We know of one big white one down so let's start this off.....................
Just to know what we are shooting for on this thread:
in 2011 we had 126
in 2012 we had 158
in 2013 we had 131
in 2014 we had 136
in 2015 we had 204
in 2016 we had 166
Only counting different bears, not mulitple photos of same animal. We have been counting bears taken with any weapon. Black, brown, grizzly, or polar.....they all count.
OUTFITTERS ARE WELCOME TO COME ON AND POST PHOTOS OF ALL THE BEARS KILLED IN THIER CAMPS AND WE WILL COUNT THOSE.
Baits are out as of yesterday, 16.5 hour day, bagged 5000 pounds of corn the day before by myself, that was tiring! Hope I can add a pic to this thread, getting excited!!!
Kota sets the bar pretty high!! Beautiful big bear. You should have used some blood to draw a maple leaf where the bullet hole is. Post it on facebook as your Canadian Flag and knock that dentist guy and Cecil into second place real fast!
WOW!!!! Congrats Cory. We had some early season luck already this spring with a nice family from Mexico who wanted to get get there 11 and 14 year old son a black bear. Both took an awesome bear, one spot and stalk and one with hounds.
Got two first time bear hunters on their first boars, two early bears on the boards for my baits this spring. Head back in 3 days to hopefully have some more steady brown bear action this time around. Black archery bear was May 3rd.
A Few Bears Should Have Paid More Attention to This Sign
A Few Bears Should Have Paid More Attention to This Sign
Twelve Gauge Shell. What Would the Gauge on the Bear Be?
Twelve Gauge Shell. What Would the Gauge on the Bear Be?
Only Cut One Tag. Nothing Bigger Would Hold still.
Only Cut One Tag. Nothing Bigger Would Hold still.
Back from several days of looking over bears in northern BC. We were a bit early, with not much green yet. No baiting here so just put the miles on and walk out good corridors. We hunt a large river corridor which also has a wide power transmission line. The bears head down in the spring for the earliest green up. We had well over two hundred bear sightings, plus eleven different grizzlies. Just a ton of small, and average bears. Only a couple of really big bears. Quite a few better than average, but we try to maintain a 19" minimum. We were a week or so too early for the big boars to be seriously lured out in the daylight by cute sows. I have to add a few pics from my phone cause that's all I have right now.
More realistic photo, shot may 18th with a mech! My hunting partner also shot a giant cinnamon that same evening also with a mech, a chinadermic! Same as a hypodermic but cost about a dollar!
Nick can't be the only one having fun. AK Black Bear taken Saturday evening. Perfect pass through. Thank you so much to "girl guide" Zac Kendl for taking me and all your help. This was by far one of the most exciting hunts I've been on in a while!
The first bait hadn't been hit yet so we were trying not to get our hopes up. We decided to walk in anyway and check the second bait without majority of our gear. As soon as we walked in, it was clear the bait had been hit. Cubs had climbed up the tree and tore apart the tree stand cushions. Foam was everywhere! We took out the camera chip and had a look see. There was a sow and her 2 cubs from last year that we had just bumped off the bait and what looked to be a decent boar over the past couple days. We walked back to the truck, suited up and headed back out.
We were seated in the stand around 5pm. 6:30pm the boar came in. He didn't give me a clear shot though. After several minutes of him sitting around searching himself, he eventually ended up laying on the ground facing away from us, eating away on the bait. In the mean time while waiting, dark rain clouds had covered the sun. I became so cold I couldn't stop my legs from shaking. I was so nervous it wouldn't stop and that I wouldn't be able to make a decent shot on this bear, if he let me. All of a sudden we heard huffs. The boar's ears perked up and he took off behind us. Another bear was coming into the bait. She became visible with her cubs but didn't come all the way into the bait. They didn't stay long at all. A few minutes later I saw the boar behind me to my right but he ended up turning away from us and leaving. Inside I became I bit discouraged, thinking he might not come back and regretting not taking a shot when he first came in.
About 30 minutes later the sun finally came back out and my shakes stopped. 7:24pm rolls around and thankfully the boar ended up circling around and came back into the bait. He was behind a smaller tree so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to draw. Instead, he stood up and used the tree to scratch his back. I let down. Wasn't but another minute before he walked into the bait broadside and gave me a shot. I drew back and made a perfect pass through. He went about 32 yards from the stand before dying. I have harvested bears before but this was the first death moan I've actually heard. Within another hour, he was field dressed and we were packing out the meat and hide.
