SW Montana Bears
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I went balls to the wall tonight on what I thought was a stout upper 5's bear.
Dropped 1200 feet elevation and covered two miles in a half hour (directly away from the truck), came over the ridge, and watched her cub scramble up a big yellow pine, while she sat at the bottom and barked at me.
That was a long, lonely walk back uphill in the dark. I really need to start hauling my spotter in with me.
Dropped 1200 feet elevation and covered two miles in a half hour (directly away from the truck), came over the ridge, and watched her cub scramble up a big yellow pine, while she sat at the bottom and barked at me.
That was a long, lonely walk back uphill in the dark. I really need to start hauling my spotter in with me.
Headed out in a couple hours, last night my area's open.
It was a yearling cub (50-60) pounder. As the regulations say, either bear was technically legal right?
Not that I ever would, but was just thinking about it on my way back last night, wondering.
Here's a picture of one of the bears on the hillside when I'm getting ready to put my stalk on. I thought I was taking pictures of the bigger bear but after uploading the picture it looks like this could be the cub. Hmm... I'm pretty sure I was glassing both bears, just never at the same time. Probably why I couldn't decide if it was a tiny bear of medium bear.
And here's some video I took of the cub. He came down, beat me up, took my lunch money, and spit on my new boots. Which about summarizes my bear season so far.
It was a yearling cub (50-60) pounder. As the regulations say, either bear was technically legal right?
Not that I ever would, but was just thinking about it on my way back last night, wondering.
Here's a picture of one of the bears on the hillside when I'm getting ready to put my stalk on. I thought I was taking pictures of the bigger bear but after uploading the picture it looks like this could be the cub. Hmm... I'm pretty sure I was glassing both bears, just never at the same time. Probably why I couldn't decide if it was a tiny bear of medium bear.
And here's some video I took of the cub. He came down, beat me up, took my lunch money, and spit on my new boots. Which about summarizes my bear season so far.
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The way I read that, the cub would be legal, mother wouldn't.
I've seen sub 50 pounders at check stations when I lived in PA. You don't want one. Promise.
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