Well, we haven't had many bear stories...

[powdahound76]

Where I lived in the mtns when my daughter was born, my neighbors had a 250 lb black bear come in through screen doors on the deck, glass was open. Wrecked the kitchen well enough.
Then headed out through some yards towards my place.
Sheriff deputy shot it 3x with an AR (didnt have a shotgun?) and dropped it. 2 to chest, one to the side of the head. Shot it from the end of my driveway.
I was gone, heard about it a couple days later.
That was in CO

 

[Barneybdb]

The bear in the drain story here... https://www.insideedition.com/250-pound-bear-stuck-colorado-drain-escapes-manhole-45470

 

[Soulezoo]

I have a few black bears that visit regularly. They take it out on the trash can...
The largest appears to be about 300lbs. One is a juvenile. I have some really good trail cam pics. I keep a G20 with extreme penetrator hot loads handy.

 

[Rthur]

After recently being in their domain I have a new found respect.
Have hunted among black bears before and had a few encounters.
Found a grizzly track about a mile from spike camp and my sidearm suddenly was much lighter.
Having an elk down in this area I'd think one man would be "overwatch" certainly.

R

 

[powdahound76]

Some chick in CO claimed a bear attack in Golden Gate Canyon State Park on Weds.

Until the CPW (CO Parks and Wildlife) looked around the “attack site” and investigated her “wounds”.

Now they told her they know she is full of it.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/19/bear-attack-reported-in-golden-gate-canyon-state-park/

Either commit her or file charges.

 

[bogeybrown]

Some chick in CO claimed a bear attack in Golden Gate Canyon State Park on Weds.

Until the CPW (CO Parks and Wildlife) looked around the “attack site” and investigated her “wounds”.

Now they told her they know she is full of it.

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/19/bear-attack-reported-in-golden-gate-canyon-state-park/

Either commit her or file charges.

Probably the same twat that's accusing Kavanaugh. Maybe send some Wildlife officers to D.C., they at least appear willing and able to call BULLSHIT when they smell it.

 

[DetroitRearView]

There is a mile long section of river surrounded by BLM about 10 minutes from my house. I have killed several nice deer there over the years and it is well known for being prime Griz habitat. If I don’t see one everytime I go there I certainly see their tracks/scat.

Last year I had two small boars stand up a hundred yards from me and gave me the leave our river grunt, so I packed up for the day.

A few years ago I killed this WT buck and the next day a hunter walked into a large boar dining on my gut pile. He ended in the hospital for a few days with some serious wounds but he survived.
We have too many Whitetail deer so I get as many doe tags as I can to do my part as they are a serious threat to our nervous by nature Mule deer population, so hunting the river bottoms is a necessity.

3 days ago I went down there at first light and saw some does take refuge in the cottonwoods and heavy brush/high grass across the river. There is no public access to the river from the North side, even though there is a strip of BLM that borders the rivers edge several hundred yards deep. The WT know that there is less pressure there, so they tend to make their day time beds in the thick stuff.

So I glassed the timber from the South side of the river and setup with my crossbow after seeing a patch of tell tail white on a bedded doe. After a few patient hours hiding behind the brush on my side she got up and stepped into a narrow shooting lane 61 yards away so I sent one across the river. I gave her about ten minutes and continued to scour the area for bears, saw none so I went over to retrieve her. Small doe but perfect double lunger.



I normally bone everything out where they drop, but saw lots of Griz tracks and drug the deer quickly to a more open part of the river a few hundred yards away, climbed onto a big boulder and boned her out in the middle of the river, with a hundred yard open perimeter to help me at least have a chance with my sidearm.

Thankfully one trip to the truck and I was out of there without incident.

The next day I took a bear break and got my two antelope.

This afternoon I went to the river again to try to locate a good buck with my crossbow and dint find anything I wanted to harvest. I began to pack up and head for my SXS down the 2 track and took one more look at the river.

I have seen a lot of bears in my day BUT this guy headed my way was a FREIGHT train of a beast! Probably the largest boar I have ever seen. I ranged him at 400 yards and closing in my direction with rapidity. Needless to say I didn’t stay for a photo shoot and got to my CanAm with alacrity.

The recent judicial interference with our Grizzly hunt is ludicrous. All we want to is to let them know we are the top dog in the chain of command. A limited hunt like we had in place would go a long ways in protecting everyone, including the great bruin.

