had to go get some chocolate this afternoon

[jbm]

ok so this was 1 of the shortest bear hunts i have ever been on .
was out this morning looking for a nice bear and found nothing at all
came home for a few hrs eat some lunch watch some tv and talk myself into going out again looking for a bear. well it was already getting late so i just went up behind my house .
drove up an old logging road about 1 1/2 miles and stopped to glass a small area that had been logged many yrs before but was still pretty open . seen nothing so moved up another 50 ft, and bingo a bear at 197 yrs almost level with me across the creek. loaded my ultra light arms that is chambered in a wildcat 30 rem necked up to 35. 1 shot and the bear was rolling almost down to a old skidder road. short 20 yrd drag to the skidder rd then a short drive back to my house to grab a game cart . well its already back at my house gutted and hanging from my backhoe and ready to skin. sorry this is no long range shooting or a hard 12 day hunt in the driving sleet and snow . maybe next time lol

 

[Stubaby]

Nice. It's never bad to be at the right place at the right time.

 

[Brock-ID]

Very Nice! Congrats!

 

[----]

Great bear, congrats.

Mind me asking what his food source was?

I've been hunting your country and pulling zeros this fall trying to turn one up.

 

[big28hunter]

Love the color! Congrats on a great bruin!

 

[Yotkilr]

Awsome bear congrats!

 

[Carrion Carrier]

Great bear!

 

[devon deer]

Nice one JBM, i have seen your face before me thinks!
Cheers
Richard

 

[jbm]

Great bear, congrats.

Mind me asking what his food source was?

I've been hunting your country and pulling zeros this fall trying to turn one up.

he had a mouth full of plain old grass when i got up to him
most all the huckleberry's are gone so i think they are just trying to get fat on anything they can right now.
this area that i shot this 1 is the 3rd bear i have taken from there. it has water cover and alot of grass. easy to glass in the mornings or afternoon and a very easy pack out if you get 1 most of the time

 

[kansasdad]

Your bear-in-the-gamecart picture looks like one of my wisdom tooth patients after we are all done, including a slight bit of blood on the upper right lip!!

Wish I had a mobile skinning rig like you have.

 

[DSull]

Nice bear, good job!

 

[cornfed]

Looks like a big one to me .Congratulations.

 

[----]

he had a mouth full of plain old grass when i got up to him
most all the huckleberry's are gone so i think they are just trying to get fat on anything they can right now.
this area that i shot this 1 is the 3rd bear i have taken from there. it has water cover and alot of grass. easy to glass in the mornings or afternoon and a very easy pack out if you get 1 most of the time

Interesting.

I've been hitting the creek bottom berries and haven't even been seeing sign. Berries are there, just no bears. Congrats again on the bear.

 

[jbm]

when i lived in missoula i would bear hunt in the st. regis area and always did well up there
in the fall

 

[sbhooper]

That is the type of hunt that makes up for all of the ones where you kill yourself trying to get something done. Great job!

 

[putm2sleep]

That is bad a$$! That is a freaking monster!

 

[Buck Fever]

Can't beat the skin out method!

 

[MT_elk]

Nice! Nothing wrong with an easy hunt once in a while.

 

[1_pointer]

Very nice! I don't mind working for 'em, but I don't hate the ones that come quick and easy too!

 

[belly-deep]

Tell us a little more about that gun. What kind of loads do you use and how fast are they?