Would of liked to get my flintlock in the picture, but it was 50 yards down the hill and across the creek, which translates into a 600 yard scramble in these mountains as ya just can't get there from here.
Anybody got any good bear recipes?
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Would of liked to get my flintlock in the picture, but it was 50 yards down the hill and across the creek, which translates into a 600 yard scramble in these mountains as ya just can't get there from here.
Anybody got any good bear recipes?
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<<<but it was 50 yards down the hill and across the creek,>>>
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I sure hope that I misunderstood what you were saying here.
Please tell me that you did not approach that bear without any means of preserving your well being. :shocking:
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I sure hope that I misunderstood what you were saying here.
Please tell me that you did not approach that bear without any means of preserving your well being. :shocking:
CS
Congrats Bill. That was a pretty short time hunting wasn't it? How long did you hunt? How far was the shot? Gives us some details. Looks pretty good sized. How much did he weigh? How long is he?
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I sure hope that I misunderstood what you were saying here.
Please tell me that you did not approach that bear without any means of preserving your well being. :shocking:
CS [/quote]
The bear dropped where it was shot and was laying in plain sight on an open bench so I wasn't concerned about it getting up. Also, you can't see it, but I was otherwise heeled (44 S&W). That brush gets a tad thick around the creek and a long rifle isn't much use in there anyway.
As far as the size of the beast goes, lets just say pictures can be deceiving. It was a pretty small bear. The head was fairly broad with the ears to the side and I thought it would go 175 or better but I doubt if it went 120lbs. After gutting it, I just used the fireman's carry on it to get it to the road. Guess I got a "nerd" bear, big head, little body.
Had a straight on shot, up hill at 50 yards. Put the sights on the white "V" on its chest and let fly. The ball went clean thru and took out the spine on the way.
It was a pretty good trip, saw a total of 4 bear (three cinammon, one black) in three days of hunting. Got within 50 yards of two of 'em. Had one that I followed down an old logging road for a couple of hundred yards. Kept its butt in sight but never got a shot. Major adrenaline rush doing that. Took the small sow the morning of the third day. Dropped the meat off at a meat locker in town and spent the next couple days trout fishing and taking pictures.
Going to drop the hide off tommorow to get tanned and the skull bleached. The hide is small, but the fur is incredibly thick, which surprised me on an early fall bear. The rest of the day is going to be butchering and wrapping. shouldn't take too long as there's not much meat there.
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I sure hope that I misunderstood what you were saying here.
Please tell me that you did not approach that bear without any means of preserving your well being. :shocking:
CS [/quote]
The bear dropped where it was shot and was laying in plain sight on an open bench so I wasn't concerned about it getting up. Also, you can't see it, but I was otherwise heeled (44 S&W). That brush gets a tad thick around the creek and a long rifle isn't much use in there anyway.
As far as the size of the beast goes, lets just say pictures can be deceiving. It was a pretty small bear. The head was fairly broad with the ears to the side and I thought it would go 175 or better but I doubt if it went 120lbs. After gutting it, I just used the fireman's carry on it to get it to the road. Guess I got a "nerd" bear, big head, little body.
Had a straight on shot, up hill at 50 yards. Put the sights on the white "V" on its chest and let fly. The ball went clean thru and took out the spine on the way.
It was a pretty good trip, saw a total of 4 bear (three cinammon, one black) in three days of hunting. Got within 50 yards of two of 'em. Had one that I followed down an old logging road for a couple of hundred yards. Kept its butt in sight but never got a shot. Major adrenaline rush doing that. Took the small sow the morning of the third day. Dropped the meat off at a meat locker in town and spent the next couple days trout fishing and taking pictures.
Going to drop the hide off tommorow to get tanned and the skull bleached. The hide is small, but the fur is incredibly thick, which surprised me on an early fall bear. The rest of the day is going to be butchering and wrapping. shouldn't take too long as there's not much meat there.
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Save the fat for your leather items, nothing better then a new batch of bear fat.
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Congratulations Bill! Was that the same gun that you used on the team postal shoot? You look like one happy camper...I'm happy for ya :hatsoff:
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"Also, you can't see it, but I was otherwise heeled (44 S&W)."
Glad to hear that, I was worried about you there for a moment!
I am quite jealous. There is not much opportunity for bear hunting here.
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Glad to hear that, I was worried about you there for a moment!
I am quite jealous. There is not much opportunity for bear hunting here.
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Mr. Bill,
Great day! Very happy for you.
Best wishes
Great day! Very happy for you.
Best wishes
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Wow, I would have just used a gun, and you chased it up-hill for 50 yards and wrassled it into submission...
You are one tough hombre... [/quote]
Chased? Wrassled? Hell, no, I've got 'em so certain of their own demise I just walk up to 'em, hand 'em the knife and say "Start skinning". ::
Wow, I would have just used a gun, and you chased it up-hill for 50 yards and wrassled it into submission...
You are one tough hombre... [/quote]
Chased? Wrassled? Hell, no, I've got 'em so certain of their own demise I just walk up to 'em, hand 'em the knife and say "Start skinning". ::
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A bear with a flintlock...Awesome! :front:
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i look at it this way the size of the bear don't matter the fact of getting one does. congratulaions bill wish i was there with ya but then we probably would of just had stories no meat. :crackup:
