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04-25-2019, 09:11 AM
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Spring has sprung.
Officially.
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04-25-2019, 09:17 AM
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Nice!
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04-25-2019, 09:19 AM
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Nice bear Chuck, congrats to the young fella. His smile says it all!! 
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04-25-2019, 09:30 AM
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Nice one! Congrats!
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04-25-2019, 09:32 AM
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Beauty color phase, congrats to the young man !
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04-25-2019, 11:14 AM
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Nice bear! Love the colour, now we need to hear the rest of the story!
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04-25-2019, 11:32 AM
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Congrats to the hunter on a beauty bear.
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04-25-2019, 11:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigwoodsman
Nice bear! Love the colour, now we need to hear the rest of the story!
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We have been checking a few known spots for a couple of weeks. Last night we hit them again. My unintentional strategy is to circle to a few south facing greened up spots in the evening (I’m just to impatient to sit in one spot truth be told) hoping something will be feeding. On the circle back to the truck we decided to check a spot that I haven’t seen much black bear activity. Lots of Grizzly but that’s about it. However we had picked up an elk shed there a couple of weeks ago and thought we would try again to match that up.
As we crested the rise Tyler whispers “Dad, Dad” and points to this feeding bear. Off come the packs and we slowly work our way over the crest to get a clear shot. Tyler leading and me barking hushed directions behind him. The roll of the hill prevented anything prone so it was going to be a kneeling shot over his standing pack. Then he does something he has never done while hunting. He completely ignores my directions, quickly moves laterally 10 yds and while kneeling gets the rifle over the pack and promptly takes out the bears front left wheel. I’ve never seen a bear, after being hit stand up on two legs. This one did, turned a few circles that way and then down he went.
We got things taken care of and packs loaded and hiked out in the dark.
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04-25-2019, 11:59 AM
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Well done, congrats Tyler!
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04-25-2019, 12:12 PM
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nice , congrats to u both , great looking color
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04-25-2019, 07:14 PM
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Nice work!
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04-25-2019, 07:17 PM
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Beauty! Nice work!
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04-25-2019, 07:25 PM
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Great to see your son get this bear.He's got a good father and mentor to teach him well.
Cheers JD
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04-25-2019, 08:10 PM
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Nice!
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04-25-2019, 08:48 PM
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Well done!
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04-25-2019, 08:53 PM
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Fantastic pics and story as well Chuck, congrats to both of you! 
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04-25-2019, 09:09 PM
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Congrats
As soon as I seen the header I had a feeling I was going to see a smiling young man and a bear!!!
Good job!!!
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04-25-2019, 09:45 PM
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Congratulations, I haven't even bought my license yet.
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04-25-2019, 10:23 PM
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Thanks everyone. With his bear in the salt he and his buddies went to end game tonight while I drug my carcass around looking for Goliath. Never found him. :-)
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04-25-2019, 10:47 PM
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Great job, Chuck! Congrats to your son.
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04-26-2019, 01:37 AM
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That’s awesome! Congrats to you and your son!
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04-26-2019, 05:49 AM
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Nice chocolate bear! congratulations. how big you think he went?
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04-26-2019, 07:22 AM
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Congratulations to both father and son. Nice pictures and write up. Precious memories of family hunting heritage.
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04-26-2019, 09:00 AM
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That's awesome, I can only imagine the day my boy is old enough to shoot a bear.
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04-26-2019, 09:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronaround
Nice chocolate bear! congratulations. how big you think he went?
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I’m not sure and he’s in the freezer now.
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“I love it when clients bring Berger bullets. It means I get to kill the bear.”
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04-26-2019, 01:34 PM
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Awesome!
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04-26-2019, 08:23 PM
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Well done Dad & Son. Congrats!
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04-26-2019, 10:00 PM
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Great work and very nice bear, love reading these hunting stories and looking at the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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04-27-2019, 01:30 AM
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My son and I went on our first bear hunt ever last Tuesday we saw every big game animal out there except for a bear...We all had a great time in the mountains/foothills...might try again in 2 weeks...congrats on the success.
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04-27-2019, 09:31 AM
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Right on. Congrats Tyler and Chuck! Thanks for the great pics and story.
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