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<blockquote data-quote="ShooterMedic" data-source="post: 395294" data-attributes="member: 19045"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Here are some Pictures from a bear hunt we did the weekend of may 21st and 22nd </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We were north of Idaho City in an area I deer hunted the year before. On the Deer hunt we saw three bear, ten wolves and only two bucks in 7 days of hard hunting. We were able to harvest the deer. But we were more excited to come back and go bear hunting. And Yes I did have a wolf tag last year but the season was not open when we saw the wolves</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We were hunting around 7000-8000 feet of elevation. We mostly were on four-wheelers trying to cover as much ground as possible. There are a lot of ATV trails that the bear were using as highways to get from point, A to point B. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We saw two bears in two days. The first was a thirty pound chocolate phase cub all by his lone some. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My bear we found eating dandelions in a small meadow, The shot was not a long shot by any means only 271 yds but on a 52 degree down angle. I ended up holding 1.8 MOA low on the bear and it found its mark. </span></span></p><p><img src="http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae20/shootermedic1/DSC04244.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae20/shootermedic1/DSC04249.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I was shooting my T3 in 300 WSM Topped with a Konus M30 6.4-24X 44 Scope.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I loaded up some Nosler CT 180 gr with RL 17 68 gr going 3100 fps </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">They did a great job. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">She measured 5'6 and about 300 lbs. When I checked her in with fish and game they figured she was around ten year old most of her teeth were very worn down. I will know for sure in about a month.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We ended up having to leave that night due to getting snowed out. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My dad went back up after the storm and he was into the bears thick he saw 7 in 2 days and with his 308 VTR got a bear at 476 yds. His was alittle bigger than mine. Go figure Can't wait till next year.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShooterMedic, post: 395294, member: 19045"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Here are some Pictures from a bear hunt we did the weekend of may 21st and 22nd [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]We were north of Idaho City in an area I deer hunted the year before. On the Deer hunt we saw three bear, ten wolves and only two bucks in 7 days of hard hunting. We were able to harvest the deer. But we were more excited to come back and go bear hunting. And Yes I did have a wolf tag last year but the season was not open when we saw the wolves[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]We were hunting around 7000-8000 feet of elevation. We mostly were on four-wheelers trying to cover as much ground as possible. There are a lot of ATV trails that the bear were using as highways to get from point, A to point B. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]We saw two bears in two days. The first was a thirty pound chocolate phase cub all by his lone some. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]My bear we found eating dandelions in a small meadow, The shot was not a long shot by any means only 271 yds but on a 52 degree down angle. I ended up holding 1.8 MOA low on the bear and it found its mark. [/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae20/shootermedic1/DSC04244.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae20/shootermedic1/DSC04249.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I was shooting my T3 in 300 WSM Topped with a Konus M30 6.4-24X 44 Scope.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I loaded up some Nosler CT 180 gr with RL 17 68 gr going 3100 fps [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]They did a great job. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]She measured 5’6 and about 300 lbs. When I checked her in with fish and game they figured she was around ten year old most of her teeth were very worn down. I will know for sure in about a month.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]We ended up having to leave that night due to getting snowed out. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]My dad went back up after the storm and he was into the bears thick he saw 7 in 2 days and with his 308 VTR got a bear at 476 yds. His was alittle bigger than mine. Go figure Can’t wait till next year.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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