Hunting & Fishing Wife got a bear down !

Sendero_Man

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  • Mar 29, 2007
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    Well, been having several bear hit my bait lately. Got some posts of the trail cam pics on here.

    A nice one kept coming in the last few days starting Thurs. the 2nd, so my wife decided she wanted to get one. He looked to be over 5 foot long, 29 - 31 inches tall and in the 250 - 300 lb. range.

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    The one big one hitting the bait never shows in daylight at all yet, so I figured this would be a great bear for her first one.
    We got her license and headed up the mtn. Saturday afternoon. A couple of long nights on the stand and finally it worked out with him showing up on Labor day evening about 6:39

    She got him last night at 112 yards with her Ruger .280, 140 Hornady bulet. We have over 5 minutes of video before she shot the bear. Really good watching ! She made a great shot on him and here is the result.

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    Re: Wife got a bear down !

    This is truly special Scott! Congratulations to her for the perserverence, a great shot and a really nice picture.

    I'll bet the kids think she is "way cool", not too many teachers that could do a hunt like that, let a lone shoot a gun.

    BTW, I really like the .280 and laminate stocks....
     
    Re: Wife got a bear down !

    Congrats SM, I wish they'd let us hammer those PIA varmints!!! We have prolly 12+ resident bears on our 2400 acres and they are still protected here.

    We're overrun with em.