Recovering a BIG Black Bear
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,648
I know its not possible whereyou can't use dogs, but on big bear (though we have so many 300+ is big here) but we make sure the big bear are close to where we can get a vehichel before we shoot them. we dragged my 210 pounder 80 yards yesterday. and I caught hell for shooting him so far from the road, but I was busted, we had been on him all day, he would just walk and fight the dogs. so I borrowed a gun and ended it before he bit up more dogs
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Last edited by Ridge Runner; 12-11-2013 at 03:58 PM.
#23
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
Posts: 992
I always loved chasing the dogs all over the mountain. It was my uncle's pack of Plotts and we were running cats, not bears, but it sure was fun. We killed some, but they weren't hard to carry out like a bear would be.
#26
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
You could try using your hunting skills instead of a dogs, or bait.
You shouldn't disparage legal hunting methods in other states, though. It divides our ranks.
I want to get my young son on a bear. We hunted in Quebec over bait and was thinking about doing the dog hunt with him. I'm not interested in challenging myself. I was looking for something fun to do together that has a reasonable expectation of success.
Man, you're a ball-buster.
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 749
#28
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I live in PA and we don't use dogs or bait. And I've hunted bear here and been successful.
You shouldn't disparage legal hunting methods in other states, though. It divides our ranks.
I want to get my young son on a bear. We hunted in Quebec over bait and was thinking about doing the dog hunt with him. I'm not interested in challenging myself. I was looking for something fun to do together that has a reasonable expectation of success.
Man, you're a ball-buster.
You shouldn't disparage legal hunting methods in other states, though. It divides our ranks.
I want to get my young son on a bear. We hunted in Quebec over bait and was thinking about doing the dog hunt with him. I'm not interested in challenging myself. I was looking for something fun to do together that has a reasonable expectation of success.
Man, you're a ball-buster.
I can respect a hunt like that. You don't need to use bait.
Yes, make the hunt fun for your son, but please as he gets older show him other ways to hunt. Let him make up his mind on what method he likes best.