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Vanman1985
12-13-2011, 09:59 PM
With some of the recent threads started and cabin fever setting in only three days after deer season ended.... :roll: I thought I would share my first bear hunt with you guys.
My friend and I decided last fall that there wasn't enoughhunting time for us in the fall and to help fill the void, we would try a spring bear hunt. (A first for both of us) We set off for a week of bear hunting at my family’s cabin. The trip in was promising with a sighting of ourfirst bear at dusk. Through out the week we spotted a total of 13 bears, one of which my friend took a shot at and missed cleanly, another first for him and yes it was a very humbling experience for him. It was the last day of our trip that I found a bear I was interested in shooting. I wanted either a large mature black bear or a nice coloured bear. He's not huge by any stretch of the imagination but I think he got some great colouring. It was a bit anti-climactic as we spotted him on our way out on the edge of the road. I parked the truck and got in to around 75 yards and I had my first bear!
My first bear
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt2/Justin_vaniterson/bearhunting117.jpg
Caribou scatt????? Only a few hours from Kamloops
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt2/Justin_vaniterson/bearhunting055.jpg
Vanman1985
12-13-2011, 10:02 PM
A few other pictures,
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt2/Justin_vaniterson/bearhunting057.jpg
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt2/Justin_vaniterson/bearhunting086.jpg
A trap line we found
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt2/Justin_vaniterson/bearhunting079.jpg
guest
12-13-2011, 10:05 PM
Nice colored bear Congrats to you
but .... Caribou scat ....... ?
I don't think so. Looks like Boo Boo shat with a troubled delivery haha
CT
Vanman1985
12-13-2011, 10:12 PM
but .... Caribou scat ....... ?
I don't think so. Looks like Boo Boo shat with a troubled delivery haha
CT
We actually bumped into the trapper up there and got to BSing with him, I showed him the picture and that was his thought. I've never seen any sh*t like that stuff, or caribou sh*t for that matter. We found two distinct piles of it so if it was a bear he had a rough couple of days... hah ah
chrisjohnny
12-13-2011, 10:12 PM
nice bear, looks like wolf scat
Caveman
12-13-2011, 10:15 PM
Caribou crap is more like deer than anything. Nice bear Justin!!
coach
12-13-2011, 10:15 PM
Nice looking bear and a damn fine shot too. Congrats!
LYKTOHUNT
12-13-2011, 10:26 PM
I have seen crap like that in the spring and I thought maybe it was bear crap just after they came out of the den. there are no cariboo where I saw that
moose2
12-13-2011, 10:58 PM
Nice color bear congrats.
hunter1947
12-14-2011, 02:59 AM
You did well getting this color bear shot placement was deadly ,congrats.
Nice bear. That's grouse scat believe it or not.
Why does everyone shooting a black bear seem to want the rarer blonde/brown coloured ones? Will this not just lead to a gradual less and less of these bears with the genes for these colours?
CanuckShooter
12-14-2011, 12:08 PM
Why does everyone shooting a black bear seem to want the rarer blonde/brown coloured ones? Will this not just lead to a gradual less and less of these bears with the genes for these colours?
Nope.......lots of bears out there shoot two of what ever colour you prefer....
The_Bear_Man
12-14-2011, 03:30 PM
Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to my first bear hunt this spring!
What gun and scope did you use?
Vanman1985
12-14-2011, 03:46 PM
Thanks everyone! I was shooting a browning a-bolt in 300wsm with a leupold vx3.5x10x50.
cbb - No shortage of coloured bears around, this was the forth one I've spotted in the last 2 years. They're usually a redish colour, this was the first blonde/brown one I've seen.
Vanman1985
12-14-2011, 04:14 PM
here is a griz we found not a great pic but it was sure cool to watch him graze... He sure had a "I'm the king of the hill" walk down pat.
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt2/Justin_vaniterson/bearhunting095.jpg
Stone Sheep Steve
12-14-2011, 04:20 PM
Why does everyone shooting a black bear seem to want the rarer blonde/brown coloured ones? Will this not just lead to a gradual less and less of these bears with the genes for these colours?
Brown/colored bears don't just have colored cubs. I've seen black sows with brown and black cubs, brown sows with black cubs and also a mix of each. Bet we run close to 50% colored bears around here.
Can't wait for spring bear season! Thanks for the pics!
SSS
fearnodeer
12-14-2011, 06:24 PM
Thanks for sharing and congrats on you bear and your shot, well done.
matt420
12-14-2011, 07:11 PM
nice lookin bear man well done, i love that high shoulder shot usally drops em right in their tracks and its game over, as for that scat its either grouse or turkey believe it or not
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