2025 spring bear thread

[mevertsen]

Awesome bear.

Congrats.

 

[NDcoyote]

A very strong start to the spring bear thread. Nice bears, fellas!

 

[Mountain Mule]

I am leaving next Thursday for a week-long backpacking trip for Bear. Hopefully I can contribute something to the thread soon!

 

[El Jason]

#*^@#* I'm not even gonna go out now with two guys dumping a couple heifers on here what's the point. I'll just get laughed at with my 520 road sow

I’ll set the bar low for the rest of us.

 

[Potsie]

I’ll set the bar low for the rest of us.

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#spiderbearorbust

 

[cahunter805]

Highly likely the hopzones and uneven ground and using a yardstick were impacting my numbers but I was really trying to be conservative. I 100% tagged my biggest bear tonight. Will never get a MT bear like this again- that I’m sure of.View attachment 369110

Congrats bud! That’s a heck of a bear man. Did you measure his skull? Probably over 20?

 

[Sask hunter]

Ok here’s the story. After baiting last week after the skiff of snow and seeing him come out behind my stand where I couldn’t see him pace around for a bit and then come down my entrance trail I knew he had me figured out. Cause I am by myself most of the time my options were limited but I decided to sit back watching my trail and not even able to see the bait. Anyways around 730 he pops out on the trail. I get ready and when he stops frontal at about 100 yards I shoot. He takes off down the trail towards me and stops again quartering too and I shoot again and this time he bails off into the bush favouring his front shoulder. Anyways I start tracking right away and he’s bleeding good but after about 100 yards I know something isn’t right. I continue on and jump him again and take a shot through the trees as runs off. After that I backed out and came back in the morning. I was there a bit later and it was dead silent. I was really hoping to hear some ravens or magpies. Got back on the trail where I quit the night before and the blood had slowed down he bedded a couple times quick then got back up and the trail was even worst. Followed him into the thick whiff where I found another bed and shortly after thankfully him. Still not sure how he went so far the first two shots were pretty good

Now to keep the baits going and see if we can get the wife a bear this spring. I’m going to save my second tag for fall and try to arrow one

 

[kansasdad]

He patterned you, so you outfoxed him and patterned his pattern!

Congratulations, hope your wife will score a nice one as well.

 

[Hem]

I’ll set the bar low for the rest of us.

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Funny exchange.
Why you friends with that DB?

 

[Frequently Banned Troll]

BMU 510 - That didn't take long.

 

[cgasner1]

BMU 510 - That didn't take long.

I never even stood a chance to get out

 

[520 Road Sow]

Typical deal 7-10 days and it is game over before the getting is good.

#clownshow

 

[cgasner1]

Typical deal 7-10 days and it is game over before the getting is good.

#clownshow

Wish they would address the nr issues with spring bear season

 

[Mountain Mule]

Wish they would address the nr issues with spring bear season

Id be interested to see the data on how many bears are taken in quota units by NR.

 

[cgasner1]

Id be interested to see the data on how many bears are taken in quota units by NR.

Im not gonna try and talk numbers but from what I heard from local warden we have a serious issue

 

[Mountain Mule]

Im not gonna try and talk numbers but from what I heard from local warden we have a serious issue

It wouldn't surprise me one bit. That's why I would like to see the data. Maybe I'll ask some friends in the department and call some folks to see if I can get a handle on it and hopefully put that info forward.

 

[Hem]

Im not gonna try and talk numbers but from what I heard from local warden we have a serious issue

Whats the problem? NR whacking the first cub they see?

 

[cgasner1]

Whats the problem? NR whacking the first cub they see?

Piles of them coming in and setting up camp I’m trying to find a thread right now I remember with some better information

 

[Hem]

Piles of them coming in and setting up camp I’m trying to find a thread right now I remember with some better information

Sounds familiar.

 

[cgasner1]

Piles of them coming in and setting up camp I’m trying to find a thread right now I remember with some better information

The member isn’t on here anymore so they may have deleted the information