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Offline mcrae555

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« on: February 16, 2004, 08:57:27 AM »
Hey Guys

Any British Columbian bear hunters out there!  Where do you hunt? What caliber do you use?  Did you get a spring Grizzly draw?  I can't wait myself we have some pretty nice bear country in the West Kootenay's.  I have worked up some nice loads in the 30/06 for the spring hunt.  No luck this year on the spring Grizz though.  I can't wait for spring!  Heck even if you are not in BC tell me about your home turf bear hunting!

McRae
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2004, 03:55:35 AM »
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Hey Guys

Any British Columbian bear hunters out there!  Where do you hunt? What caliber do you use?  Did you get a spring Grizzly draw?  I can't wait myself we have some pretty nice bear country in the West Kootenay's.  I have worked up some nice loads in the 30/06 for the spring hunt.  No luck this year on the spring Grizz though.  I can't wait for spring!  Heck even if you are not in BC tell me about your home turf bear hunting!

McRae
  Making plans for an 05 spring bear hunt in B.C.  Checking with various guides now to book a hunt.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2004, 03:09:51 PM »
Did you guys know that B.C. has one of the highest concentrations of black bears in the world? In the 80's there was an estimated 95,000 black bears here. Now the estimate is between 145,000 to 165,000. Almost everytime I'm in the bush now I see at least one. Last fall I sat in one spot for about 1 hour and saw 4 of them(between 50 to 600yards from me). I used to travel to the Queen Charlotte Island alot in the 70's at that time I was told that 7 of the largest 10 black bears ever shot where from there. Now I mostly look for them in the Coqhihalla Hwy area in south western B.C. but I don't think it really matters where you go now because they seem to be everywhere.  
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2004, 01:45:31 PM »
Hey McRae, I live in Cranbrook and will be out this year.

I spot and stalk on slides and I have a friend who has convinced me to run them with hounds this year. I'll use a 7x57 for stalks and the old man has worked up some 500 grain home loads for the 45/70 single shot I'm taking on the hound hunts.

No luck here on the grizz draw but my friend said her and her brother drew a grizz tag this spring.
How's that for luck eh?

Best of luck                   keep us posted on your season.
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2004, 07:28:00 AM »
I live on Vancouver Island. Lot's of black bears and more than our fair share of big ones. The are just starting to show now. We usually drive the backroads glassing the cut blocks on South facing slopes. It's not uncommon to see a dozen bears a day. Best time of day is mid morning when the suns been up a while until noon and just before sunset. When a good candidate is spotted then the stalk on foot begins. No baiting allowed here!

I've snuck to within feet of bears but the potential is there for some long shots. General consensus is .270 is min., 30-06 is fine, 300-338 mags are popular. Bag limit is two blackbears.

As for grizzlies, I haven't been lucky so far. I have friends that have taken some dandies during the fall hunt along salmon streams up the inlets adjacent to Northern Vancouver Island. They usually make arrangements with logging companys for a boat ride there and vehicle usage on the otherside. They build stands in the dense thickets along small streams and bear tunnels. It can get pretty exciting and shots are usually real close.  :shock:
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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2004, 09:48:10 PM »
What should one expect to pay for a BC bear hunt?
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2004, 05:27:32 AM »
Sorry

I can't help you with prices for a bear hunt.  I am a resident hunter so I don't have to use a guide!

McRae
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2004, 12:32:10 PM »
Are Non residents "required" to have a guide on black bear hunt?  I live in Washington and we don't have a spring bear hunt.  I was hoping to slip acrossed the border and do some.  But if it's going to cost me vital parts of my anatomy...  I'll head for Idaho.
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« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2004, 12:48:36 PM »
Here's one guide on Vancouver Island, more expensive than I thought considering how easy it is to get a decent bear and how little it costs residents. Non residents have to hire a guide.

