Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

The Beast’s of the North woods. Behaviors, Hunting Stories, Pictures, Tactics, Q&A.
  • Advertisement

HB Store


User avatar
Buckfever
500 Club
Posts: 1029
Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:19 pm
Location: NE, IL
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Buckfever » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:12 pm

Holy schit man, you rock!!!


User avatar
Uncle Lou
Moderator
Posts: 10308
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:32 pm
Location: Holly, MI
Contact:
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Uncle Lou » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:20 am

Bridge you worked your tail off for that bear, Congrats. That was definitely BEASTly.

And Backwoods if Chad and Dan and the Group are up bear hunting I just left Chad a message on Bridges Bear, I am sure they would like to know.
Silence Your Gear with Stealth Strips®
http://www.stealthoutdoors.com
User avatar
muddy
Posts: 8770
Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:04 am
Location: Hawkeye State of Mind
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby muddy » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:21 am

Looks like a good bear. Congrats.
http://www.iowawhitetail.com
Leading the way for habitat and management information

"It's a good thing you don't need commas and colons to kill deer" -seaz
User avatar
Stanley
Honorary Moderator
Posts: 18734
Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:18 am
Facebook: None
Location: Iowa
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Stanley » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:42 am

Great story . Nice bear also.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
User avatar
Haus86
Posts: 1407
Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:32 am
Location: IA
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Haus86 » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:39 am

Nice work Bridge!
User avatar
Singing Bridge
500 Club
Posts: 7162
Joined: Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:11 pm
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pro ... 1329617473
Location: Logged in - from above
Contact:
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Singing Bridge » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:23 am

BackWoodsHunter wrote:That's what I'm talkin about! Did you let the Infalts get wind of your kill? Maybe rub it in a little that you got the first bear on the board ;) The pressure is on now for the other beasts with bear tags.

What did you use to get this pig out of the woods this time SB?


I used a bear sized Otter sled... reality set in when I had a heck of a time getting the bear into the sled! If you'd have dumped a five-gallon bucket of water on me it would have been less liquid than the sweat I endured getting that bear out. Deet didn't make much of an impact on the bugs either, when you sweat like that. When I started my drag the medium sized can of bear spray blew up in my left front pocket, turning my pants and shirt orange for a couple of feet in both directions. My new reality at that moment was just how much of a skin irritant that stuff is, for the next several hours it felt like someone was burning me with a blow-torch in that area... That along with dragging the bear two-feet at a time for many hours was almost more reality than I could take for one evening! :?
User avatar
Edcyclopedia
Posts: 12605
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:54 pm
Location: S. NH
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:26 am

Satisfaction!!! - great job
Expect the Unexpected when you least Expect it...
Bucky
Posts: 5586
Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:35 am
Location: Appleton WI
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Bucky » Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:21 pm

Awesome hunt! Sounds like you earned him, congrats! 8-)


I'm have never bear hunted... is the rope through the nose the way to tag one if you want to keep the cape perfect?
"When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values, with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that hunter is 20 feet closer to God." Fred Bear
User avatar
RaisedByWolves
500 Club
Posts: 2441
Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 12:49 pm
Location: WI
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby RaisedByWolves » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:06 pm

great job Buddy! nice to see all your hard work pay off. Beautiful Bear
When better is possible, good is never good enough
User avatar
lungbuster
500 Club
Posts: 1655
Joined: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:18 am
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WFTF
Location: Mt. Horeb, Wi.
Contact:
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby lungbuster » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:57 pm

Great job Bridge!!!!!!!
User avatar
DEERSLAYER
Super Moderator
Posts: 8352
Joined: Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:22 pm
Location: Western L.P. of MI
Contact:
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:05 pm

Singing Bridge wrote:I used a bear sized Otter sled... reality set in when I had a heck of a time getting the bear into the sled! If you'd have dumped a five-gallon bucket of water on me it would have been less liquid than the sweat I endured getting that bear out. Deet didn't make much of an impact on the bugs either, when you sweat like that. When I started my drag the medium sized can of bear spray blew up in my left front pocket, turning my pants and shirt orange for a couple of feet in both directions. My new reality at that moment was just how much of a skin irritant that stuff is, for the next several hours it felt like someone was burning me with a blow-torch in that area... That along with dragging the bear two-feet at a time for many hours was almost more reality than I could take for one evening! :?

When I read how much trouble you were having getting that Bear out I was feeling for you and wishing I was there to help you get him out........... right up to point when the bear spray blew. :shock: :shock: My luck it would have blasted me full force in the face. Sorry your drag was such a rough one Bridge!
You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.
Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Admiral
User avatar
Indianahunter
500 Club
Posts: 1774
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:27 pm
Location: Greensburg Indiana
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Indianahunter » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:11 pm

Great Story! Great Hunt! I do have a stupid question though. I know nothing about Bear or Bear hunting....What the heck is sticking out of his nostrils?
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
User avatar
DEERSLAYER
Super Moderator
Posts: 8352
Joined: Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:22 pm
Location: Western L.P. of MI
Contact:
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:13 pm

Thats a piece of twine with his tag on it.
You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.
Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Admiral
User avatar
Indianahunter
500 Club
Posts: 1774
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:27 pm
Location: Greensburg Indiana
Status: Offline

Re: Bridge Bear 2011 !!!

Unread postby Indianahunter » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:17 pm

DEERSLAYER wrote:Thats a piece of twine with his tag on it.


Alrighty then...Thanks :oops: I figured that's what it probably was, but I had never seen a tag fished through a nostril...must be a bear hunters thing...LOL
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8


  • Advertisement

Return to “Bear Hunting”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests