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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 79231" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>Thanks for the replys guys. We had a blast. Now if only my dad would have shot the bear. I shoulda been the one shooting in the brush, but I was still confident he would walk out. To answer some of the more detailed questions, when the bear finally walked out, he was quartering away, walking very fast uphill. I knew I did not have much time because of dark and all, but I led his chest just a tad and touched off. You could not visibly have told he was hit by his reaction, I just knew because of the sound. The 2nd shot he was still uphill quartering. I'm pretty sure the 2nd bullet is the one that broke his shoulders to cause him to start rolling down the hill. However, I was pretty sure he was still moving, so just for a little insurance, I put another one into him. From where we were laying, the bear was pretty much in a straight line across the little canyon. Upon examining the bear, I found that 1 bullet had went just behind his shoulder, not sure which shot though? It took out his lungs. The 2nd bullet had actually hit his shoulder, and the other bullet did not hit its mark and was gut shot. I have not found any bullets yet. I dug a little for them, but I was more interested in gettin the heck out of there. I can tell you that no bullets fully penetrated, however from the looks of it they at least reached the vitals and went about 3/4 through the bear. I had 3 holes in the bear, not 6. However the bear is dead and was probly dead after the 2nd shot. Maybe the meat cutters will find a bullet or two. To many surprise, I would say out of the last 20 bears I have seen up here, 15 or 16 have been cinnamin. We rarely see a black, black bear. I dont know why, but ever since Oregon banned hounds and baiting, theres bears freaking everywhere. Before they banned, you were lucky to see a bear every couple years. Now you can just drive around and glass canyons and have a good bet your going to see at least 1 a weekend. This is the way my dad and I have hunted them anyways. Just spotting and stalking them. I have shot 3 of my 4 bears right before dark also. I've also shot 3 of the 4 bears with my 25-06. The only bear I did not shoot with my 25-06, was my youth record bear, and I shot that with my 300 RUM. I think that is prime time, and from what I've read in magazines it is an hour before dark. I'm gonna have to get the pics on a diff computer, mine is worthless. It kicks me off the internet all the time and freezes. I have a hard enough time just getting on this site and staying for a while. I will get my girlfriends laptop and try to put them on here. Thanks guys!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 79231, member: 1403"] Thanks for the replys guys. We had a blast. Now if only my dad would have shot the bear. I shoulda been the one shooting in the brush, but I was still confident he would walk out. To answer some of the more detailed questions, when the bear finally walked out, he was quartering away, walking very fast uphill. I knew I did not have much time because of dark and all, but I led his chest just a tad and touched off. You could not visibly have told he was hit by his reaction, I just knew because of the sound. The 2nd shot he was still uphill quartering. I'm pretty sure the 2nd bullet is the one that broke his shoulders to cause him to start rolling down the hill. However, I was pretty sure he was still moving, so just for a little insurance, I put another one into him. From where we were laying, the bear was pretty much in a straight line across the little canyon. Upon examining the bear, I found that 1 bullet had went just behind his shoulder, not sure which shot though? It took out his lungs. The 2nd bullet had actually hit his shoulder, and the other bullet did not hit its mark and was gut shot. I have not found any bullets yet. I dug a little for them, but I was more interested in gettin the heck out of there. I can tell you that no bullets fully penetrated, however from the looks of it they at least reached the vitals and went about 3/4 through the bear. I had 3 holes in the bear, not 6. However the bear is dead and was probly dead after the 2nd shot. Maybe the meat cutters will find a bullet or two. To many surprise, I would say out of the last 20 bears I have seen up here, 15 or 16 have been cinnamin. We rarely see a black, black bear. I dont know why, but ever since Oregon banned hounds and baiting, theres bears freaking everywhere. Before they banned, you were lucky to see a bear every couple years. Now you can just drive around and glass canyons and have a good bet your going to see at least 1 a weekend. This is the way my dad and I have hunted them anyways. Just spotting and stalking them. I have shot 3 of my 4 bears right before dark also. I've also shot 3 of the 4 bears with my 25-06. The only bear I did not shoot with my 25-06, was my youth record bear, and I shot that with my 300 RUM. I think that is prime time, and from what I've read in magazines it is an hour before dark. I'm gonna have to get the pics on a diff computer, mine is worthless. It kicks me off the internet all the time and freezes. I have a hard enough time just getting on this site and staying for a while. I will get my girlfriends laptop and try to put them on here. Thanks guys! [/QUOTE]
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