As you would know from my last post, yesterday afterschool I went up to the mountains by myself to have a go at the elk. When i got there, i didn' t get 100 yards from my truck before i saw 2 black bears feeding in an opening above me about 300 yards away. I made a stalk on them, but both were small. I saw two more bears during the remainder of the day, then i got some elk action right before sunset. I was up on a ridge, glassing, when boom...right below me, a massive bugle. I belted out a spike bugle, then closed the gap to 100 yards and used a variety of cowtalk. He was pissed, and very hot...he was thrashing the brush and working his way towards me. Thats when it happened...

i was concentrating on the elk when i happened to notice something out of the corner of my eye. I slowly swiveled my head over and saw the biggest bear i have ever seen ambling towards me at about 30 yards. I had a tag, and it was season. I was focused on getting the elk, which i was sure would be within range soon. So, trying to make the right decision FOR ONCE, i passed on the bear, which was 6. 5 to 7 ft, huge head, just a big round ball.

As luck would have it, the elk hung up about at 80 yrds, and i never got a shot. Now i' m kickin myself for not taking the shot. Oh well,

but for any of you who are hunting the front soon, the bears are EVERYWHERE!
good luck, i' ll be back at em on saturday and sunday

Dan