2022 BEAR SUCCESS THREAD
Contributors to this thread:Bears
From: Bou'bound
07-Apr-22
It will be tough to break our all time record of 250 set in 2019, but we should crush last years 88 ...... post photos of those 2022 bears. outfitters are welcome to post client kills ..........and any weapon is eligible........except that airbow thing..
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
In 2017 we had 140
In 2018 we had 238
In 2019 we had 250
In 2020 we had 52 due to COVID impact.
In 2021 we bounced back slightly with 88
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
07-Apr-22
Bou I think we just eclipse 2019….. 261
From: Shiras42
08-Apr-22
Headed for Ontario with 4 others at the end of May. Hoping we will be able to contribute 5.
From: mooseslayer
08-Apr-22
Hunting up in Manitoba (Desjardins) 3rd week of May. Should be able to up the total some.
From: Hancock West
08-Apr-22
Bou, if I have a hunting group of 4 but i'm the only bowsiter does bears other than mine count toward the total? I assume no but wasn't for certain.
From: Bou'bound
08-Apr-22
This is not a normal bowsite elitist thread
We will count any dead bear from any human being with any weapon other than An airbow. ~99% of bowhunters have not ever been been to this site and the membership rules are pretty lax anyway
From: Kevin Speicher
08-Apr-22
Hoping to be able to contribute to the total count. I believe I will be in camp the same week as you up at Dave's.
From: Bou'bound
08-Apr-22
See you there Kevin
From: molsonarcher
08-Apr-22
Pops and I are headed to Sleeve Lake Hoping to contribute 2
From: huntinelk
08-Apr-22
I was able to get an early start this year.
From: Alexis Desjardins
09-Apr-22
Beautiful bear huntinelk
From: hunterj
09-Apr-22
Dream hunt huntinelk congrats on a awesome bear.
From: t-roy
09-Apr-22
You sure set the bar awfully high this year, Gene! Congrats again!
From: BULELK1
10-Apr-22
That is a Great pic!
Congrats again,
Robb
From: carcus
10-Apr-22
Now thats a bear huntinelk! Bou, whats wrong with a airbow? Its still a lesser weapon than a gun, after watching a video just now I think I'd rather use a airbow then a awkward crossbow
From: Bou'bound
10-Apr-22
enough is enough
From: BowJangles
10-Apr-22
Gorgeous bear Gene!!!
From: carcus
11-Apr-22
I'm not liking the weather forecast here in Manitoba, not good, FFS!
From: Shiras42
11-Apr-22
4 bears on the board so far! I think that one counts as 4 correct? Awesome!
From: Bou'bound
11-Apr-22
we should run another contest this year. Will Carcus' annual booner be black or color phase this time around?
From: rattling_junkie
12-Apr-22
Color bear this year, he's due, it's been a couple since his last.
From: Scoot
12-Apr-22
What's the over/under for how many bears rattling junkie contributes to the thread?
From: kota-man
17-Apr-22
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From: kota-man
17-Apr-22
Here’s one from Kodiak last week…Hope to add a Black Bear in May.
From: Bou'bound
18-Apr-22
WOW Cory, Well done is an understatement. Story please
From: Altitude Sickness
18-Apr-22
Wow, A polar and Brown. Congrats bows. Beautiful animals
From: BULELK1
18-Apr-22
'uge Brownie!
Congrats man,
Robb
From: t-roy
18-Apr-22
Looks like you had to go to Kodiak to escape all the snow in ND, Cory! Congrats on a monster!
From: rattling_junkie
18-Apr-22
Wow!!!
From: carcus
18-Apr-22
Wow X2
From: Tim Floyd @Hm
18-Apr-22
WowX3
From: maxracx
18-Apr-22
Congrats on an awesome bear!!!
From: jmail20
18-Apr-22
Great bear Cory, I was on Kodiak last fall. It's a magical place. What outfitter did you hunt with?
From: kota-man
18-Apr-22
I’ve had a few PM’s. Here are some stats/details: Bear squared an even 10 ft. For the size of bear, the skull was on the smaller side at 27”. I hunted with FreeLance Outdoors (Lance Kronberger) on Kodiak. I had an Aliulik Peninsula tag. I was scheduled to hunt two years ago, but this hunt was one of the only ones to get cancelled from Covid. I had a couple other spring hunts last year, so we rescheduled for this year. Brown Bear on Kodiak has been a “bucket list” hunt for me since my childhood reading about these giant bears in Outdoor life. The hunt was everything I hoped it would be. Lance and his crew are awesome.
From: Bowboy
18-Apr-22
Nice bears so far guys congrats!
From: carcus
04-May-22
"we should run another contest this year. Will Carcus' annual booner be black or color phase this time around?" Not looking good this year, I cant even get my bait out due to deep snow, normally we would be hunting already!
From: Scoot
04-May-22
Congrats Cory! That's quite a bear!!!
From: beemann
04-May-22
Two dream bears to start. Well done fellas Congrats.
From: Bearman
04-May-22
Great job guys,. 2 dream hunts for me. No spring bear this year. Will wait until Oct.
From: BowJangles
11-May-22
From: Bearman
11-May-22
Beautiful! Very cool.
From: SBH
11-May-22
WOW Eric. That is a beautiful pic. Amazing
From: bentstick54
11-May-22
Great bear Bowjangles. Especially with a recurve! How about a story and some stats.
From: Alexis Desjardins
11-May-22
Nice bear beautiful coat.
From: BowJangles
11-May-22
Thanks fellas!
@bentstick I'm writing it up now in the "Semi-live Polar Bear hunt" thread.
