520 Road Sow
Well-known member
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2017
- Messages
- 6,804
We should hunt together I like your style
2021 Spring Bear Thread
- Thread starter 520 Road Sow
- Start date
Marshian
Well-known member
It’s bed neck, a variant of bed head.
JV842
Well-known member
Me n my buddies son r taking my 8yo grandson out in a couple weeks, grandson has been saying since he could damn near talk, “I think I’m going to shoot me a big ole bear today” Hard to do in SW Texas!! He’s too young to get a license but none the less we r taking him along for the ride! Made a deal w him, if he bucked up n did good on this online learning crap, papa was going to take him “big ole bear” hunting.
we r going to do it up for him to make it as “easy” as can be being his first mountain adventure; horses/mules/wall tents n all.
Going to go by Maudess/Smith/n Jackie Creek area so, we can get some fishing in as well.
Looking at probably 5 actual days in the field if anyone has some recent or usable intel from out there, it would be much appreciated. Flying out to Helena on the 13th
Good luck to all!
we r going to do it up for him to make it as “easy” as can be being his first mountain adventure; horses/mules/wall tents n all.
Going to go by Maudess/Smith/n Jackie Creek area so, we can get some fishing in as well.
Looking at probably 5 actual days in the field if anyone has some recent or usable intel from out there, it would be much appreciated. Flying out to Helena on the 13th
Good luck to all!
Sask hunter
Well-known member
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2016
- Messages
- 3,464
My brother shot this big guy off one of his baits yesterday. Haven’t taped him but I figure 19.5”. Set the bar high for biggest bear in the family this year. I have my work cut out for me now lol
D
Deleted member 16014
Guest
Sweet looking bear.
Sask hunter
Well-known member
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2016
- Messages
- 3,464
My excitement on the bear stand tonight was this marten on the log behind the barrel
520 Road Sow
Well-known member
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2017
- Messages
- 6,804
That guy is........ wow. Congrats!
Smokeybarrel
Member
Beautiful bruin!! Congrats to your brother! 
OROutdoorsmen
Member
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2020
- Messages
- 11
Hunting locally Oregon SW tag. Had my first opportunity after 5 nights after it. Spotted him 1.5 miles away with my binos, Had an hour and 20 minutes of legal light so I had to go. Jogged very fast the mile to my vehicle drove a few miles and had a 1.5-mile hike to get to him. Miraculously pop out 100 yards above him in the bottom of hellish verticle clear cut. Take my time, had buck fever bad after being alone, first bear, being 17, and thinking about him for a while, and shot felt good, but went over his back. I had a bad rest due to the angle and it just wasn't meant to be. Should get more opportunities this weekend finally found the best spot I have seen. Good luck to all some nice bears already!
I'm wrapping up a four day bear hunt...
Bear fever had my hunt partner and I cheering for any stump to move. Unfortunately, no bueno - like this stump glance stepping over an upper bench.
Saw a bunch of elk, too many deer to count, "You see the size of that chicken?!!??!?!" (grouse - quote tribute to "Young Guns")... about everything unable to hunt we saw in quantity.
Life... always amazing adventures! Today was an R&R drive and scout. Nodda bear. Meh, another day.
Days prior... ass whooped hikes.
Bear fever had my hunt partner and I cheering for any stump to move. Unfortunately, no bueno - like this stump glance stepping over an upper bench.
Saw a bunch of elk, too many deer to count, "You see the size of that chicken?!!??!?!" (grouse - quote tribute to "Young Guns")... about everything unable to hunt we saw in quantity.
Life... always amazing adventures! Today was an R&R drive and scout. Nodda bear. Meh, another day.
Days prior... ass whooped hikes.
Twolftg
Active member
How is that not a bear. Lol
I completely screwed up this morning! First time this year i decided to pack a rifle and went looking for bears before i start shed hunting. 5 mins into hunt monster solid black gave me a decent shot in wide open sage country, waiting for better broadside angle i never got bear went over a hill. I quickly went further up hill to get better wind and cut him off and he wasnt there.?... i guess be dropped into a ditch and went lower into creek bottom 1/2 mile south cause i could see forever and never seen him again. After waiting for hour i moved on found a new bear within 15 minutes unfortunately it was a BIG grizz so shifted hunt direction. Try again tomorrow....
Last edited:
Smokeybarrel
Member
Good luck when you get back out there! Persistence pays off!
MTLabrador
Well-known member
Had a great night and spotted four bears. I screwed things up and missed the first bear, just absolutely whiffed on an easy shot. Still over a month of season and a lot of bears left to look at.
So found these in spot i chassed nice black bear yesterday so went to plan b. Plan b found a nice solid black feeding on a ridge about 10am, then i proceeded to shot over the bear, complete wiff! I made sure and did the hunters walk of shame..nothing. The best thing about bear hunting is i dont mind a clean miss, just find another in day or 2 but seems like this years bear season is eventful yet disappointing clown show....it will change soon!
Added: its may 7th and i have seen 1% of the entire grizz population of the greater yellowstone ecosystem....thinking the count may be off by a few!
Added: its may 7th and i have seen 1% of the entire grizz population of the greater yellowstone ecosystem....thinking the count may be off by a few!
Last edited:
MTLabrador
Well-known member
That makes me feel better.
RobertD
Well-known member
What am I looking at here? Sow with yearling triplets?
El Jason
Well-known member
Four days in God’s Country. First day, I spotted a reddish brown boar. I hot footed/slipped/fell down the mountain to a setup. Range at 390, and I watched him for about 15 minutes while he screwed around in a snow field behind a small clump of alders. I’m all set up, when he finally cleared I flipped the safety off and started to take up the trigger. The boar was sitting down and all of a sudden he slid down the snow field like a damned penguin and out of sight. When I finally relocated him later he was up the hill and over 500 yards out.
The last day of hunting, Rich and I were sitting on a road glassing this hillside and getting the tops of our feet sunburned. A little bear entered the avalanche chute, faked like he was heading down to where we could climb up and shoot him, then proceeded up the red line and over the top. WTF?
Out of beer and out of time....
The last day of hunting, Rich and I were sitting on a road glassing this hillside and getting the tops of our feet sunburned. A little bear entered the avalanche chute, faked like he was heading down to where we could climb up and shoot him, then proceeded up the red line and over the top. WTF?
Out of beer and out of time....
Sow with 3 of last years young, all real healthy looking. I see some Grizzlies and find it amazing how many have 3 cubs and obviously these have made it past the hardest part and will likely survive.
Drinking beer and splitting wood, what could possibly go wrong
