SerengetiGuide
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
So this past week saw an exciting few days of hunting for me. Had Chris David and his cameraman and new friend of mine Mike up for a few days of hunting here in BC for black bear. All on camera as well. We had some great hunting, I was able to take my very first black bear...odd considering I live on the island where massive bears are common, and actually got my Grizzly before my Black. Well worth the wait though, my bear went 7ft 5in and Mike's went 7ft 6in.
We were glassing the many slashes from a nice high spot and after about 10min spotted this monster about 4km away. My dad, who used to assistant guide for black bear out here, said, "get in, its big", so off we went flying through the gravel roads. He knew exactly how we would stalk this one, had to park a few km away and make the stalk...it's always funny how when you are nervous yet excited about a big animal it seems every step there just happens to be a branch that breaks...or so you are thinking in your head. Adrenaline was flowing and we were able to walk up behind this bear to about 50 yards. While we waited for him to turn broadside instead of butt to us, he turned and saw us, my dad said, he's big, take him, so needless to say, nailed him right behind the shoulder, tiny high as I'm used to deer and was unaware until after that bears vitals are actually a few inches lower. He dropped immediately and struggled to get up so I put another one in him causing him to roll into the ditch, then he got into the REALLY THICK shalall (spelling?) and we had to wait him out a bit. I smoked him with two real good shots with a 300 short mag, man this bear was tough.
After a few minutes we noticed he had moved 50 yards off the road and into a tiny meadow so we went in after him with extreme caution...got one more in him through his neck yet he still went another 30 yards and as if saying, if I'm gonna die I'm gonna make your life hell, dropped into a 8ft hole...literally a hole. It took all our might over the next 20min to get that thing out of there. Absolutely exhausted.
It was a great hunt, here are some pictures of my bear and Mike's.
So this past week saw an exciting few days of hunting for me. Had Chris David and his cameraman and new friend of mine Mike up for a few days of hunting here in BC for black bear. All on camera as well. We had some great hunting, I was able to take my very first black bear...odd considering I live on the island where massive bears are common, and actually got my Grizzly before my Black. Well worth the wait though, my bear went 7ft 5in and Mike's went 7ft 6in.
We were glassing the many slashes from a nice high spot and after about 10min spotted this monster about 4km away. My dad, who used to assistant guide for black bear out here, said, "get in, its big", so off we went flying through the gravel roads. He knew exactly how we would stalk this one, had to park a few km away and make the stalk...it's always funny how when you are nervous yet excited about a big animal it seems every step there just happens to be a branch that breaks...or so you are thinking in your head. Adrenaline was flowing and we were able to walk up behind this bear to about 50 yards. While we waited for him to turn broadside instead of butt to us, he turned and saw us, my dad said, he's big, take him, so needless to say, nailed him right behind the shoulder, tiny high as I'm used to deer and was unaware until after that bears vitals are actually a few inches lower. He dropped immediately and struggled to get up so I put another one in him causing him to roll into the ditch, then he got into the REALLY THICK shalall (spelling?) and we had to wait him out a bit. I smoked him with two real good shots with a 300 short mag, man this bear was tough.
After a few minutes we noticed he had moved 50 yards off the road and into a tiny meadow so we went in after him with extreme caution...got one more in him through his neck yet he still went another 30 yards and as if saying, if I'm gonna die I'm gonna make your life hell, dropped into a 8ft hole...literally a hole. It took all our might over the next 20min to get that thing out of there. Absolutely exhausted.
It was a great hunt, here are some pictures of my bear and Mike's.
