I want a black bear!

stewarch said:
Rudi ..... Maybe the first thing you want to do is ask yourself why you would want to kill a black bear? Do you intend to eat him yourself? Are you going to make a jacket out of his hide? What has this bear ever done to you?

My suggestion (no insult intended ikon) is to ask Mom to take you to Disneyland - they have bears that don't even bite. :p
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Bear hunting is a worthwhile endeavor for a hunter for sure. I would suggest you start hunting small game and get some experience first. Instant gratification and bear hunting are not synonymous.
Hunting is a very time consuming sport that requires a lot of patience and perseverance. Bear Hunting even by experts is not usually a high percentage success rate hunt! It is not likely that you are going to kill a bear in two days driving out of Toronto.
You may have to lower your expectations and do a little more research.
Don't give up... keep on hunting!
 
Just having read the body of the msg,
Find a local gun shop, shooting range,local gunnut, anywhere where you can get educated in this fine sport of hunting. Read web pages vg, and you will quickly learn the ropes on how too. As far as the theory goes anyway. After that , its all hit and miss, and I mean that exactly in 1000 ways. Could be you screwed up the prep, the location, the stalk, the shot:D Thats hunting man, gotta love it, if it were easy PETA would be out there.:D
Frank
 
I'm not a bear hunter, but I started out similar to you Rudi: by myself just wandering around and asking questions until I found a direction and some advice.

The only thing I wish I had done differently was to take a buddy along for some of my earlier expeditions. I knew crap all about anything and there I was wandering through the bushes with only a shotgun and some shells.

Had I fallen or gotten lost I could have been in deep ####. So take a buddy with you your first few times out just in case. It doesn't even have to be another hunter, just someone to back you up, so to speak.

Oh and I drive a Neon too. You'd be surpirsed to see some of the places I got'er into....:D
 
Rudi said:
So now I start looking for a hunter education course. Then I will happily spend another few hours overtime with work to make money for a Browning BAR rifle and for some jewelry for my wife to shut her mouth up. :)
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That's priceless :D:D:D
 
Rudi said:
Hey Gents,

I've found a hunter safety course starting tomorrow. I'll be there. I hate waiting and hesitating. :)
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good show now pay close attention in class and be nice and chat up your fellow students its a great way to meet like minded people
 
Smart move: Get into a room all day with like-minded people and who knows what will happen........good luck and keep us posted. Glad you made the decision and stuck to it.......

Just a thought, your cubicle could probably use some "inspirational art"....give TodBartell a shout.........he's into art.

Love live the Avatar King
 
This Spring I saw five boars, one sow and four cubs, and I had the opportunities of taking at least one of the boars back home. But I didn't make it. Like Bigredd said, you need patience, lots of time and mileage to be put in, and most importantly, some luck. When you read those successful stories posted here, don't forget there're way more failures behind each success!
 
Progress Report 1.
Wife got the jewellery yesterday. I'm over the first day of the hunter safety course. I developed serious headache from the name of the different birds.
Soon I can start buying gear. As I'm living as an asphalt rat and I go to the nearby park perhaps twice a year, I don't have anything to wear.
So are hiking boots OK for hunting? (In the educational video people wear rubber boots. They can't be really comfortable for a whole day walking.)

I couldn't find any decent information about this one: What would be a good scope for bear (perhaps deer) hunting for the semi-auto 300 wsm gun?
 
Rudi said:
Progress Report 1.
Wife got the jewellery yesterday. I'm over the first day of the hunter safety course. I developed serious headache from the name of the different birds.
Soon I can start buying gear. As I'm living as an asphalt rat and I go to the nearby park perhaps twice a year, I don't have anything to wear.
So are hiking boots OK for hunting? (In the educational video people wear rubber boots. They can't be really comfortable for a whole day walking.)

I couldn't find any decent information about this one: What would be a good scope for bear (perhaps deer) hunting for the semi-auto 300 wsm gun?
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well as for boots i get mine at wal-mart on sale and then spray them with silcone sealent and i havent had any problems just get something thats comfortable for YOU and fits in your budget. i have found that my sweay alot in rubber boots and after about 2-3 hours of slugging through bush they start to blister to hell. so yes hiking boots are ok for hunting as long as there comfy and durable.
now as for a scope again look at your budget to see what you can spend,
i have 2 scopes that might be used during bear season depending on where i am going i use a weaver 2.5 power or a bushnell sportsmen 3-9X40, if your going to be hunting in heavy dense bush the low power scopes are what you want to look atbut if your shots are going to be past 75- 100 yrds then look for something in the higher power range. an remeber you want something that has good crisp and clear images when yuo look through them. i am a cheap bastard so when i buy gear i get whatever is on sale LOL so i usualy dont have any top of the line gear but everything i use is dependable and i trust it all . you should also get your self a good set of binoculars as even in dense brush they can help you eyes to distinguish things better.
now once you get a scope picked out for rifle. go to the range every chance you can *once a week is best* and zero your scope i try to get mine zeroed at 100 yrds once it zeroed at the distance you want spend some time getting to know it. shoot about 5 rnds at a target at the furthest range you will likely encounter when hunting, then shoot at a target at the closest range you will encounter when hunting and and again at a midpoint distance.
keep doing this until bear season arives that way you are comfortable with your rifles recoil and you will know where it impacts at differnt distences. also
spend some time getting to know the area you will be going to once you decide it helps alot.
 
Holly sh*t... Some of the scopes I've just seen in the BassPro online catalog cost more than the gun I want to buy! And I have astigmatism, so doesn't matter what I use, I will not see clearly neither far nor close. :)
I think I will go with the cheapest...

By the way, have any of you used a Bushnell holosight riflescope? Can it be good for bear or deer hunting?
 
Rudi said:
Holly sh*t... Some of the scopes I've just seen in the BassPro online catalog cost more than the gun I want to buy! And I have astigmatism, so doesn't matter what I use, I will not see clearly neither far nor close. :)
I think I will go with the cheapest...

By the way, have any of you used a Bushnell holosight riflescope? Can it be good for bear or deer hunting?
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LOL yes scopes can get pricey i got mine at wal-mart for $86.99 its not super duper fancy but it does the job quite well have a look around the EE also you can sometimes find decent scopes for a decent price and NO tax LOL

i would think for most dense and heavy bush situations the bushnell holosight would do the job. never used one my self but by the looks of them if your shots are no more then 50-75 yds then they should do the job
 
I've just passed the hunter safety test. Time to do the paperwork and start looking for gear. :)

Thanks for everybody for the help!
 
Rudi said:
I've just passed the hunter safety test. Time to do the paperwork and start looking for gear. :)

Thanks for everybody for the help!
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congrats might i suggest the first thing you invest in is BUG JUICE with high deet and anise oil
 
You could always stop at Home Depot and buy a roll of 10 mil poly and "mafia-proof" the trunk. I've done it before for hunting (with my now ex's Buick) and it works like a hot damn.
 
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