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wolfhowlsatmoon

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Hey y'all, I finally get to post a success story. Ive been out hunting black bears around Kamloops for the last little while, done lots of predator calling and it has been wild. In one week I called in multiple bears all to pretty close range, but today was my best day so far. I didn't make it out hunting until almost noon but the sun was high and so were my hopes, first few stands of calling produced nothing until I moved farther up the fsr, I called one nice black bear into less than 50 yards but he got the scoop on me first, I saw another bear not too long after and it gave me the slip too. it wasn't until 5 o'clock when I was glassing a clear cut and this beautiful blonde walked out. i started calling right away and he closed the 150 yards on a string, I shot him when he was at less than 10 yards, he dropped on the first shot but I shot him 2 more times before he stopped moving. yes I used a mares leg 44 as you can see in the picture, i carry it in a leg holster and i usually shoot off sticks but I made my shots offhand on this bear as it was so close. first big game Ive taken with it and Im pretty darn happy. I used american eagle 240 grain JHP and recovered all 3 bullets mushroomed out perfectly stuck under the offside hide, I pulled two out of the left side and one out the right. one went though both shoulder blades and lodged under the skin. Not the biggest bear in BC but a nice male bear, measures 5'7''from nose to tail and i would guess weigh around 200 pounds, it was most certainly bigger than me. I am so happy to take a beautiful colour phase bear, super blonde on top and chocolatey brown legs. its also my first bear so I be purty darn happy.




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Great looking bear, I hunted around kamloops for cats in 2012 some nice looking in that part of BC.

Have you called in any other predators like coyotes, wolf or mountain lions in your travels?
 
Most of the time Im using a rabbit in distress call. I have two open reed calls, one loud and one quiet, used the quiet one on this guy but the loud one on the other bears. called pretty much non stop or 10 seconds on 10 off for a while and they all came in pretty quick. I love using the mares leg, because its so much like a handgun, its fun its light and I carry it in a holster from beaver mountain works and I barely notice its there. hunting hands free is nice. and since my bow was stolen last year I wanted something where I still had to get close. the 44 mag didnt disappoint either, put some damn big holes in that bear, he didnt go anywhere.ive got the skin salted and stretched out and im boiling the skull now, ill post pics when im done.

heres my holster.
http://i1287.photobucket.com/albums/a627/firstblood69/006_zpsedc791ed.jpg
 
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