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This was my second bear hunt, and my buddy's first bear hunt. He lives locally in the area and took his various "dates" on blueberry hunting trips all summer, so he knew exactly where the bears were going to be. We backpacked about 7 miles in, not too far from the PCT, and set up camp on a ridge overlooking several south facing fields of blueberries that covered most the opposing ridge. We saw nothing on the first day, but saw four bears on the second day. I had an opportunity at a blond bear and the bear I ended up shooting in the morning on the second day, but I couldn't get stable shooting down hill, so I ended up watching the pair casually walk into the dark timber for the day. By 6:30pm we were back in camp and glassing the same slope, and saw the bears emerge around 7:10pm. We ran the 1.5miles up the ridge, and I mean ran (we were wearing trail running shoes), and I shot the bear at about 7:35pm at 340 yards in a thunder storm. Skinning him at night while watching lighting strike the surrounding summits was incredible. The shot was a double lung and heart, he died immediatly and rolled down hill about 20 yards before getting hung up on a tree. We got back to camp close to 11pm, and hiked him out the following morning. I am having him rug mounted, open mouth, on green and black felt.
The rifle was custom made by Mesa Precision in Grand Junction Colorado. Its chambered in 300 win mag. XLR magnesium chassis in OD green, folding carbon stock and carbon grip, 26" carbon proof barrel, summit titanium action painted black, 5-port ti muzzle break from Rokslide, hawkins precision 25MOA long range rings, and a vortex viper hs lr 24x 50mm scope. The bullet was a 215gr berger vld, and the round was factory match ammo from federal.
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