2009 Blackie
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Nice bear! How come you weren't using your .260?
Cause Todds smart enough to know it will only wound a bear. The 260 was developed espeaclly for pre-teen girls and Sweds so either one could handle the recoil
. (JK)
Northman999
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Yukon
Nice! Good pics too!
- Location
- Vancouver Island BC
Tod has bragged up the TSX with its light weight and high velocity that it seems weird that he would use a big heavy conventional bullet in an obscure caliber. Maybe he has seen the light.......
Tod has bragged up the TSX with its light weight and high velocity that it seems weird that he would use a big heavy conventional bullet in an obscure caliber. Maybe he has seen the light.......
Naw, he just likes to play around with different stuff. Fast and light TSX bullets still kill really well, as do others. The TSX bullets just give you a few more options.
Tod has bragged up the TSX with its light weight and high velocity that it seems weird that he would use a big heavy conventional bullet in an obscure caliber. Maybe he has seen the light.......
you may want to look through my posts and try to find where I suggest a lightweight TSX for bear hunting. As I have mentioned somewhere else, I've found shots on black bears to rarely be required beyond 150 yards. Would a 8mm 180 gr TSX @ 3250 fps kill a black bear? Absolutely. Would a 260 Rem with a 120 gr TTSX? of course
I like the 8mm, and that is why I used it. When I do use the 260, it will be to satisfy me, not some intraweb dweeb who dared me to.
leveractionjunkie
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Kamloops, BC
Good looking bear TB and a good story as well congratulations. I gotta admit though when I saw the thread title I was really hoping to see that nice 44 laid across a blackie, and thus epic fail
Congrats I always thought the 8mm would be an interesting round.
Congrats I always thought the 8mm would be an interesting round.
haha..I took the 44 as a backup gun but it never left the truck. I was contemplating packing it the night I shot the bear but it was nothing more than a brief thought. If I wasn't stuck shooting factory ammo still I would be more enthused to whack something with it! Still waiting for my RCBS dies.......
leveractionjunkie
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Kamloops, BC
Gonna have some ladies over for Bear Burgers and Tequila? Maybe Moonshine?
The bears I saw skinned this spring were pretty skinny as well. I shot a smaller one on my first day to try the meat finally, I've left it in the bush the last few times. Then hunted another week looking for the big one, passing on a dozen or so bears. No luck on the big boy this year.
Again, congrats on the good bear.
TheCoachZed
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Got my first bear last night!
I normally work evenings, so I have no chance to hunt bears very effectively, since they are usually shot towards dusk around here. But, I had a week off at my disposal, so I planned it for the tail end of NB bear season. I started running my own bait in late May, but got nowhere, so a local guide kindly took me under his wing and put me on his stand. (I ran bait there, I didn't just sit and wait - I put work into it).
Anyway!
The first night I had on the stand was Monday, and I didn't see a thing. Tuesday night, I saw two bears. I spooked them somehow (they didn't see me, but they smelled me, and started for the woods. I jumped up and let fly with the SKS, but they were long gone). I spent a good while that night with the guide and his buddies looking for blood, to make sure I didn't hit either of them, and got up at the crack of dawn the next day to go down again to look. I beat the bush and didn't find a thing. I'm sure I missed them, because I wasn't lazy - I looked everywhere for blood.
Now, I was feeling pretty disgusted. It was cool to see a bear, but I had taken a shot that, looking back, I knew I shouldn't have. I took Wednesday night off, and went back to the stand last night. It was pretty much going to be my last evening for bear hunting this year, since none of the rest of my vacation co-incides with bear season, so I'd have no more evening hunts.
I sat from about 5 until 9ish with no action on the bait except for a bunch of squirrels. Around 9, though, I heard a gun fire downstream, and I knew the bears were moving. Sure enough, a few minutes later, one sneaked under my blind and into my line of fire.
Trouble was, he wouldn't get his head into the bait bucket! He had torn a hole in the side of the can and was feeding from there.
I didn't want to move to quick and spook him again, but I knew I needed to take my chance when I had it. I slipped the Winchester barrel out and put a slug into him. He fell over, but was still kicking, so.....I didn't want him running off.....so I emptied the shotgun into him. But I didn't need to worry- turns out my first slug broke his spine. I hit him in the neck at least once and in the leg, and that was it.
