoulder and KABOOM the bear drops in his tracks.My dad was so excited that I shot my first bear ,so was I, but he said I looked scared and shocked I kinda was!!! As we get up to it it was getting bigger and bigger and solid black also ,my dad checks to make sure the bear is dead and grabs its head to pick it up and said this is a huge bear and what a pig.. That was cool ,I went over to it and grabbed it and it felt like a rock it was huge I could barely move its head ..We took some pictures and gutted it out and headed home ......
I shot my bear with a 270 wsm 110 gr ttsx he was 6 ft 3" and a 20 inch green score for a skull my dad said we are getting a rug now and some sausage and pepperoni ,, thanks dad.. "aka tracker"
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/tracker_07/strechedout.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/tracker_07/TJ.jpg