 

[ArmyJerry]

 

[DetroitRearView]

Some of my buds setup a trail camera under their meat pole...they don’t just come in at night!

Beautiful powerful creatures!

 

[sirhrmechanic]

This guy has hung around Schloss Nitrocellulose all summer. That's from a camera about 100 feet from the house!

Big guy! Likes his back scratches, apparently!

One of the little ones.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

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This guy has hung around Schloss Nitrocellulose all summer. That's from a camera about 100 feet from the house!

Big guy! Likes his back scratches, apparently!

One of the little ones.

Cheers,

Sirhr

there are a million trees he could have used for back scratches.....he chose that one because he wanted to flash you his junk

 

[j-huskey]

 

[buffalowinter]

 

[buffalowinter]

 

[308220]

Not as exciting, but starting to get some black bears here in SE Ohio. Multiple sightings and ive seen their tracks.

 

[bunsen27]

To add some final details to the original story for this thread. It appears the guide had a Glock 20 in a chest holster, but had removed the holster to field dress the animal. He also did not have a round in the chamber and the client could not operate the handgun.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/11/wy...0x6MgPRZ05EhlBLo4H2zrOYYZeHFPl0#axzz5XWopzx8m

 

[Jefe's Dope]

 

[thejeep]

To add some final details to the original story for this thread. It appears the guide had a Glock 20 in a chest holster, but had removed the holster to field dress the animal. He also did not have a round in the chamber and the client could not operate the handgun.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/11/wy...0x6MgPRZ05EhlBLo4H2zrOYYZeHFPl0#axzz5XWopzx8m

That’s gay.

 

[Rthur]

https://elknetwork.com/grizzly-bear-attacks-hunter/
Dunno if this one was included.
Hunting among these predators has caused me to consider more serious carry choices.
One that has caught my eye is the Smith 329 pd.
Anyone have any experience with this handgun?


R

 

[bunsen27]

That’s gay.

We all make poor choices from time to time. Fortunately the consequences are not often fatal as it was in this case. Darwinism in action.

 

[bax]

I took my dad to fish in Katmai / Brooks River. At the time, you could not have a firearm - don't know about now. There were bears all over the place. If you tent camp, the rangers suggested that you don't cook in your tent. Or near your tent. Keep all food in a cache they provide. Several juveniles around the fishing holes stealing steelhead from the fishermen, sow and twin cubs eating red salmon, and a really large boar working the shoreline.

Anchored up in a deep cove in Southeast, dusk, I could see five black bears on the shoreline at the same time.

Deer hunting with friend in the mountains on Prince of Wales Island. Walking a road in a clear-cut. Black bear sow and cub. She woofed and the cub vanished. Safety's off. She went back to eating berries. That's good because I don't like bear meat.

I did a lot of hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park mostly south and west of Longs Peak. Never saw any bears. Maybe they were there but I didn't see them. Climbed 23 Colorado peaks over 14k, never saw a bear.

Anchorage Alaska newspaper, outdoors editor, I think it was Craig Medred, was moose hunting on the Kenai. Saw a sow and cub, changed route to bypass the bear. Next thing he know she runs him over and attacks him. She has him by the head, he tries to shoot with a 454 Casell, miss. Tries again, bad hit. Tries again, solid chest shot, contact distance. She stops beating him up and wanders away. He gets to the road, bloody mess, gets medical help, tells ADFG. They track the bear 10 miles up the Russian and lose the trail. Bears are tough.

Sister in law lives in Eagle River. This summer a bear attacked and killed a guy about half-a-mile from her house. Juveniles are dangerous.

My bear gun is a 375 H&H.

 

[spelled right]

A friend of mine used to be a bush pilot in Alaska. He and his client had landed on the airstrip and commenced to walk to the town which was some distance away. They were skirting the edge of a blow-down in order to get around the end when they came face to face with two brown bear cubs. The cubs let-out a bawl and the two men looked across the blow-down and there was the mama about 50 yards away. She growls and begins the charge coming straight at them across the top of the jumbled-up mess.

The client asks my friend "What is going to happen" to which my friend replies in all seriousness " We are gonna die". The mama continues her charge and about half way across she falls through. When she reappears, slightly disoriented, she continues the charge, but this time in the opposite direction. By this time the cubs had made their way around the the end and just as mama reaches solid ground they are reunited. The three continue in a direction which takes them away from the two men.