BrowningBLR
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On Wednesday afternoon I decided to try and find a bear... I had been out quite a few times with no luck. With the weather being in the 80s on Wednesday I thought it would be a good idea to hike deeper into a hell hole that I know about with a creek running at the bottom... it would be a shaded area, cooler, and I thought it would be a perfect place for a bear on a hot day... turns out, I was right. Found this bear in a little clearing, at about 20 yards I decided I should take a shot. He never saw me but when he heard me @#)(# my gun (shooting a lever-action). He took one look my way and took off running. I ran about 20 feet, kneeled down and shot him through a clearing at 50 yards. First bear down!!
I didn't have the proper tools or knowledge to skin him in the mountains (didn't want to mess up things up for a rug!) so I just field dressed him. My only option was to throw him over my shoulder and pack him straight up and out the 3 miles... I consider myself in pretty good shape and this thing felt like it weighed a ton while I carried it out. Not sure exactly how long it took me but a few hours!! When I got home, I weighed it...190 pounds (so probably 230-240 live weight?). I also weighed myself for fun... 158. Needless to say, I am pretty sore. Long story short, it was a blast!! (beside the taxidermist bill for a rug!!)
I didn't have the proper tools or knowledge to skin him in the mountains (didn't want to mess up things up for a rug!) so I just field dressed him. My only option was to throw him over my shoulder and pack him straight up and out the 3 miles... I consider myself in pretty good shape and this thing felt like it weighed a ton while I carried it out. Not sure exactly how long it took me but a few hours!! When I got home, I weighed it...190 pounds (so probably 230-240 live weight?). I also weighed myself for fun... 158. Needless to say, I am pretty sore. Long story short, it was a blast!! (beside the taxidermist bill for a rug!!)
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