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Author Topic: 2nd Black Bear of 2010  (Read 472 times)

Offline chadt1

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2nd Black Bear of 2010
« on: October 07, 2010, 08:03:00 PM »
I shot my 2nd black bear of 2010 yesterdy. It was a very exciting hunt an one i will never forget. I will post details tomorrow when i get off work.

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2010, 08:09:00 PM »
NICE!!!!   :clapper:

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2010, 08:10:00 PM »
Wow.  That is a hell of a bear.  

Cannot wait for the story.

Congrats.  And nice shot!

Offline David Bartholomew

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2010, 08:22:00 PM »
Biggin!

Bravo!
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2010, 09:11:00 PM »
Nice going, congrats on your second and the first; looking forward to hearing about it.
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2010, 09:27:00 PM »
:thumbsup:  Nice shooting

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2010, 09:36:00 PM »
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2010, 09:40:00 PM »
Great Bear ! Congrats !
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2010, 09:41:00 PM »
Very nice!   :saywhat:
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2010, 09:41:00 PM »
Way to go Chad   :thumbsup:      :thumbsup:      :thumbsup:   Can't wait to be in camp with you and Zack again for Bear Quest V.
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2010, 10:05:00 PM »
now thats a big ol bear!  way to go.
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2010, 10:30:00 PM »
Nice Bear!!  Congrats!
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2010, 10:35:00 PM »
Very nice, congrats bud.
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2010, 10:38:00 PM »
That's a bruiser right there! Congrats! Can't wait to hear the story.
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2010, 10:39:00 PM »
Outstanding.  Oklahoma did well in the SE on bears this year.  Had 20 spots and filled 31 tags opening day!  Oops...

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2010, 10:49:00 PM »
Beauty bear. Congrats!

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2010, 01:33:00 AM »
Congrats on a nice bear!
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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2010, 11:29:00 AM »
Ok guys her goes bare with me i'm not that good of a writer.
First off i must tell you we were hunting bears with dogs at my hunt club and i'm the only person shooting a bow. If you have never hunted bears with dogs you don't know what your missing. The morning started out kind of slow with us treeing 1 small bear 125lbs approx. we worked hard to get a guy hunting with us in to position to shot the bear but he decided to let this one go even though he has never killed one, and I must add the fellow is in a wheel chair so that made it more challenging for us. While the guys were catching the dogs I scouted a track to hunt. We decided on turning out on a bear i've been tracking an scouting the last 2 years. It didnt take long before we had the bear on his feet. The bear crossed into a meadow headed for a big pond, I was on the other end watching as the bear an dogs are headed my way the dogs were surounding the bear like indians surounding a stagecoach with the bear swating and slapping every dog he could reach. I will never forget the sight of that bear an dogs in the meadow. its hard to describe. The bear at that time ducked in a hedgerow an funneled directly to me like i had a string on him. I shot the bear the 1st time at 7 ft coming directly at me. I had a friend with me with a gun an he baled on me. He tells everybody that I have the biggest B_LLS of anybody he knows to stand face to face with that bear. Maybe i'm a little crazy i dont know I tell them If your gonna hunt bears you got to leave your skirt at the door, but anyway I hit the bear in the front shoulder and he crossed a dam where he had to go across a big cutover where I got in front of him again an this time the bear charged me and i shot him a 2nd time right behind the shoulder at about 10 feet. The bear went 40 yards with me in persuit behind him an he got up one me time at which I put a 3rd arrow in his side and the great bear still went 50 more yards before expiring. This was a hunt I will never forget I only wish my son would have been there with me. I hope this was not to painfull for anybody to read.

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2010, 12:12:00 PM »
Great job!!!!  I loved running hounds for bears.  I did it for a few years but got out of it due to money and time.  I will do it again someday.  What did the bear weigh and what kind of hounds do you run.  I would love to see pictures of them.

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Re: 2nd Black Bear of 2010
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2010, 12:29:00 PM »
BIG!, I also think they are STEEL!

Congrats.
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