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Offline ihookem

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2011 bear hunting
« on: September 25, 2011, 05:04:23 PM »
 Anyone hear how the bear hunting in Wisconsin went this year? I stopped in a station in Catawba and was told bear harvest  was slow to my surprise. Lots of bear on the trail cams though.
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Re: 2011 bear hunting
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2011, 08:40:18 PM »
I'm hearing it's slow, too.  Some say the bears are eating acorns & not hitting the baits.  I'm new to baiting but haven't had a hit yet.  Next I'll sit on an oak ridge where I've seen bears before.  It will be like hunting again.
 
How is everyone else doing?
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Re: 2011 bear hunting
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2011, 06:30:34 PM »
 I bagged a bear in the U.P. on opening day, the 10th. It was a 240 lb male. I was in a real honey hole a relative set up for me, private land in thick cover. I went in the stand at 12:15 & the 1st bear showed up at 12:40. It don't get better than that. I had 9 bear visits before I took one, 3 at the pile was the highest at one time. I realize many visits were the same bears.

   The bait was all gone by 3:30-4:00. I took a bear with about 1 hour of light left. The breeze was perfect for the stand.

   I used my 284win & did the suggested magic neck shot, straight down. It was a little on the warm side, we processed the bear right after the hunt.

  I'll put in for my points again & in 6+ years I'll probably go again.
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Re: 2011 bear hunting
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2011, 05:41:33 PM »
I baited for my Dad most all summer. He killed a beatiful (416 pounds gutted) boar on our land in Clark county the second day of the hunt. ;D  It was the 5th bear he saw. It was also one of the best hunts I've ever been on; I was waiting at the cabin and litterly jumped for joy when I heard the shot!
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Re: 2011 bear hunting
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2011, 02:21:53 AM »
 W - That sounds like it was a great hunt. I give credit where it's due, which is to the guy(s) who tend the bait pile for weeks & weeks before the hunt. Nice bear your Dad bagged too.
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Re: 2011 bear hunting
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2012, 03:25:01 PM »
My son ,15 got a 206 in Price co this year. Anyone else get one??
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Re: 2011 bear hunting
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2012, 12:31:29 PM »
 Great job with your son hookem. That memory will stick with him.
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