for you eastern boys with no spring bear hunt

[mcrae555]

I got my meat bear on a remote powerline last tuesday. I took him with a barnes 185 grain TSX out of my Sako 338/08. It was a good hunt . The wind was sketchy and the bear was feeding in the open with no cover to stalk closer so I took a solid rest on a stump and ranged him at 287 yards. This is longer than I usually shoot for bears but I have plenty of practice with my rifle so I squeezed off a shot. I hit him solid through the vitals and he dropped on the spot. I know better so I chambered another round and sure enough the bear stood up! I squeezed off another shot and he dropped again but I could tell he was done. I waited about 15 minutes then hiked back to the ATV and gathered my gear to get to work. He was a decent bear at just under six feet with a nice brown hide. My wife and I had spent the last ten days hunting bear and we saw lots of nice bear but it seems the big boys are not out yet so I will save my second tag for the big one! The 338/08performed wonderfully and the Barnes bullet did the job.

McRae555

 

[Chopperhead]

Nice Bear. all these pics and storied from members here just make me wanna get out so bloody badly.

 

[OhCanada]

What do you do with your bear hides?

 

[LittleBoyLefty]

Nice Bear. all these pics and storied from members here just make me wanna get out so bloody badly.

x 2 I'm so jealous........ congrats on the meat bear.

 

[fogducker]

congrat,s on the bear.....looks like a great eater

now for teasing me i hope your pecker gets the drip

 

[atr]

Good stuff and it's great to see the pic .

 

[mcrae555]

To be honest the hides usually stay with the gut pile when I get a bear. I suppose when I shoot a monster I will get the hide done up but for the most part its a meat hunt for me.

 

[fogducker]

To be honest the hides usually stay with the gut pile when I get a bear. I suppose when I shoot a monster I will get the hide done up but for the most part its a meat hunt for me.

hey you spring bear killer i just saw your avatar do you have a link to get a bigger pic of it?

 

[mcrae555]

I stole it from Brambles maybe he has the original

 

[blargon]

SSHHH, We do have a spring bear hunt here. But instead of calling them spring bears, we call them nuisance bears.

 

[Foxer]

The smaller ones are tastier anyway - less tough Great shot btw.