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<blockquote data-quote="Jeffrthehunter" data-source="post: 2325509" data-attributes="member: 98990"><p><strong>October 14th</strong></p><p>Day starts as normal with us leaving the tent at first light. As with every morning when we get closer to the beach (only 200 yards from the tent) Mike uses his binoculars to take a quick look around before we move to the lookout. But this time is different, he says "I see a bear"! I say nothing and wait for him to tell me it's a sow, but nothing. After a few minutes he looks at me and says, "if you're ok with a less than trophy bear we can take a closer look". He thinks it's a boar and possible 8 feet, I'm like he'll yes!!! We find a good spot to shoot from; I have a small hole for my legs to sit in and set both packs in front of me. I felt like I was setup up on a shooting bench, rock solid!!! We are now 275 yards from the bear with a broadside shot, I'm ready to squeeze one off. Mike tells me not to shoot that he is in a bad position for any follow up shot and a little too far. If he follows the bear trail he is on we will have him at 200 yards and standing in a large opening, I dial my scope for 200. Walking towards us he takes a right turn and drops out of sight. I started to worry as i search the area, where did he go? Mike whispers, " there he is, near the rock wall". He is walking to the left, broadside, and only 160 yards away. My reticle is tight behind his shoulder and i squeeze one off. I did not see the impact, but the sound of a hit was obvious. Mike tells me to keep shooting and I get two more rounds off before he drops! First shot went through the heart and both lungs. My mind is racing, what the help just happened? At these points in a hunt everything seems so surreal, this is why I hunt! We do the usual high fives and just sit and go over the events. I ask Mike " are you sure he is a boar?" Mike " yep, I think so." Me " is he 8 foot?" Mike " at least 8, maybe closer to 9". I was so happy and relieved, what a great moment. BTW, bear measured right at 9 foot and was a boar which was my original goal! After skinning and removing skull, we had a super long 300 yard hike back to camp.</p><p><strong>October 15th and 16th</strong></p><p>Weather was so bad that we could not get picked up. We just stayed in the tent and tried to stay warm, both nights we had more bears in camp. The 16th a huge storm came through and rained all day, we had wind gust over 50 mph.</p><p><strong>October 17th</strong></p><p>Early in the morning the sky cleared to a beautiful blue and we were picked up by the bush plane and headed home, I was grateful to get back and take a warm shower and eat something other than Mountain House. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]307921[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]307922[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]307923[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeffrthehunter, post: 2325509, member: 98990"] [B]October 14th[/B] Day starts as normal with us leaving the tent at first light. As with every morning when we get closer to the beach (only 200 yards from the tent) Mike uses his binoculars to take a quick look around before we move to the lookout. But this time is different, he says "I see a bear"! I say nothing and wait for him to tell me it's a sow, but nothing. After a few minutes he looks at me and says, "if you're ok with a less than trophy bear we can take a closer look". He thinks it's a boar and possible 8 feet, I'm like he'll yes!!! We find a good spot to shoot from; I have a small hole for my legs to sit in and set both packs in front of me. I felt like I was setup up on a shooting bench, rock solid!!! We are now 275 yards from the bear with a broadside shot, I'm ready to squeeze one off. Mike tells me not to shoot that he is in a bad position for any follow up shot and a little too far. If he follows the bear trail he is on we will have him at 200 yards and standing in a large opening, I dial my scope for 200. Walking towards us he takes a right turn and drops out of sight. I started to worry as i search the area, where did he go? Mike whispers, " there he is, near the rock wall". He is walking to the left, broadside, and only 160 yards away. My reticle is tight behind his shoulder and i squeeze one off. I did not see the impact, but the sound of a hit was obvious. Mike tells me to keep shooting and I get two more rounds off before he drops! First shot went through the heart and both lungs. My mind is racing, what the help just happened? At these points in a hunt everything seems so surreal, this is why I hunt! We do the usual high fives and just sit and go over the events. I ask Mike " are you sure he is a boar?" Mike " yep, I think so." Me " is he 8 foot?" Mike " at least 8, maybe closer to 9". I was so happy and relieved, what a great moment. BTW, bear measured right at 9 foot and was a boar which was my original goal! After skinning and removing skull, we had a super long 300 yard hike back to camp. [B]October 15th and 16th[/B] Weather was so bad that we could not get picked up. We just stayed in the tent and tried to stay warm, both nights we had more bears in camp. The 16th a huge storm came through and rained all day, we had wind gust over 50 mph. [B]October 17th[/B] Early in the morning the sky cleared to a beautiful blue and we were picked up by the bush plane and headed home, I was grateful to get back and take a warm shower and eat something other than Mountain House. [ATTACH type="full"]307921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]307922[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]307923[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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