bear down!

so i have been spring bear hunting with a friend of mine and we have seen 16 bears with on 3 day left to hunt i decided to go ahead and take this bear. she has a nice hide and will make a great rug and pepperoni! i just thought i would share some pictures.

 

Congrats man, what rifle are you using?

 

remington 7mag with a boyds thumbhole stock. the thing is awesome i love the gun.

 

Great pics; congrats!

 

cool!
i'm on the fence about arrowing a bear. i dont like the meat that much..but they seem like a great hunt. i got to 40 yards of a bear, i came to full draw to see if he could detect my movement. nope..it would have been easy.

never did see a deer on that hunt.

 

Nice bear. And I love the stock on that gun too!

 

mix it 50/50 with deer, elk or cow meat and make pepperoni it is awesome the steaks not so much.

arrow is next! well actually i already arrowed one at 20 yards back in September, it was pretty cool to be on ground level eye to eye with a bear at 20 yards and hammer him. it was kind of intense to but i am an adrenaline junkie so big buck, bulls, bears and cougars up close ad personal are cool!!!!!!!

 

That is a great looking bear. Since you've already taken one with a Bow(which takes lots of Skill) Now that you shot one where you had the complete advantage. How many more do you plan to Kill for the fun of it. I was happy to hear that you do use the meat and not just throw it away!

 

i find them to be a lot of fun to hunt and a challenge also. these bears move all the time they do not sit still and are very nerve. as for how many more i plan to kill i am not sure. i eat the meat so it is just one more food source for me and my family. Oregon is very over populated with bears and cougars right now so i will keep hunting them until i get tired of it or the population is in check. i also keep the skulls and have rugs made of the hide so i do not waste the animals. i try to be respectful to the animals i kill that includes eating and displaying them for there beauty

by the way oregon has so many bears in sw oregon you can kill 3 a year. i will say i have gotten to see things i thought i would only see in wild america!! i love watching cubs play they are funny animals.

 

i dont get this part..now that we have the covered wagon days waaay behind us..hunting is for fun. is say it is at least 80% fun.

i have eaten one bear that was delicious. we were so far from civilization, on a horse back hunting trip. food was running low, and that bear was like a banquet!! here is a pic.

 

Very nice! Congrats

 

having been in the back country any fresh meat is a banquet. i love it horse back hunting trip sounds cool.

on a side note one of if not my favorite thing to eat while hunting is fresh grouse, they are so good a little butter and lemon pepper yum what a meal!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

do you hunt private or public land? nice bear btw! shooting a big bear with a bow is on the bucket list.

 

all 100% public DIY baby

 

Nice Bear! az had some nice big bears also... It's a fun hunt with the bow.

Thanks for sharing the pics!

Azbackcountry

 

Oh man no pics of the bear in the Taco!? Where abouts were you hunting, oregon or washington?

 

Oregon southern coast range. lots of bears down there.

 

so when should I make my way out?

 

April 1 through may 31st every year SW Oregon spring bear tag. find a good area you can glass several cuts and wait they will come out about 6pm make a plan and go i spotted one at 2700 yards this year (1 1/2 miles) i could not believe i could see him and that was with 10x42 bino's

 

is Oregon a draw state? as in, do I need to put in for a tag or are they OTC? are you gonna do the guiding?