2026 bears

[Bill Zent]

In mid June when there were lots of new born fawns I tried calling a bear one time. I have called coyotes since the 50's so did that type of calling. It wasn't five minutes and here came two coyotes, I got one and figured that saved some fawns. A couple days later I heard what sounded like someone calling on my ranch. It turned out I shot the mother and five young pups were hungry. I did not like that so never shot yotes when they may have young.
If I have any NR guests that want a bear I will try calling them again. I don't shoot any just like to watch them.

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

Lunch sounds fun!

I've called in 2 bears, both blind calling. First time was exactly 30 years ago, bear came running in hard and I shot it at around 10 yards - a sow. I didn't see her until she was about 15 yards away.

Second time I was calling and calling for maybe 20 minutes, got up and put my backpack on and noticed a big bear sitting on it's ass watching me - about 90 yards away in the timber. I shot that one too.

I've only called a few other times, but i sure have a stack of "bear calls" in my box of calls at home.

 

[TexanSam]

Who wants to take a guess on what happened here? I see two sets of tracks. Look at the very bottom center for a size 9 boot for a size reference