My bear hunt...pic heavy! UPDATE
The bear was weighed in at 305 lbs. Anyone know how to approximate his live weight from that? I'm guessing about 40-50 lbs of guts.
I have been "looking" for a bear for the last 10 years while deer hunting.
The last three years a friend and I have been watching the bears up in the Adirondacks. We set up a two man stand just inside his camp's land with a good view of two trails that have showed alot of bear sign. Last year paid off for him, this year for me!
Just before dark a good size bear came to the intersection about 50 yards from the stand. I was going to take the shot when he wandered through a clear area about ten feet wide. When he reached the clear area, he turned around twice and laid down (like a dog does). He laid there for a few minutes quartering away from me and I decided that I needed to take the shot then, before he decided to get up and go. Well, it took four shots to kill him dead. The first one, in the shoulder, apparently broke his back and pretty much anchored him but, he was still trying to get away on his front paws. It took three more to make him lay down for good.
I used my Marlin 336 in .35 Rem and Leverevolution 200 gr bullets. Four entrance holes and no exits that I can see, yet. He's down getting skun and butchered now. I hope to get the bullets back and see what they look like.
The funny thing is, I never got nervous or shaky until it was all over. It took four and a half hours to get him back to camp. There is a VERY rickety bridge between the stand that won't take the weight of a 4 wheeler so we had to get it that far by hand. That sucked, bad!
Anyway, my first bear story and here's a few pics. It weighs over three hundred pounds dressed. I don't know how much over yet. The scale we have only goes to 300 and it bottomed it out. Any one else get one this year?
Me with the bear
My, what big teeth you have
...in my truck
...front paw
...back paw
...a different angle
...on the trail home
I have been "looking" for a bear for the last 10 years while deer hunting.
The last three years a friend and I have been watching the bears up in the Adirondacks. We set up a two man stand just inside his camp's land with a good view of two trails that have showed alot of bear sign. Last year paid off for him, this year for me!
Just before dark a good size bear came to the intersection about 50 yards from the stand. I was going to take the shot when he wandered through a clear area about ten feet wide. When he reached the clear area, he turned around twice and laid down (like a dog does). He laid there for a few minutes quartering away from me and I decided that I needed to take the shot then, before he decided to get up and go. Well, it took four shots to kill him dead. The first one, in the shoulder, apparently broke his back and pretty much anchored him but, he was still trying to get away on his front paws. It took three more to make him lay down for good.
I used my Marlin 336 in .35 Rem and Leverevolution 200 gr bullets. Four entrance holes and no exits that I can see, yet. He's down getting skun and butchered now. I hope to get the bullets back and see what they look like.
The funny thing is, I never got nervous or shaky until it was all over. It took four and a half hours to get him back to camp. There is a VERY rickety bridge between the stand that won't take the weight of a 4 wheeler so we had to get it that far by hand. That sucked, bad!
Anyway, my first bear story and here's a few pics. It weighs over three hundred pounds dressed. I don't know how much over yet. The scale we have only goes to 300 and it bottomed it out. Any one else get one this year?
Me with the bear
My, what big teeth you have
...in my truck
...front paw
...back paw
...a different angle
...on the trail home
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congrats..you da man..over 300lbs.he's a nice one gonna make a nice rug for ya..mmmmmm..bear roast I can smell it cooking now..[:D].Loko 0 -
He's going to make alot of sausage. I need the calories, I bet I burned up three days worth of calories getting him back to camp![:D] 0 -
Nice job Phil! Great looking bear! 0 -
Way To Go!!!
Great Post.
I really enjoy the story and pics.0 -
Freaking SWEET man!!! I'd like to kill one one day!! [:)] 0 -
Thanks guys! I have to admit, my butt was just a little puckered when I was walking up to it. At least I didn't have to chase it through the swamp that it came from![xx(] 0 -
...nice pics and good bear! I'll bit 380 dressed.
Moose0 -
What State are you hunting?
And how did that stretcher work for packing it out?[:D]0 -
Nice looking trophy.... He fills up the back of that truck.
Good job [^][^]0 -
[8D]--Did you eat the BEAR--
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--otherwise, WHY--
----anser???????????--
--JIMBO????????0 -
Nice harvest. Wish I could have been there. 0 -
Nice looking bear. I would have waited till I could get a 1 shot kill though. If I couldnt get the shot, I would have let it pass and tried another day. Then again, thats just me........... 0 -
Nice looking bear.
I shot one not far from you in Wilmington about 4 years ago about 5 miles north of Whiteface Mountain. Nice country up there.
Congrats.0 -
Congratulations, thats a big black bear. He's been eating well for sure. Can you estimate his age by his teethe?? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by MVP
What State are you hunting?
And how did that stretcher work for packing it out?[:D]
NY...and...NOT WORTH A poop!!![:p]0 -
outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!11 0 -
quote:Originally posted by gun_runner
Nice looking bear. I would have waited till I could get a 1 shot kill though. If I couldnt get the shot, I would have let it pass and tried another day. Then again, thats just me...........
I had a great shot. Several of them, in fact. He just wasn't ready to give up yet. It was all over in less than two minutes. You ever hunt black bear? They're tough critters and all hunts aren't like those edited for TV hunts.
I have a new found respect for the guys that go after the grizzlies. Especially the spot and stalkers.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk
Congratulations, thats a big black bear. He's been eating well for sure. Can you estimate his age by his teethe??
I'll find out when I send the packet off to NY DEC. The guys at camp estimated 7-8 years.0 -
sweet trophy. you'll be eating well for awhile. I'm also glad to see what my .35 can do. Makes me want to take it out and shoot it now. so how well do those new rounds work and do they really work as good as there made out to be? 0 -
Fine Lookin Bear.Be Proud of that one[:)]
Ive been huntin bear for 7 years now and haven't
even seen one[}:)]0 -
Nice to see the pics - most here are all blow and no show.
Chalk up another for the .35 Remington - historical (round
developed about 1906) as well as a modern kill (taken
with Leverevolutions)! Nice combo![:D]0 -
Thanks again, guys!
Joker - I should get the bullets back when it's butchered. There were no exit wounds that I could see. I would rather have had at least one passthrough in case we needed to track him.0 -
Nice kill!! I tried huntin bare one year, damn near froze my ass off! Don 0 -
Good job, great pics, and your weight estimate sounds quite accurate. 0 -
That is fine looking bear. I bet he is closer to 400lbs. than 300lbs. Gotta love the .35 Rem, what a great cartridge. Thanks for the story and the pics. 0 -
That is a good sized black bear. What kind of sword did you use to fight him with? 0 -
Good going. Thanks for the pictures and story! 0 -
i met up with a young black bear years ago after hiking up a mountain in the adirondacks and after smoking some real good jamaican on the way up at 5 a.m. i'm glad till this day i never got my 35 remington up 0 -
Very nice! Thanks for sharing. 0 -
Wow, nice bear, thanks for sharing 0
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