Sow bears and boo boos - let's see them.

[Deleted member 16014]

Found one!

I was about 20, and had no idea how to tell a big bear from little. I was alone on this hunt, the shot was across a canyon but not super far. I took meticulous photo notes in order to find it, it died and rolled at the shot. It took a solid two hours to find it...first because it was a very small boar, second because it had rolled under a log that was propped a foot or two off the ground. I was extremely relieved to find it.
It rode proudly on the wall for many years; I eventually gave it to a guy who was helping us move. He was extremely excited even though he was about 4x bigger than the bear. He was also 2x bigger than most humans.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Sierra Madre bear hunters, carefully selecting the most tender sows:

 

[Deleted member 18333]

Sierra Madre bear hunters, carefully selecting the most tender sows:

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but the tag cost $47. No way they are dropping that kind of coin and not tagging out.

Truth be told I know one of those unit 9 sow punchers.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I'm not above a misjudged sow, might even happen this weekend. I guess only the boar knows...

 

[MThuntr]

A recent trip to a place...first bear and made the mistake of pulling the trigger early on a 7 day trip. Had a lot of fun, caught a lot of hell, and met some crazy dudes that are friends with Bambistew. I'll survive and lessons were learned about getting excited about a bear in a place known for bears around every tree.

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[Gerald Martin]

A recent trip to a place...first bear and made the mistake of pulling the trigger early on a 7 day trip. Had a lot of fun, caught a lot of hell, and met some crazy dudes that are friends with Bambistew. I'll survive and lessons were learned about getting excited about a bear in a place known for bears around every tree.

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No shame getting excited about killing your first. Congrats! Hopefully it left more room in the cooler for seafood.

 

[MThuntr]

No shame getting excited about killing your first. Congrats! Hopefully it left more room in the cooler for seafood.

That's the disappointing part...we didn't catch jack for fishing and had a crab pot get sucked out into the deep on a heavy tide. The other pot we had didn't catch anything after day 2

 

[The Hedgehog]

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Pro tip of the day, have him get extra close and put the camera on fish-eye. Tip #2, move way way back, so you are kind of a tiny little dot, compared to the bear. Then don't smile, have that "I just killed the bear that attacked Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, #respect!"

 

[The Hedgehog]

hardest part about doing what I'm suggesting above is not laughing.

see my avatar

 

[MThuntr]

Pro tip of the day, have him get extra close and put the camera on fish-eye. Tip #2, move way way back, so you are kind of a tiny little dot, compared to the bear. Then don't smile, have that "I just killed the bear that attacked Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, #respect!"

It's hard to make me looks small these days...our meal plan of eat anything for a week then pound beers with 2 crazy Alaskans hunting in a Uhaul definitely didn't help

 

[MThuntr]

hardest part about doing what I'm suggesting above is not laughing.

It was suggested to Kaitum that he should lay down suggestively on his bear hide for a picture. That was quickly shot down for some reason

 

[The Hedgehog]

 

[EYJONAS!]

I guess only the boar knows...

Where the sow lives.......

Don't be buffaloed by mistaking a GIANT P.O.W. boar with a sow he's trying to take to pound town and dump her at 7 yards with your bow.

The boar lives...

#krushn

 

[LuketheDog]

Whole hog style on the smoker lol

My buddy's dad used to hunt pigs with us. While we were always looking for a big nasty boar with tusks, he'd typically come home with a piglet that he could prepare whole...in the oven.

 

[RobertD]

My buddy's dad used to hunt pigs with us. While we were always looking for a big nasty boar with tusks, he'd typically come home with a piglet that he could prepare whole...in the oven.

Oh I've done that one a time or two

 

[BackofBeyond]

My buddy's dad used to hunt pigs with us. While we were always looking for a big nasty boar with tusks, he'd typically come home with a piglet that he could prepare whole...in the oven.

Getting those little 20 pounders is awesome!

 

[The Hedgehog]

 

[Irrelevant]

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there's a lot to like in that pic. Size of the bear isn't one of them.

 

[Coveyleader]

Sierra Madre bear hunters, carefully selecting the most tender sows:

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And right there is the problem with hunting WY as a NR. That season goes until mid June, didn't even make it out of May! Idiots!

 

[Coveyleader]

Pornograhy and the bear hunting industry have a lot in common. Both love to use fisheye lenses, to make thing appear bigger. No matter how much you "Fluff it up" it still looks small. You know a big bear when you see it. And last but not least, the darker ones on average are bigger than the blondes.