After waiting 6 years to draw a tag it took less then 5 minutes in the stand to shoot her first bear.

I took my son out to sit this morning. Told him we would pick him up when we ran the rest of the baits. We baited the baits checked the pictures.

I put the son on a bait and told the DIL we go out at noon as she is still nursing their youngest.

At 10 after 11 I said I have a feeling that we need to go hunting now and kill a bear.

So we jumped in the truck drove about 5 miles to the bait I wanted to sit over. Parked and walked about 200 yards to the bait.

We got everything ready. I threw my jacket over my head and said I am going to take a nap squeeze my leg if a bear shows up.

Wasn't 10 seconds she is squeezing my leg I looked up she said there's a bear.

I could not see it from my seat for about a minute. Then it came into view.

Since she is a busy Mom she said the first decent bear that comes in I am going to shoot. With that in mind when I saw the bear I told her it was a shooter.

She made ready and when the bear turned side ways, I told shoot it right in the shoulder. Bang the bear took off but I could tell it was a good shot.

After some high fives we found the bear dead about 40 foot from the bait. She used her Ruger MKII ultra light 7mm-08 shooting a Hornaday 139gr spire pt interlock over a 1gr under max load of IMR4350 est vel 2700fps.

Distance 43 yards.

Good size holes thru both lungs and exit hole.

Great blood trail even if it was not needed.

I est. the bear a sow at about 200lbs dressed.

If some one wants to pm me a ph number and post a picture for me I would text them a picture to post.

Congrats! I PM'ed you my phone number earlier this afternoon.

Picture sent

thanks

Great!

Give her my congrats!

I've hunted since '54 and seen ONE
bear in the wild. In the summer while
on a cross the hill's horseback ride.
It was running hard the other way when
we first saw it at 200yds.

George

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I've hunted since '54 and seen ONE
bear in the wild

I have seen 12 this year so far.

I have/had 16 different bears on 4 baits

Nice bear!

How did you pixelize her face?

That is a great idea, does that keep people from using a facial reconignition software to find her?

Congrats to her!

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:
Nice bear!

A yearling cub.

Grizz

That bear is More bear than I ever killed. This bear is legal and her first; bombs away and a pour of bourbon to toast.

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Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:
Nice bear!

A yearling cub.

Grizz

I haven't seen many yearly cubs weigh in close to 200lbs must have much larger cubs in CA.

Yearlings here tend to run around 100lbs

Ours sows here tend to be short and fat.

We are meat hunters even though we have shot bears over 500lbs.

The quality of the hunt and putting meat in the freezer is far more important then size.

one of my favorite combinations.
the 139 interlock and 27-2900 fps will account for more animals than most hunters will give it credit for.
I have shot everything from bunnies to moose with that combo, a 2-300 lb. animal within 250yds. is straight up in the center of it's wheel house.

A 200 pound dressed sow is a good sow!
Congrats to the young lady, she did a great job.

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Congrats to the young lady, she did a great job.

Considering that she never fired a firearm until she married my son.

She has become a good hunter and shot.

That's one happy young lady; good for her! And good for all of us when a new inductee comes into the ranks of hunters.

PD, you have to draw a bear tag? I figured you just bought them with your license.

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Originally posted by theback40:
PD, you have to draw a bear tag? I figured you just bought them with your license.

Yes it is a draw with preference points took about 6 years in the unit I live in.

Do not know what it will be next year as they redrew the units.

Good stuff and what does it taste like?

Fairgame,
Depends on what they have been eating! Apples, berries, nuts and corn is one thing, eating carrion and raiding trash cans..... you can imagine.

Well done to the young lady.
It does my heart good to see the gals out there!
I have 4 daughters and they all hunt and still like to hang with me even though they're married and have their own families.
I'm headed to Wyoming for a LQ elk hunt with my oldest daughter. She's been VERY successful hunting all over NA and Africa.
Zeke

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Good stuff and what does it taste like?

Our family loves good black bear meat.

We well take a properly prepared bear roast over a beef roast.

Well what does it taste like bear of course.

Awesome!!!