SW Montana Bears
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Gerald Martin
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Bears are definitely out and stirring. My neighbor Rick shot a 355lb. chocolate boar yesterday. I don't have pictures but I went over to see it this morning. That weight was live weight. With four guys they were able to get it out whole.
I've only seen one bear that would compare in size to that bear and that wasn't in season. Rick thinks it will most likely square around 6' 8". Definitely a HOG!
I've only seen one bear that would compare in size to that bear and that wasn't in season. Rick thinks it will most likely square around 6' 8". Definitely a HOG!
drahthaar
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355!! Wow, I am officially jealous. I doubt I will see one that big.
The Hedgehog
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sounds like a monster!!
I've yet to see a bear...
I've yet to see a bear...
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Lawnboy
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That's a big bear!
Greenhorn those pictures will mean more later in life than any big bear you'll ever shoot. I had my 3 year old out spotting with me on Friday. All I can say is he can sure ask the questions
Greenhorn those pictures will mean more later in life than any big bear you'll ever shoot. I had my 3 year old out spotting with me on Friday. All I can say is he can sure ask the questions
elk_hunter
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Yeah Greenie, very cool. Can't wait to get my kiddos out and do the same thing. Awesome memories for sure.
Drake4
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That's the one.
Horn Seeker
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That IS a big bear...sweet!
I know some guys that are seeing a boat load of bears and being pretty picky... but shoot... there were already 9 sows killed in 520 as of yesterday morning...and the Pryors...where I'd hoped to hunt... CLOSED... 520 will be closed by Monday is my prediction...brutal... (not to mention 20-40 inches of snow that will fall from yesterday through tommorrow night!)
I know some guys that are seeing a boat load of bears and being pretty picky... but shoot... there were already 9 sows killed in 520 as of yesterday morning...and the Pryors...where I'd hoped to hunt... CLOSED... 520 will be closed by Monday is my prediction...brutal... (not to mention 20-40 inches of snow that will fall from yesterday through tommorrow night!)
drahthaar
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Yes, winter has returned. I took off late this evenign for a quick run up to a spot I like. 1 inch at my house with all the rain, 3 miles down the road, 5 inches on the road where I parked to walk. By the time I got to the top of the clearcut I was post-holeing in up to my knee in that heavy wet crap, in a steady downpour. Trees popping, tops coming down, huge clumps of snow slamming the ground. Probably going to get killed. RIDICULOUS!! Other than getting me soaked, what is this going to accomplish? I'll tell ya, getting me dumbass of the season award, so far.
Anyway, I get over the top, and down the other side where the snow isn't so deep and I can glass the clearcut across the way.
This is me dicking around taking pics of myself to send to my buddy and wife that didn't want to come along. Doesn't quite do the misery of the situation justice. What must have just missed being in the pic is the sow and two cubs coming down the hill right behind me, that I had no clue where there. Yeah, if I had got them in the pic, it would have been really good. They came down right behind that birch in the pic.
I am bent over shielding my phone from the pouring rain, sending texts, and I hear something slightly different than all the sounds of those clumps of snow hitting the ground, I look over and 50 yards away is a sow bumbling down the hill with two dinky cubs(last years) trying to keep up in that deep ass snow. Since I had my phone out, here is the pic of them.
Anyway, back home drying out, thought I would pass that little story along.
Anyway, I get over the top, and down the other side where the snow isn't so deep and I can glass the clearcut across the way.
This is me dicking around taking pics of myself to send to my buddy and wife that didn't want to come along. Doesn't quite do the misery of the situation justice. What must have just missed being in the pic is the sow and two cubs coming down the hill right behind me, that I had no clue where there. Yeah, if I had got them in the pic, it would have been really good. They came down right behind that birch in the pic.
I am bent over shielding my phone from the pouring rain, sending texts, and I hear something slightly different than all the sounds of those clumps of snow hitting the ground, I look over and 50 yards away is a sow bumbling down the hill with two dinky cubs(last years) trying to keep up in that deep ass snow. Since I had my phone out, here is the pic of them.
Anyway, back home drying out, thought I would pass that little story along.
Very cool Draht.
shoots-straight
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Very cold Draht.
drahthaar
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Oops. Thought it didn't go through.
Horn Seeker
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Sweet man... cool pics.
There are a couple snotels, in the Belts, reading 45 inches of snow in the last 48 horus!!!!
There are a couple snotels, in the Belts, reading 45 inches of snow in the last 48 horus!!!!
IdahoBugler
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Not Montana bears but while turkey hunting I saw 4 bears in a few hours. A sow and a cub and two boars. It was hard to tell size because of how far away they were.
Only pic i got was of the sow and cub. Pic was from about 800 yards away.
Only pic i got was of the sow and cub. Pic was from about 800 yards away.
