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Bear Down
Went out and sat my bait for the first time this year.
Windy nights are usually a bad thing in the bear stand, worse than that are south winds as that’s directing scent from the ladder stand to the bait.
Oh well the quiet time is therapeutic so what the heck I’ll stick it out and see what happens.
Long about 7 pm I got a bear in the bait, I looked I pondered I almost took a pass, then I said nope, I’m gonna fill a tag for a change.
I brought the old 870 Remington up and put the front bead of the sight between the notch of the rear sight and sent a 1-1/8oz Challenger slug on its way.
At 43 yards I thought that bear would just simply topple, especially since I took aim at the near side shoulder. The bear flipped and flopped a bit got its legs, and sprinted west from the bait.
I hate tracking and a bear on the rim of a pretty steep creek gorge wasn’t an ideal way to spend the rest of the evening. I got out of the stand and walked over to where the bear was standing, I could see the turned up earth from the flipping around it did but didn’t immediately see signs of a hit. I stood there looking off in the bears direction of travel wondering about the time I should give it, and who to call for assistance, when the bear came into sight, I had a small window to take a shot and when the bear made the spot I sent another slug on its way. The bear disappeared, I walked about a half dozen steps and the bear appeared again this time in a different spot, and was heading for the gorge, it’s times like this where you go “oh no you don’t” and I pounded a slug into it at about 40 yds, that one I knew connected and after that.
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05-07-2021, 01:33 AM
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Way to go bro!😎
Nice looking fur
Making smokies out of it?
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05-07-2021, 04:00 AM
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Congrats!
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05-07-2021, 05:22 AM
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Nice bear Dick. Well done
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05-07-2021, 07:14 AM
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Yup still looks like a bear
Congrats
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05-07-2021, 07:25 AM
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Congrats!
Jeepers, That is not the performance I would expect from a 12 gauge, I've killed lots of bears with a 12, but they were all very close, none further than about 15 yards.
Cat
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05-07-2021, 07:39 AM
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Nice job buddy!
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05-07-2021, 07:43 AM
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Way to go, bud. Lots of excitement there!
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05-07-2021, 07:57 AM
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I guess even with shoulders blown out they still got some grit in’em eh!
Congrats on some fine future meals
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05-07-2021, 07:57 AM
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Way to go, bud. Lots of excitement there!
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Excellent bear,nice to finally see one down!
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05-07-2021, 08:52 AM
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Great job, thanks for sharing!
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05-07-2021, 08:57 AM
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Nice First bear.
Grizz
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05-07-2021, 09:31 AM
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Congratulations! Nicely done!
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05-07-2021, 10:36 AM
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Congrats, so I assume all shots were hits? Just a tough bear.
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05-07-2021, 11:18 AM
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Very nice, any night in a stand is great but finishing off cutting your tag is even better. Congrats.
Jim
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05-07-2021, 11:22 AM
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Awesome and congrats on the bear
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05-07-2021, 11:45 AM
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You get to post the first one of the year, good job. The less bears the more game. Far to many of them so good to see them thinned out. 12 Gauge got the job done, but I still prefer the 45-70. More smack and especially at longer ranges.
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05-07-2021, 12:50 PM
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Congrats on the blackie Dick, nice to see one hit the dirt.
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05-07-2021, 12:55 PM
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Nice work man! That bear sure took a pounding
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05-07-2021, 01:07 PM
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Good job. I passed on one with my Trad bow this Tuesday. I'm sitting in the stand right now and hanging on for dear life through out this wind storm. I'm really kicking my own ass for passing on that bear now. Any bear sausage is better than no bear sausage.
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05-07-2021, 01:49 PM
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Well done. Some good eating there.
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05-07-2021, 05:29 PM
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congrats. Bet that hide is superb?
As for 12 Guage slugs, I don't like the being used on bear. Boiler room shots, fine but shoulder hits can suck!
Trailed a few to many to recommend them unless the shooter knows this.
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05-07-2021, 06:31 PM
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Nice bear boss
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05-07-2021, 06:43 PM
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Congrats Dick
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05-07-2021, 06:51 PM
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Well done
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05-08-2021, 12:25 AM
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Right on! Congratulations.
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05-08-2021, 10:03 AM
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Congrats Dick.
Thanks for sharing!
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05-10-2021, 08:59 PM
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Awesomeness
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05-10-2021, 11:18 PM
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Nice looking bear!
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05-30-2021, 12:32 PM
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What kind of barrel/choke are you us? A 12g should drop a black bear pretty easily
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