Well ,I tried for the big guy in the timber :'( but, this guy came along. It's all good tho I have one more bear tag left! I tried something new this year : I set up my tree stand on a bear trail in the timber that leads to a creek and berry patch. " Guess it worked" [smiley=lol.gif] At about 3:00pm this guy comes walking up the trail and stoped 30 yards from my tree stand and started sniffing. I was using my 15" 30-06 Ackley Imp. loaded with a 168gr Barnes TSX. I hit him in the left front shoulder. The Barnes TSX went all the way throught and out his right rear leg. Entrance wound was about the size of a dime exit wound was massive! I'm impressed with the new Barnes TSX's I know I'll use them from now on.

way to go T/C Nut!

Yeah way to go...

Way to go BUD. Looks like you did your homework with the '06AI and its load.

Ya know you're killing me. The only hunting season we have open here in South Dakota is for Varmints / Coyotes. Guess I'll have to go call in a big ole Coyote and smack em with the .30-30AI.

SD Handgunner

Congratulations!



And like sdhandgunner said, you're killing me, too! We can hunt hogs year-round, but today ( in central TX) it was 103 degrees at 1 p.m. and the humidity was stifling. We have at least another 2 months of the awful heat before things start to get a little better.