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Post by hunternotakiller on Jun 10, 2015 8:19:24 GMT -5
im back i have been busy with work. i have a rather good shot at seeing a bear where i hunt so i am going to get a tag. what do i need to know before i go after one of these.
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Post by dougell on Jun 10, 2015 8:49:14 GMT -5
The biggest thing is to hunt them where they are at the time.They can be there one day and miles away the next day.
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Post by blackbruin on Jun 10, 2015 13:49:42 GMT -5
Their vital zone is different than a deer, look it up , easiest way I can describe it is a triangle upside down from base of skull to edge of shoulder to elbow. You shoot behind the shoulder your very close to guts, bears vitals are higher and more forward.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2015 14:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by Dutch on Jun 11, 2015 10:06:57 GMT -5
im back i have been busy with work. i have a rather good shot at seeing a bear where i hunt so i am going to get a tag. what do i need to know before i go after one of these. You need to know how you are getting it out of the woods, first....... |
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Post by dougell on Jun 11, 2015 10:15:47 GMT -5
Shoot first,worry abut that later.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2015 14:34:30 GMT -5
One method that some use to get help is to go to the local watering hole and suggest that when the bear is on your pickup truck the bar will be open to those that helped get him there. It can get expensive, but I'm told it works.  |
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Post by hunternotakiller on Jul 10, 2015 16:58:32 GMT -5
i got my bear tag.... yes i have a way to get it out (tractor, truck,.......bulldozer) but if it does what my buck did i might cry. that means that i would have to take it out through the neighbors property and some of you guys know what i have gone through with him already.
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Post by GlennD on Jul 10, 2015 17:00:38 GMT -5
donuts.  |
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Post by blackbruin on Jul 10, 2015 23:00:42 GMT -5
If its in pa go get a wco, your bear will be brought out, unless you shot it on private property you didnt have permission on.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 8:16:32 GMT -5
If its in pa go get a wco, your bear will be brought out, unless you shot it on private property you didnt have permission on. Are you sure about that? Wco's don't have the authority to just go on someone's land. |
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Post by davet on Jul 12, 2015 9:07:58 GMT -5
Just ask real nice. Most folks will be happy to let you on if you shot your bear somewhere else and it ran onto their property. Have a case of bud in the truck when you drag it out. Gift's are appreciated.
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Post by blackbruin on Jul 12, 2015 13:07:41 GMT -5
If its in pa go get a wco, your bear will be brought out, unless you shot it on private property you didnt have permission on. Are you sure about that? Wco's don't have the authority to just go on someone's land. I thought if they they had probable cause they could? I may be wrong. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 13:18:59 GMT -5
Are you sure about that? Wco's don't have the authority to just go on someone's land. I thought if they they had probable cause they could? I may be wrong. Pretty sure they need permission. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 13:47:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 13:58:44 GMT -5
They have the right to go on if there is illegal activity. It does not give them the right to recover game shot legally that ran onto property the shooter does not have permission to hunt. I called up a few years ago when I hit a buck with the bow that ran onto posted property. The deputy could do nothing about it as he needed permission himself.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2015 13:59:19 GMT -5
I've killed one PA black bear, passed one up, and had a giant get past me because I had no shot on the running bear (bear drive). So I believe I'm half decent at hunting them. One thing I'd like to add is Bears do not get killed in the open. They get killed in thick cover. A 7mm mag with a 4-12X is nice but you'll kill more Bear with a peep sighted .45-70 if only because the scoped magnum will tempt you to sit where you can see down the mountainside rather than watching the trail through the laurel like you should be. My late FIL was in on a lot of bear kills and he liked to say " bear are killed at 30 yards not 300".
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Post by galthatfishes on Jul 14, 2015 5:57:13 GMT -5
Good luck! Bear hunting is my absolute favorite. Best advice I can give is if its moving; just keep shooting.
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Post by davet on Jul 15, 2015 11:59:17 GMT -5
One more bear hunting question: It says in "the book" (you know....the guide) that scents are not permitted when bear hunting. So, maybe this is an obviously stupid question, but is it permissible to spray my boots with fox pee? I have some leftover from last years trapping.....don't plan on using it for this year (I will re-up with new) but a cover scent sure couldn't hurt.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 18:48:31 GMT -5
Cover scents are allowed. Attractants are not.
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Post by davet on Jul 15, 2015 19:59:22 GMT -5
Cover scents are allowed. Attractants are not. Thanks Mike. I suppose a good am shower in a diluted formula of this "substance" couldn't hurt. OTOH, nobody will want to come near me.....except fox and hungry coyote's. |
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Post by blackbruin on Jul 16, 2015 18:08:46 GMT -5
Grow a nice beard and have a pile of bacon for breakfast, don't wash up too good, make sure your wearing your hunting pants and shirt and use them as your napkin!!!!
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Post by acorn20 on Jul 19, 2015 13:51:20 GMT -5
I knew a fellow that worked at the neighboring funeral home that went hunting in Canada one year. He said he always packed light to travel since this outfitter didn't have baited stands but the odds of seeing bear were still high. That particular year he was eating a peanut butter sandwich in a patch of laurel when he noticed movement below him to the left. A bear was checking the wind downwind from his position. He said he opened up the two pieces of bread and placed them in the branches in front of him. As the bear was circling around him from the left, he shot it. Is eating lunch considered baiting?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 18:09:46 GMT -5
Happened to me too. In '91 I was sitting on Jackson mtn in Hillsgrove Sullivan county for the first day of Bear. At 7 am I opened a pack of cookies and started eating one. At that time I noticed a Bear making his way toward me. He was a 100 yards out so I let him work his way in. At 25 yards he stopped and sniffed the breeze and smelled my cookies. He then made a beeline for me. He was about 80 pounds so I scared him off.
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