A couple friends came, we loaded him into a van, and spent the next two hours figuring out how to clean him. I got to bed about 2:30 a.m.
The bear was really small. I would bet that he weighed around 50 lbs. He was last year's cub. That's fine with me - my wife won't eat the meat, so that means I don't have to worry about what to do with excess bear meat, seeing as I don't have much to start with.
Anyway....I'm feeling pretty pert about the whole thing!I wanted a bear really bad and it was pretty much my last chance....and I got one!
I normally work evenings, so I have no chance to hunt bears very effectively, since they are usually shot towards dusk around here. But, I had a week off at my disposal, so I planned it for the tail end of NB bear season. I started running my own bait in late May, but got nowhere, so a local guide kindly took me under his wing and put me on his stand. (I ran bait there, I didn't just sit and wait - I put work into it).
Anyway!
The first night I had on the stand was Monday, and I didn't see a thing. Tuesday night, I saw two bears. I spooked them somehow (they didn't see me, but they smelled me, and started for the woods. I jumped up and let fly with the SKS, but they were long gone). I spent a good while that night with the guide and his buddies looking for blood, to make sure I didn't hit either of them, and got up at the crack of dawn the next day to go down again to look. I beat the bush and didn't find a thing. I'm sure I missed them, because I wasn't lazy - I looked everywhere for blood.
Now, I was feeling pretty disgusted. It was cool to see a bear, but I had taken a shot that, looking back, I knew I shouldn't have. I took Wednesday night off, and went back to the stand last night. It was pretty much going to be my last evening for bear hunting this year, since none of the rest of my vacation co-incides with bear season, so I'd have no more evening hunts.
I sat from about 5 until 9ish with no action on the bait except for a bunch of squirrels. Around 9, though, I heard a gun fire downstream, and I knew the bears were moving. Sure enough, a few minutes later, one sneaked under my blind and into my line of fire.
Trouble was, he wouldn't get his head into the bait bucket! He had torn a hole in the side of the can and was feeding from there.
I didn't want to move to quick and spook him again, but I knew I needed to take my chance when I had it. I slipped the Winchester barrel out and put a slug into him. He fell over, but was still kicking, so.....I didn't want him running off.....so I emptied the shotgun into him. But I didn't need to worry- turns out my first slug broke his spine. I hit him in the neck at least once and in the leg, and that was it.
A couple friends came, we loaded him into a van, and spent the next two hours figuring out how to clean him. I got to bed about 2:30 a.m.
The bear was really small. I would bet that he weighed around 50 lbs. He was last year's cub. That's fine with me - my wife won't eat the meat, so that means I don't have to worry about what to do with excess bear meat, seeing as I don't have much to start with.
Anyway....I'm feeling pretty pert about the whole thing!I wanted a bear really bad and it was pretty much my last chance....and I got one!
ILoveBigRacks
Regular
- Location
- Beaumont, AB
Good year for spring bear it seems. I got mine a couple of weeks ago. 1/2 hour before last shot and my buddy and I were sitting by the quads having a refreshment figuring we'd better start hitting it back to the truck as we really had no idea were we were (aside from general direction) but knew we were a good hour or better ride back. Buddy looks up and spots a boar crossing the lease road about 100 yds up from where we were sitting. As he sees it, the bear buggers off into the tree line. Buddy headed up the road to enter behind the bear and I went into the tree line right where we had been. 20 paces in and the trees opened up into a huge cut block, but no bear in sight. The only place he could possibly be hiding was in a bush covered ravine that ran through the cut block. I start heading that way, watching the ravine for movement, when out pops the bear at the far end of the ravine about 200 yds away and heading the other direction. He was moving and i knew with my buddy walking in further down the cut block that he wasn't likely to stop and rest so I shouldered my rifle and let one fly. He dropped on the spot luckily - actually was the first bang-flop for me on a bear. Walked over and he had taken it through the neck - guess that explained the sudden demise. I was going for body but guess I led him a little too much as he quartered away from me on the move. Was the first kill for my new-to-me Ruger M77 Compact 7mm-08. Strapped him onto the front of the quad and hauled him back to the truck (1 1/4 hours away to be exact as it turned out) and then had the chore of skinning him out under the headlights. Not quite as big as Tod's but I was happy with it.
