Big G Hunter
05-31-2011, 11:07 PM
Well my buddy and I, hunted pretty hard over the long weekend of May to no success. We were hampered a bit, by the amount if snow still in the area, but we did see some nice animals, and some real good Grizzly sign. Some tracks of a probable 8 footer. 16 hrs a day hunting makes for some very LONG days. Saw a lot of blackys and moose and one sow and cub grizzly on sunday mid morning. After that I came home sick, and shivered and shook for the next 2 days.
This weekend brought a whole new set of hopes and dreams.
It started with me picking up Allykatt at oh so early in the morning in Horsefly, to head on out to our area. Allykatt has already filled his tag with a nice silvertip, so the ribbing has been non stop for the past 2 weeks.
As we driving up the road we spotted our first bear at 4:15am, looked a little funny for a black bear with a kinda brown body with blond hair on the arse. Maybe a Grizzly? We were about 300yards away and the light was still a bit dull. About another km up the road we saw another much bigger brownie looking bear cross the road if front of us. (both were coming from the river) We decided to stop and look for some tracks to see what kinda of bear it was. Another 50 meters up the road we drove when we finally spotted part of a bear.
As we stopped and got out my buddy says "you here that?" holey shit, it was another bear shaking an aspen tree and growling and just generally pissed off about 60 yards up the hill. At this point I decided to take a step Behind the truck. At this point, the bear we stopped to see, shows himself and it's a Grizz. A nice Big, Looking not to happy, and coming towards us Grizz. As he turns broadside, I let fly with the trusty 30-06 180gr Trophy Bonded Bear Claw from 66 yards away. First shot hits left shoulder and exits behind right shoulder. 2nd shot thru engine room.YES GRIZZLY DOWN!!!!!!!!!
At this point we decide to drive up the road and leave him for a bit. Then we notice 3 sets of Grizz tracks coming down the road all walking side by side. 20min later when we get back to my bear,we see another boar coming out of the timber not 30yards from where I shot mine, and just start trucking down the road towards the very first bear we saw. Hmmm this creates a weird set of problems. Don't really want to cape the bear here with his friend around so we'll load and go.http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/Onquad.jpg
After we get him loaded, we move on down the road where we can cape him out and take pics. http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/Pose.jpg
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/HoldingHead.jpg
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/SpreadEagle.jpg
He measured in at 7ft 6in long. No rub marks on him and 2 inches of fat. But what was a cool thing that I noticed on the bears face was bite marks from the same morning. Now would that be from fighting with the other boar over that possible Grizz sow we saw?http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/BiteMarks.jpg
After 15 years of putting in for Grizz it finally paid off.
Thanks SRUPP for all the helpfull hints and tips.
This weekend brought a whole new set of hopes and dreams.
It started with me picking up Allykatt at oh so early in the morning in Horsefly, to head on out to our area. Allykatt has already filled his tag with a nice silvertip, so the ribbing has been non stop for the past 2 weeks.
As we driving up the road we spotted our first bear at 4:15am, looked a little funny for a black bear with a kinda brown body with blond hair on the arse. Maybe a Grizzly? We were about 300yards away and the light was still a bit dull. About another km up the road we saw another much bigger brownie looking bear cross the road if front of us. (both were coming from the river) We decided to stop and look for some tracks to see what kinda of bear it was. Another 50 meters up the road we drove when we finally spotted part of a bear.
As we stopped and got out my buddy says "you here that?" holey shit, it was another bear shaking an aspen tree and growling and just generally pissed off about 60 yards up the hill. At this point I decided to take a step Behind the truck. At this point, the bear we stopped to see, shows himself and it's a Grizz. A nice Big, Looking not to happy, and coming towards us Grizz. As he turns broadside, I let fly with the trusty 30-06 180gr Trophy Bonded Bear Claw from 66 yards away. First shot hits left shoulder and exits behind right shoulder. 2nd shot thru engine room.YES GRIZZLY DOWN!!!!!!!!!
At this point we decide to drive up the road and leave him for a bit. Then we notice 3 sets of Grizz tracks coming down the road all walking side by side. 20min later when we get back to my bear,we see another boar coming out of the timber not 30yards from where I shot mine, and just start trucking down the road towards the very first bear we saw. Hmmm this creates a weird set of problems. Don't really want to cape the bear here with his friend around so we'll load and go.http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/Onquad.jpg
After we get him loaded, we move on down the road where we can cape him out and take pics. http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/Pose.jpg
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/HoldingHead.jpg
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/SpreadEagle.jpg
He measured in at 7ft 6in long. No rub marks on him and 2 inches of fat. But what was a cool thing that I noticed on the bears face was bite marks from the same morning. Now would that be from fighting with the other boar over that possible Grizz sow we saw?http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z393/BigIGHunter/BiteMarks.jpg
After 15 years of putting in for Grizz it finally paid off.
Thanks SRUPP for all the helpfull hints and tips.