Trav
06-17-2013, 07:42 PM
It was a pretty successful season for myself and my girlfriend this year. I got a decent sized brown phase black bear in late May. It was feeding on the side of the road one evening and one shot with the 7mm-08 from about 90 yards was all that I needed.
http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t580/shedhunter85/IMG_5029_zps464e8bfa.jpg (http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/shedhunter85/media/IMG_5029_zps464e8bfa.jpg.html)
With that out of the way we focused on getting my girlfriend her first ever bear. We found one for her June first wandering down the road. One shot with the 7mm-08 through the heart, a forty yard blood trail that even the colour blind guy (me) could follow, and she had her first bear. I mentioned it in another thread but thanks again to the folks that happened to be passing by and helped drag it back up the bank.
http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t580/shedhunter85/IMG_5053resized_zps04617e66.jpg (http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/shedhunter85/media/IMG_5053resized_zps04617e66.jpg.html)
http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t580/shedhunter85/IMG_5074resized_zpsa4907204.jpg (http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/shedhunter85/media/IMG_5074resized_zpsa4907204.jpg.html)
My bear was about 5 1/2 feet, hers a little bigger and quite a bit heavier. Ground them both up and are experimenting with sausage making now.
http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t580/shedhunter85/IMG_5029_zps464e8bfa.jpg (http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/shedhunter85/media/IMG_5029_zps464e8bfa.jpg.html)
With that out of the way we focused on getting my girlfriend her first ever bear. We found one for her June first wandering down the road. One shot with the 7mm-08 through the heart, a forty yard blood trail that even the colour blind guy (me) could follow, and she had her first bear. I mentioned it in another thread but thanks again to the folks that happened to be passing by and helped drag it back up the bank.
http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t580/shedhunter85/IMG_5053resized_zps04617e66.jpg (http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/shedhunter85/media/IMG_5053resized_zps04617e66.jpg.html)
http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t580/shedhunter85/IMG_5074resized_zpsa4907204.jpg (http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/shedhunter85/media/IMG_5074resized_zpsa4907204.jpg.html)
My bear was about 5 1/2 feet, hers a little bigger and quite a bit heavier. Ground them both up and are experimenting with sausage making now.