spring black bear

[ravenbeak]

wondering if there are any bear hunters around?

[deerhunter97370]

I havent specificly hunted for bear but I do get a bear tag as apart of the sport pac (turkey, deer, elk, bear, and cougar) so if I run acrossed one will hunting deer or elk I can shoot him. Joel

[hawkbow]

Yes brother, I hunt bears every spring and fall here in Wyoming.. heading out for bear soon if the drifts will ever break up in the hugh country enough for mostly safe passage   spot and stalk around here.. too many grizzly for baiting and predator calling.. I learned the calling thing the hard way   Hawk

[terence pinder]

ive been hunting bear since around age 10 with my dad. none have been taken traditionally yet but i am trying,once i get a bow shooting anyways. mainly baitting around here.

[chep]

I hunt bears. It's my favorite hunt. I did not draw this spring for washington. I'll be scouting heavily by July. I have a reliable spot and a couple more areas which might produce. The trailheads are about 1 hour to 1hour and 30 minutes from my doorstep. Most require 4 mile hike in one way. I saw one big bear this morning on my mountain bike.

The problem probably will not be finding a bear as much as it will be getting close enough undetected.

[Pat B]

Chep, did that bear have permission to be on your mountain bike? 

[chep]

I knew someone was about to say that. Well damn he even had his helmet on 

[MAK]

I've bear hunted many times here in Minnesota. My largest so far is just shy of 400 LBS.

I won't be bear hunting this year though.

[Marc St Louis]

I have hunted them in the past, even shot some with my bows but I haven't been out in several years

[terence pinder]

this little guy showed up the other day

[ravenbeak]

I got a spring bear tag a couple weeks ago,

I was out scouting last weekend,  and there was a beauty eating grass on the bank off the side of the road.  The coat was beautiful.  He was 20 yards,  slightly uphill and sitting broadside for about 15 minutes.   I've never hunted bear before,  but was thinking of maybe using the crossbow to start and hopefully building up to the self bow in the future.

How about shooting bear straight on,   the way he was sitting,  looking at me,  face on sitting on the haunches.  could you go for the heart straight on?

[terence pinder]

the best shotshot for a bear is broadside it offers the largest kill zone, or at least thats what i was taught.

[Hillbilly]

Never bow hunted bear, but I'd like to. I used to hunt them with hounds.

[chep]

I would not shoot any bears with archery tackle that

1) are aware of my presence and which would also compromise the shot placement (movement, anticipation, etc)
2) are not broadside

I do know that people have shot bears straight on and standing upright which did harvest them. You just have to think - how long is he going to stand there in that posture. He could drop as soon as you let that arrow go. Then you would have a wounded bear or better just missed.

Shoot a good ethical shot on your first bear. You will not regret it when you harvest that bear.

Here's one of my bears from last September.

[terence pinder]

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/terence_pinder/?action=view&current=MDGC0173.flv

1 bait three bears  2 black 1 brown, this is like trying to feed teenagers. i cant keep up!