ORIGINAL: jjensen2004
This past weekend me and a few friends went out grizzly hunting, while we were in black bear country we saw one of the biggest grizzlies i have ever seen. My friend shot at it with a 7mm 08 as we were hunting black bears at the time. It ran into some pretty thick bush. We went looking for it an hour later and we found one very small drop of blood on a leaf. We looked for about 2 hrs, when my buddy kicked a rock into the bush and the 9ft. bear barrelled out of the bush full speed across the road up a hill and it was gone, before any of us had a chance to get another shot off. We knew we hit the bear and somewhat injured it or it wouldn't have waited around in the bush but we also know we didnt hit any vitals because it was still alive and able to run 2 hrs after beeing hit.
My question is: if we go back this weekend do you think we can expect to see the bear in the same general area?
I'm Sorry, But that is absolutely pathetic. Everything about your statement makes me ill. Your friend should never have shot at that bear. I don't think anyone can condone shooting a grizz with a 7mm-08. There is no way you can expect to make an ethical kill with that weapon. You should've went home and got more gun, then hunted him.
The grizzly is an absolute majestic beast. Your friend should have had more respect for him than that. You have bigger cahones than me to even post that. I would have went home an never mentioned it to anyone.