Boy scores bear

[lunchbox]

We went to Maine to hunt black bear with Eastern Ridge Adventures and had a blast. It was a 6 day 7 night stay. On the first day we didn't see anything but squirrel and a snow shoe hare which was neat. The second day we got to see a cub and sow walking around behind us and then another cub and sow come in beside us. The second set charged at our stand and swiped at the ground and huffed at us. She was at 10 yards doing this. When she turned to walk away he tried to shoot at her and missed 2 times. We finally came to figure out he was so nervous, scared, and excited that he wasn't paying attention when he shot he just thought that it was so close how could he miss. But he did. The third day we moved and sat in another 2 person stand together and about 20 min before shooting light was gone a 250lb boar came out at 40 yds. It stood in front of the barrel staring at us. When he finally turned broadside he made his shot and hit perfect. The boar only went about 15 yards and dropped. We were both using 30-06 rifles and he was using 180gr. corlockts. When we gutted it he hit both lungs and tore up some other stuff inside too. This was his first bear hunt and what a time he had. I hunted but didn't get to shoot at one this time. The camp was great and the both the owner and guides were awesome. My wife wants to go next time now that she is done with school.





There were 5 bear shot the same night and out of the 16 people that hunted 13 got bear.

[rambler]

That's so cool I can "bearly" stand it.....good job!!! Nice outing for the boy. We need more of that

[Deleted]

Nice!! Congrats!!

[jims]

The big one on the right barely fits in the bed.

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Sept 15, 2014 21:37:57 GMT -5 jims said:

The big one on the right barely fits in the bed.

And the one in the middle is camera shy....

[03mossy]

Congrats to you and your boy. Sounds like it was a memorable hunt.

[lunchbox]

Oh it was a great hunt. This is the second one I have been on and it by far was more fun than the one I went on in Canada. The one on the end was 332 pounds and they didn't like moving that one much. Said it was to heavy for 4 guys to pick up.

[sourdough44]

Sounds like a memorable time. At our property we had two hunters, the novice bagged an average size bear the 1st eve out. The 2nd guy was trying to wait out the big one, seeing bear most every eve. When the big one finally came in he MISSED, at 25 yards or so with a rifle. It was towards quitting time, he said it was hard to see the cross hairs. We know he missed by the actions of the bear, and that it was back on camera after dark the next night. It had a distinctive mark.

I'd always rather see a guy miss than wound a bear and not recover. I realize some time things are going to happen.