Fall bear hunt

Thanks.....you too
Shoot straight

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Originally Posted by fratri

Good luck, take some pictures :)

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Thanks Frank, I will post results....good or bad

Good luck.
I am planning on heading out this fall but not till the middle of October.

We ended up with 4 bears in our camp. 2 Saturday and 2 Sunday. I was lucky enough to harvest one with my crossbow.
Nothing huge, the biggest field dressed 150lbs. We stopped hunting Sunday night as a conservation plan and concentrated on cleaning trails the rest of the trip preparing for deer season.

One of our younger members, that had not yet harvested a bear, scored this trip so that was cool.
Just got home so I will post pictures tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by huntnmachine

We ended up with 4 bears in our camp. 2 Saturday and 2 Sunday. I was lucky enough to harvest one with my crossbow.
Nothing huge, the biggest field dressed 150lbs. We stopped hunting Sunday night as a conservation plan and concentrated on cleaning trails the rest of the trip preparing for deer season.

One of our younger members, that had not yet harvested a bear, scored this trip so that was cool.
Just got home so I will post pictures tomorrow.

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Nice work. Looking forward to the pics. My baits are stone cold dead. Were getting hit by 5 bears daily until Sept 04. Totally shut down since than. Just a waiting game at this point. They will be back at some time in the next few weeks - just have to stay on alert and as soon as they return get out and at it.

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Originally Posted by huntnmachine

We ended up with 4 bears in our camp. 2 Saturday and 2 Sunday. I was lucky enough to harvest one with my crossbow.
Nothing huge, the biggest field dressed 150lbs. We stopped hunting Sunday night as a conservation plan and concentrated on cleaning trails the rest of the trip preparing for deer season.

One of our younger members, that had not yet harvested a bear, scored this trip so that was cool.
Just got home so I will post pictures tomorrow.

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Awesome good for you guys and some good eating there

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Originally Posted by huntnmachine

We ended up with 4 bears in our camp. 2 Saturday and 2 Sunday. I was lucky enough to harvest one with my crossbow.
Nothing huge, the biggest field dressed 150lbs. We stopped hunting Sunday night as a conservation plan and concentrated on cleaning trails the rest of the trip preparing for deer season.

One of our younger members, that had not yet harvested a bear, scored this trip so that was cool.
Just got home so I will post pictures tomorrow.

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Awesome, looking forward to the pics and stories... congrats to you and the group

Pics of all 4 bears.
https://imgur.com/Zz11tPn
https://imgur.com/mCCceZa
https://imgur.com/7KwSbh1
https://imgur.com/JIMqvXm

He came in like a ghost to my left of the trail I was set up on. Stopped about 20 yards to the left of me with his nose up and sniffing. Made a few steps toward the barrel and stopped behind a tree (of course). Took a few more but still not a good shot, finally exposed his vitals so I took the shot. He reared up, barked and bit at the spot the arrow entered. Ran back down the trail he came from when I heard him pile up and take his final gasp of air. My Rage 125 grain went thru him like butter leaving a great blood trail. He only went 40 yards
Being my first bear taken with my crossbow.....I'm hooked

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Originally Posted by huntnmachine

Pics of all 4 bears.
https://imgur.com/Zz11tPn
https://imgur.com/mCCceZa
https://imgur.com/7KwSbh1
https://imgur.com/JIMqvXm

He came in like a ghost to my left of the trail I was set up on. Stopped about 20 yards to the left of me with his nose up and sniffing. Made a few steps toward the barrel and stopped behind a tree (of course). Took a few more but still not a good shot, finally exposed his vitals so I took the shot. He reared up, barked and bit at the spot the arrow entered. Ran back down the trail he came from when I heard him pile up and take his final gasp of air. My Rage 125 grain went thru him like butter leaving a great blood trail. He only went 40 yards
Being my first bear taken with my crossbow.....I'm hooked

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Congrats on that. Btw with imgur it's easy to post your pics directly in your post here. Just click on copy BBCode and then paste in your thread.

Very nice, thanks for sharing the story, again, congrats.