Well,

I decided to go bear hunting for the first time this weekend. We hunted in some big country up on the Peninsula and guess what I found after a few minutes of glassing burned out stumps. Yup, a bear. From the time I originally spotted it to when we got it was about 3 hours. This was a true team hunt, and to my partners, "I couldn't have done it without you!"

We were within 35 yards of another bear, heard him breathing and saw him moving trees around. I even went down into the puckerbrush to try and push him to one of my partners. This bear just slipped away.

The shot was 343 yards, per my range finder. The longest shot I ever took. The hide was in great shape, no thin spots, and just a touch of gray. The bear weighed just over 165 cleaned out, so we estimate he was about 210. Nice boar, thanks Mr. Bear.

I just got done butchering, so now I have to drop some meat off for the McCleary Bear Stew, and get some sausage made. Might even get another tag.

Andy

Oh yeah, a few pictures.