A Boy and a Trophy Bear
 

I started out the day taking my daughter out to shoot my deer under the Oregon Mentor program. We hiked to a rocky knob over looking a drainage where deer frequently travel.

We saw a half dozen does and fawns, but nothing with horns. I received a text message from a hunting buddy stating his boy Adam just got a monster bear and they needed some help. His son and my daughter are in the same class in school so she was excited and eager to quit our hunt and help them out. The next text came through and stated, bring your quad and some help. We drove an hour into town, grabbed some gear and our other hunting partner and headed out. We found them about 1/2mi down the hill from the bear and Adam was smiling from ear to ear. We followed an old skid trail to within 100 yards of the beast and started to work. My good camera took a dump on me so all we have in the field are crappy cell phone pictures. We took some better shots once we got home.
He is a BEAST


He was so heavy I had to back down the hill because trying to drive forward would pick the rear end of the quad off the ground!
One happy hunter.




My daughter was not able to get a buck this weekend, but she was a real help and had a great time. Both of them are going to have a whopper of a story to tell today at school.

wow is that a awesome bear, hes is friggin huge......but what is better is you taking the time to teach and hunt with your kids........good on you for being a great dad

Awesome!! They will never forget it!

Nice pictures and story. Congradulations to all who took part on the hunt.

Well First and foremost GOOD JOB ON THE TEACHING THE KIDS THE INS AND OUTS OF HUNTUNG. . .

And to the Young Hunter BRAVO buddy . You will never forget the hunt. Good Shot and remember always respect the land and the animals on it. . . Now go tell everyone you can see on how you got the biggest bear in your whole state lol ( wink wink )

Great pictures for sure . . .

Great bear, that kid looks pumped! I would be too.

That is some kind of awesome bear. This country would be in much better shape if more parents would spend that type of time with them. Great job by the kids and by the parents.

You got that right, well said!!! Congratulation's to the boy on an outstanding bear!!! He's a great one!!

Thanks for posting the story and pictures.

Great story and great pics! Congrats to the young fellow on his bear! It is always great to see the kids enjoying the sport we all call hunting..

Wow thats a heck of a black bear! COngrats on a great hunt.

For those that may still be interested, we did not get a weight on the bear but I am confident it was over 500lb. The skull green scored just over 21" and may be the #1 bear ever shot in Oregon by a youth.

Congrats! Cant wait till my little one gets old enough to head into the woods.

Great bear! Great story! It's nice to see hunting families in action. Congrats to all!
Live it up! Doug

Wow ACLakey, I'm totally IMPRESSED!

Not only are you a great father for taking your daughter out and sharing the heritage of hunting, but also exuding what a good friend really is. :party0005: Looks to be a momentous day to remember!

My hat's off to you buddy!

iSnipe

No kidding,

That is awesome. i am trying to get my kids involved in hunting this year and i think what you are doing is awesome.

Not to mention that young man can cross black bear off his bucket list

Awsome bear, great hunting partners!!

HOLY SMOKES! That is a huge bear! Big Congrats!

Thanks for taking the time to help out a fellow hunter!!! That is a good lesson for your daughter to witness!

Nice bear too! Tell the young man congratulations. I may have missed it, but what was he using for a rig and how far was the shot?

WOW thats a huge bear Congrats to the young hunter he'll never forget that hunt