Dad is Bear Hunting
Oakie
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He has seen a couple of small bears, but nothing worth taking. We have a couple over 400 pounds and one close to 550 to 600 lbs on my property. The little cubs keep coming out with momma bear, but the bruins seem to be hiding. The 550 to 600 pound guy, has a yellow tag in his ear. He is a "Nuisance bear" That keeps breaking into cabins and eating telephone poles. He was trapped and sent three counties, approximately 2 1/2 hours away, but was back within a month. He attacked a woman last summer, putting her trash in a burn barrel. She managed to get to her car and climb inside, before he bit her. Tore the heck out of her paint job !!! This bear has also knocked down three telephone poles on my property. Fish and game said it has something to do with the creosote in the poles??? Not sure what they cure them with. I wrapped the poles with 26 gauge 12" round pipe, up about 15' and filled it with concrete, as per the F&W guy. Worked like a charm. This bear needs to go, one way or another, so my dad and his friend are trying to get it done this week. Oak.
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That's not your a average bear.
They are so cute,,,,
“There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix
With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six.
”
― Jeff Cooper
WOW! good luck with the hunt.
Getting more bear sightings around here. Not prolific enough to be a nuisance yet. Still a novelty at the moment.
I hope your Dad get a shot at him ....
Did you leave a picanic basket with a tub of creosote from the smoker or a bacon maple log? That sounds good. I may have to stop by Dunkin for a few since I got some bacon in the fridge. Hey don't shoot if you see a 6'3" Jappo in your picanic basket (times be tough and bacon maple logs are good).
that ain't no 30-06
My you are observant this morning.
Mule
Frank, we have nine bears that come out almost daily. About three cubs and most females. We have only harvested one male bear in 30 years up there. He was about 350. The bears have gotten a lot bigger over the past few years. They destroy all my blueberry bushes, but I love to see them. It is especially cool to see them when we have guest up. Most have never seen a bear and they get all excited, especially the kids. When we have company, that is the only time we feed them. The kids will toss them marshmallows and oreos off the upper deck. I really don't like doing that because they then become a nuisance and stop fearing us. I let them do it so they can take pictures of the bears. A couple of summers ago, I have a picture of me on one of the trail cameras, then a picture of a bear about two minutes later. Never saw him!!! Scared the poop out of me. Oak
They spot one once in a while in the conservation area near me. I figure one of these days I will see one when I am in the back areas fishing....
I went bear hunting once in Wyoming, I really wanted to bag one, in the 8 days we hunted I never even seen one. I’ve heard the meat is really good tasting, and I can’t remember if they said the meat tasted better on bear taken in the spring or fall. I think it would be a cool to watch them in the wild, and I can imagine they could be a little more destructive than raccoons. Lol
A friend gave us meat from a 165 lb. bear taken in the fall. I don't know if that was live weight or not. Sauteed it with onions & peppers and it was great.
Other friends have tried meat from large animals & those taken in the spring. They wouldn't even feed it to their dogs.
I hate bear meat. Very stringy and chewy. I tried it twice and both times it was bad. Even had a professional chef prepare it for us. I would rather eat an old work boot!!
Maybe the best meat I ever had, back in early 80s. The bears here are all huge at least the ones Ive seen.
You sure that ain’t a Grizzly in a black coat? Big boy!!
I hear bear lard is the best thing for pie crust...
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
Probably the best meat, bar none, that I've ever had was from a black bear taken on Prince of Wales Island in SE Alaska back about 1980. One of the guys in the logging camp I was working in had gotten a bear way up in the mountains that had been eating pretty much nothing but berries. He had one of the hind quarters cured and smoked like you would a ham. Oh my gosh! Best meat ever!
Good luck to your dad, Oakie! Hope he has something with a little more oomph than that .256 Winchester!
He has his 358 Winchester model 88 with him.
How old is your Dad @Oakie?
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
I envy your Dad owning that model rifle and caliber good luck on the bear hunt. Terrill
That ought'a do it!
Been 3 days now, someone ott to check on dad