Oregon and Washington BS thread

so I hit it. Trail has gone cold after a couple hundred yards though.

 

Shit... hope you find it!

 

Good luck finding it.

 

Keep your eyes peeled for anything broken off or trampled down! I lost a blood trail like that once and was still able to find blood every 10-20yrds but there was definitely sign of where the bear had traveled. Found him, what seemed a mile away from where I shot him. Turned out I was only a few hundred yards from my truck! Damn bears and their thick hides, it will matt a wound up quick!

 

He dove into an overgrown xmas tree farm. Crap sight distance and no brush to show his way. Running a grid. Absolutely no sign to follow in here. I thought for sure 300winmag would make quick work of him.

 

Best of luck to you

 

I can't imagine that happening. Cut and mig the metal. Even my noob skills could make it look ok

 

Death to what would amount to a diamond in the USA -> cuckoo

 

Take a dog out with you. Even a bird dog will sniff it out a lot quicker than you will. Usually they will find some nasty hole to ball up in, or worse, climb up and die in the crook of a tree.

 

You can do that in Oregon? Use a dog that is. I wouldn't want to get caught in the woods with a dog with my rifle and tags here in WA. I'd have some explaining to do....

 

Ugh. Hunting.

Sure do like venison jerky though. Does that make me a hypocrite?

 

As a nonhunter, why is that bad to have a dog with you?

 

Not sure about Oregon, but here in Washington, hunting with dogs is prohibited. They are a pretty effective means of harvesting a bear or even a cougar.

 

Hunting bear and cougar with dogs is illegal. Recovering already dead game with dogs is not. I have a friend that has pit bulls trained exclusively for deer and elk recovery. We all hope for a one shot clean kill, but sometimes it just doesn't happen.

 

If I'm not mistaken it's legal here. I've seen a lot of trucks parked along 99 with dog kennels in the back. Also my boss just left yesterday with his daughter and dog to go hunting.

 

He already said he wasn't even sure of his shot, what if he goes out with a dog and finds a half dead bear?

 

I'm sure it's morally superior to buy government meat from whole foods that's been injected full of all kinds of crap, dyed, and raised in a cage. I prefer 100% free range all natural gluten free wild game myself.

 

I called odfw today and they said no way in hell to using dogs to track blood. Stupid law. Might be illegal, but its the ethical thing to do to ensure the recovery of a wounded animal. When I get a puppy its definitely getting trained to track blood.

 

I should have been a bit more specific, hunting big game (deer bear elk cougar) with dogs is prohibited. Birds are OK.

 

You can hunt bobcat, upland birds, and waterfowl with dogs legally. Also government hunters use hounds for "problem" bear and cougar, but somehow that is ok.