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Author Topic: Ontario DIY Bear  (Read 1015 times)

Offline Ontario Longbow

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Ontario DIY Bear
« on: September 24, 2013, 08:44:00 PM »
One of my best friends and longtime hunting partner  Theo shot a bear the other night. We had been watching it for the last two years on trail cameras. After discussing we elected to wait until the following morning to track. Weather was very cool at night and Theo was concerned about shot placement. Based on what he told me I thought heart shot. This is a "Do it yourself " after work and weekends hunt. I picked up barrels cheap and have a friend that gave us all the restaurant scraps we needed. Theo is 5k ( 3 miles ) from his house and my stand is 30k ( 18 miles away ).
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Offline Frenchymanny

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2013, 08:54:00 PM »
So cool!

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Offline Ontario Longbow

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2013, 08:56:00 PM »
Bear only went 70 yards with a perfect heart shot. 660 grain arrow complete pass through and stuck in the ground. Last twenty yards were solid. I was "Lead" tracker and found the bear 15 yards into the swamp. Good thing Theo was backing me up with his Widow recurve. I felt very safe,, LOL. Worst part was getting that bear ( dressed at 252 pounds ) estimated live weight 300 lbs out of the swamp. An hour later we had him out of the swamp and on dry land. Then we used my game cart called the ATV ( All Theo and Vandeputte,, LOL ) to get him to a fire road. Best part was loading him into the trunk of a Honda Civic.
We were both dead tired and smelled of swamp and bear and sweat.
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Offline Izzy

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2013, 08:59:00 PM »
Wow, hes beautiful. What broad head put down all that blood?
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Offline Cyclic-Rivers

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2013, 09:01:00 PM »
Even a color blind and Blind man could follow that blood trail.

Great Bear, Great shot.

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Offline goingoldskool

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2013, 09:01:00 PM »
That looks VERY promising!

Good luck on the trail..

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Offline goingoldskool

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2013, 09:03:00 PM »
That looks VERY promising!

Good luck on the trail..

Rodd
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Offline JoeM

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2013, 09:07:00 PM »
Nice bear congrats!!!  Heck of a blood trail....like Izzy said, what BH?
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Offline SERGIO VENNERI

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2013, 09:08:00 PM »
Congrats Theo, good guide and tracking Frank! Great team work!!  :thumbsup:
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Offline Ontario Longbow

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2013, 09:08:00 PM »
Theo designed and built all the tooling for the Canadian Journeyman broadhead. Did some work for Eclipse as well. He uses a Eclipse 145 with a 100g steel adaptor, 250 Carbon express Heritage out of a 62" PMAX 51@28.
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Offline joe ashton

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2013, 09:13:00 PM »
great story...
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Offline Mudd

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2013, 09:19:00 PM »
Stevie Wonder could follow that blood trail...lol

Congratulations!!!

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Offline Fletcher

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2013, 10:12:00 PM »
Congratulations to both of you!  Great bear and personal connection to the broadhead.
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Offline BlkDog

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2013, 10:29:00 PM »
Congrats on a nice one!  That sucker has some big paws!  

That trail is a great testiment to a well placed shot and a very sharp broadhead.  Mudd read my mind when I saw the pics...Stevie Wonder could have followed that trail!
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Offline VictoryHunter

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2013, 10:56:00 PM »
Wonderful story. Awesome bear,congrats!
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Offline LB_hntr

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2013, 11:13:00 PM »
excellent story..excellent pics....beautiful bear!!!
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Offline bicster

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2013, 04:37:00 AM »
Way to go Frank!
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Offline shankspony

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2013, 04:53:00 AM »
Awesome effort. Great animal. I'd love to have a blood trail like that every time.
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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2013, 04:56:00 AM »
Nice bear Congratulations
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Offline Hopewell Tom

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Re: Ontario DIY Bear
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2013, 05:58:00 AM »
Nice bear is right.
Good tale on all the work and "hunt vehicles".
An earlier thread here talked about loading/using small cars for transport, you guys got'er done with a Civic. Tough to the end...
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