From: iceman
11-May-22
bentstick, Keep up with the "semi-live polar bear hunt" thread. recap happening now.
From: bentstick54
11-May-22
Thx
From: Archer Ontario
12-May-22
From: CFMuley
14-May-22
My Montana spot and stalk bear from yesterday. His ears and muzzle were all torn up, and he was missing an eye.
From: bentstick54
14-May-22
Great bear CF. Must of been a real scrapper.
From: Rob Nye
15-May-22
Brian Piper from MI with a beautiful chocolate green score 20 1/16”
From: Rob Nye
15-May-22
Marc Goldberg NC with a last minute last day bruin 19 6/16” green score.
From: Rob Nye
15-May-22
From: Habitat for Wildlife
15-May-22
Congrats to all of you!
From: g5smoke21
16-May-22
First day in BC with a bonus. 1 more tag to go
From: Longbow42
16-May-22
Wow, congrats on the wolf! I'll have a wolf tag next week in N. Alberta; would be my greatest trophy with a bow.
From: Bou'bound
16-May-22
8 bear. More should start piling up here pretty fast
From: Rob Nye
16-May-22
Tony Yost MI first successful hunt I think he’s hooked on bear hunting now.
From: Bearman
16-May-22
Great pics fellas.
From: g5smoke21
16-May-22
Day 2 bear in BC
From: SBH
17-May-22
Great pic G5
From: BowJangles
17-May-22
Great bears fellas! Keep 'em coming!!
From: Longbow42
17-May-22
G5, that's a nice bear! Congrats! Looks like a fabulous day.
From: Ambush
17-May-22
I shot the last and smallest one. Mine was the only one that was under 19” green
I shot the last and smallest one. Mine was the only one that was under 19” green
Just got back from our annual spring bear camp out. Three days of crap weather, late spring half as many black bear as usual and twice as many grizzlies. The grizzlies are literally eating all the blacks. Saw no yearling cubs and only two new ones.
We managed to kill eight bears with most off us electing to shoot just one tag. Still lots of time to hunt local.
From: Ambush
17-May-22
Another seasoned killer.
Another seasoned killer.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
Good bear.
Good bear.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
This young guy has never shot so much as a grouse before.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
Learning how to pop the noggin out of the hide. He also got a curse put on him by a self proclaimed gypsy woman screaming at him for killing the bear! That was a first for us and kinda fun.
Learning how to pop the noggin out of the hide. He also got a curse put on him by a self proclaimed gypsy woman screaming at him for killing the bear! That was a first for us and kinda fun.
So he tops it off with a double header!! He was pretty pumped to be in bear camp!
From: Ambush
18-May-22
Another young guy dumps a cranker. Biggest head of the trip.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
This was a long, lanky and belligerent sob. Squared 7’ 2". They chased him around for quite a while to get a shot. He wouldn’t run far and he wouldn’t tree.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
And Double Header’s Dad kills his share every year.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
We figure we saw over thirty grizzlies and no cubs. It's a great denning area and they concentrate on the valley bottom right away. But the shear number was ridiculous! We had one big boar circle about thirty yards under us as we were skinning and he moved off about fifty yards and waited for us to finish. I’m sure he was on the carcass as soon as we were out of sight.
From: Ambush
18-May-22
Double Post Ghost.
From: Bou'bound
19-May-22
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From: Rocky D
19-May-22
Congratulations to all of the hunters! What a great post and look at that success! Wow, what a bunch of great bears!
From: Bearman
19-May-22
The 536#
The 536#
The 514#
The 514#
Great pics ambush. Enjoy seeing quality pics of dead bear. I haven't hunted spring bear in Canada for years but sure enjoyed it. Only fall bear in MN. Took 2 people last fall. A 14 year old incredible young lady and a nother middle aged lady. The 14 year old shot a 514# and the lady shot a 536#. Both within a mile of each other. 10 and 11 years old. The girls skull Was20 3/16 .the ladies was 20 7 /16. I'm incredibly blessed as I have 2 adjacent landowners that own about 7 miles of riverbottom and allow me (and only me) to play in their sandbox. 7 bear over the past couple years over 20" with one going 21 9/16. All dried skulls.
From: Bearman
19-May-22
Didn't weigh this one but my guess is 650ish. 19 years old. Skull was shattered (bullet) so could not be scored.
From: Bearman
19-May-22
Dang it! Went back to see if I posted things proper and I failed miserably! Drinking beer and posting on the net sure can foul me up! None were taken in 2022. Sorry fellas (blushing)
From: Nick Muche
19-May-22
As always, Rod and his crew produce! Nice work!
From: t-roy
20-May-22
Good stuff, Rod!
From: Rob Nye
22-May-22
Dave Clark PA wanted a color phase for a life size display mount for his taxidermy shop.
From: Rob Nye
22-May-22
Dave Butler NJ 85 years young. He also wanted a color phase bear and there is lots of them around this year.
From: Rob Nye
22-May-22
From: Wjkochevar
22-May-22
AZ White Mountains Bruin
From: Shug
22-May-22
Rob… NJ guys rock eh? Eh… that’s Canadian for huh?
From: Ambush
23-May-22
One of the guys ran back up for a quick evening hunt. Paid off.
From: TSOV
24-May-22
19 7/8
19 7/8
Lone Wolf Camps SK
From: TSOV
24-May-22
20”
20”
Lone Wolf Camps SK
From: TSOV
24-May-22
19.1
19.1
Lone Wolf Camps SK
From: TSOV
24-May-22
19 7/8
19 7/8
Lone Wolf Camps SK
From: TSOV
24-May-22
20 1/4”
20 1/4”
Lone Wolf Camps SK