http://www.huntingvancouverisland.com/black_bear_hunting.html

Do a search on Jim Shockey, his area's great to. Pretty much gauranteed a nice specimen.
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« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2004, 10:04:17 AM »
If you want to hunt a professional guide service in BC go to www.bchunter.com these guys are top notch guides and are very successful as well, take a look at the website, there is some very big trophy's on there site, seems animals get very big up there;) I can't get over how big the cougars are in BC, and the bears are huge as well.
I have a invite to hunt with them, bye publishing a story about there guide service and the hunt, they offered to forgo the tags and cost of the hunt, they want to promote there trophy mule deer hunts. I just have to find the time and the money to get there;) hope to come bye a windfall or something. putting my kids through collage is killing me;) LOL. Aim small hit small. RAMbo.
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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2004, 08:47:55 AM »
yup,Vancouver Island,we have two kinds of black bears here- ''nice bears''[bears on logging roads or up hill from logging roads] and regular bears[ bears down hill from anywhere- best left well enough alone]
   I should be out there today, but I'm not.Maybe next week.I use a 6.5-55 swede, all I will take a broadside standing  shot right on the shoulder.Puts them right down.I just hate it when they run, and I hate it even more when they are anywhere near a stand of christmas trees-you know- the stuff where you can't see 3' in front of you.Following up a lung shot bear into a stand of christmas trees  really gets interesting.if you do- remember to bring a  change of underwear.
 So, I;ll pick my shots, right on the shoulder, or not at all.
 I do like them though- a ''nice bear'' means smoked hams[ try it and the next bear you see is in serious trouble]and really good dinner sausage, pepperoni, summer sausage,and the lard is good for baking.It renders down to hard white lard- no smell.
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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2004, 06:24:58 PM »
had a good hunt yesterday, went up the perry river drainage, and saw some nice bears[ a nice bear is any bear on a logging road, or up hill from a logging road,a bear anywhere  else is just a bear and best left well enough alone]
 Anyway we spotted a nice blackone in a logging slash, got above it and stalked within 50 yards of it bedded down and tossed some rocks at it .The bear finally spotted us and ran up hill as I figured it would coming out right on the logging road we were on.Had we we been serious it was an easy shot- but we knew there was some honey color phases in there and so just enjoyed seeing how close we could get.A day well spent with my boy.Besides,I'm at the stage of life where I don't have to pull the trigger to make it a successful hunt.
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2004, 05:45:18 AM »
Hello Fella's

I had a good hunt on Saturday as well.  I have a 4km stretch of logging road that was seeded with clover about four years ago that I like to hunt.  It has nice clear cuts and good dense cover along the sides of the road with some nice dark wet corners!  The weather was perfect.  It was a nice overcast and cool day.  I saw four bears before I finally decided to take one.  I didn't get my blond phase but I did get a nice brown phase bear!  My bear turned out to be a really old sow!  The teeth where all worn out and her blocky size made me think she was a younger boar! Unfortunately she had a completely bald head so no rug. :cry:  I just plain missed the big rub on her head and I watched her for about five minutes before I took the shot.  Oh well I am getting hams,smokies, and pepperoni made up and I can't wait!

McRae555
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« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2004, 06:37:22 AM »
yes, it was cool and rained up untill about 4pm, then it cleared.The area we saw the most bear sign was lower down, the higher ranges not so much.I'm surprised we didn't see more bears, because we stayed until 8.Lots of bear sign though on some of the older de activated logging roads- and plenty of moose sign too along the roads.
 The bear we could have easily taken was a goot ''eating ''bear-I figured maybe 3 years old. and they do make fine table fare.We smoke the hams and turn the rest into dinnr sausage and smoked sausage.Never tried it fresh, don't know why not but I would think the chops would be fine too.
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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2004, 06:43:14 AM »
Taz,
    Yup,You gotta have a guide.Don't know  how much you mean though when you refer to vital parts of your anatomy.Here's the link to the Giude Outfitters Association Of BC.They'll supply you with more info.
Dave

http://www.goabc.org/
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