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Offline kleinpm

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Montana bear hunt
« on: April 27, 2015, 09:50:43 am »
I went out Friday evening to still hunt through some green spots near my house. I found this guy in the last spot on my way out. He smelled me and bolted but I dropped him with one shot on the run with my 30-06. No pics from the field because my camera died. He was between 5 and 6 feet and from the looks of the scars on his hide he was a fighter.

I went back to the area with a friend on Saturday and we saw a small bear and found some tracks only a couple of minutes old but no shots were taken.

Patrick
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2015, 12:10:02 pm »
Congratulations. Good shooting.   8)
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2015, 07:02:13 pm »
Nice bear..Gotta love the cinnamon color phase.
Thanks Leroy
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2015, 07:22:29 pm »
So, pardon my ignorance.
Is that a brown Black Bear? :D
Good going for a backyard hunt :)
Zuma
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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2015, 07:48:02 pm »
That's on my todo list... Well done!
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Offline stickbender

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2015, 12:48:02 am »

     Very nice.  Is the season over now?  I can't remember when it ends.  Or does it end at the end of April?

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Offline chamookman

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2015, 04:11:55 am »
Well done - nice Bear! Bob
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2015, 08:08:47 am »
Good job! I love bear hunting, but don't care for the meat. I leave them alone now, but would love to go after another.
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Offline kleinpm

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2015, 08:42:19 am »
Quote from: Zuma on April 27, 2015, 07:22:29 pm
So, pardon my ignorance.
Is that a brown Black Bear? :D
Good going for a backyard hunt :)
Zuma

Black bears can be blonde, cinnamon, and black. The non-black black bears are more common in some places than others.

Patrick
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Offline kleinpm

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2015, 08:45:34 am »
Stickbender,

The season in Montana runs to June 15th in some units including the one I live in.

Pearl Drums,

I admit I was concerned about the meat quality. This is my first bear. We have had it twice now and it is FANTASTIC! Bears eat green plants for about 4 weeks after hibernation which is probably why this one tastes like grass fed beef only much, much more tender.

Patrick
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2015, 08:57:15 am »
Awesome bear Patrick!
I think the meat from a spring bear is great tasting also, fatten em up on greens and they taste good.

Kevin
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2015, 09:20:26 am »
Mine was a fall bear. It was greasy, chewy and not very good at all. Ive never ate spring bear. Maybe that's my ticket to go hunt another one up? I do love it.
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: Montana bear hunt
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2015, 09:28:20 am »
Chris,
Im just guessin' that spring bears taste better, because both of the bears I got on my Alberta hunt a few years ago were good eating.

Kevin
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