Last night near Dauphin. Good size one. We had to weigh him in pieces...my digital scale only went to 400lbs. Total was somewhere over that. The head/hide was 95lbs. He was 7' x 7'. Hide on was 23". Got great vid of the shot. To avoid a new post, here ya go.
Just returned from my first bear hunt with Dave at TSI. Got him with a JD Berry longbow, wood arrow, and 190gr Cutthroat Broadhead. Hunted with a great group of guys. Dave knows where the big boys are!
Just read where it said killed by any weapon, then I'll add my daughters. She had bow issues, switched to rifle and got the job done. Her first bear as well. Out of Fairbanks.
That's AWESOME stuff right there Bushwacker !! How old is your daughter?? My little girl is 10 going on 11..... I hope she is in your daughter's shoes one day !! You must be one proud dad !!!
She's 16. She took a hog at seven with my .243 and the following year she shot her first deer. Two years ago she took up bow hunting and got herself a whitetail doe with it. She's been laying down the deer and hogs ever since.
She had some issues with her bow while in the stand on this bear hunt and long story short, it really shook her confidence so she opted for rifle.
DIY Northern SK, 19 14/16 Had him on camera for 4 years and this was the first time I saw him. Found a bullet in his leg and bird shot in his face, nothing beats a well placed broadhead!
No hero photo since another bear was standing on my pack as we were trying to get photos of this one. Here is a video of the shot. Some death moans at the end. Won't let me add the link so you will have to copy and paste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ueFzphKMNA
My daughter was successful on her first hunt, taken on her first night hunting with Corey Spencer, Chase Outfitters. Green scored 20 13/16 weighing in at 440lbs.
My daughter was successful on her first hunt, taken on her first night hunting with Corey Spencer, Chase Outfitters. Green scored 20 13/16 weighing in at 440lbs.
I took this boar while hunting with Gunson Guides and Outfitting (Formerly KL Outfitters, Dorintosh SK). We hunted the week of May 28-June 4, I took the bear on Day 4 (Thursday). Not sure about what the bear will 'square', but he weighed 286#, measured 5'10 nose to base of tail, with a foot just over 5.5 inches across the pads (outside to outside). Shot was 8 yards, recovery was less than 30.
Lady Bowhunter took this 5' sow on Wednesday after watching it and others for several hours over 3 days. Her shot was from 25 yards and recovered within 40. Not her biggest by any stretch, but it was in prime condition.
My Quebec DIY bear ....actually I couldn't do the loading or dragging at all never mind by myself considering how beat up I am ... thank god for good friends
We had a successful final week on my baits this past week. Had a few out of staters up for their first bear hunt for my buddies bachelor party. I punched my final two tags, and got two other great friends their first bears. 7 boars this season off my two baits (4 first time bear hunters, and I punched my 3 tags), the Brown Bears eluded me yet again. Nick and I doubled on my chocolate bear and his Brown Bear on Friday night. Both should break P&Y, a first for both of us when it comes to bears. Third time is a charm next spring on the Brownies, have a feeling they won't be able to time their arrivals during my work schedule.
Shot this 380 pound bear with a 19 inch skull with TSI June 16th, 2017. Taken with a 50 pound homemade recurve and wooden shaft with a snuffer broadhead.
Shot this 380 pound bear with a 19 inch skull with TSI June 16th, 2017. Taken with a 50 pound homemade recurve and wooden shaft with a snuffer broadhead.
And here's my wife's bear - she used to shoot a compound and a recurve but she hurt her shoulder in an unrelated activity quite a while back and hasn't been able to shoot a bow since. She (I, LOL) wants to try again soon.
Spring bear in the fall. :) I went up and hunted Manitoba this past spring and didn't see anything I wanted to shoot. Still had the tag and Dean at Muskeg Country Outfitters said I could go back up for a couple days this fall, got back on Tuesday.
9/15 MT public land spot and stalk. 30 yard shot, 20 yard recovery. Managed to get my first bear and first bull on this trip. Got to share every step of the journey with my dad!!