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Post by ike on Jun 1, 2006 7:40:56 GMT -5
I promised a hunter I'll help him on a bear yesterday on the last day of our bear season, but I had a cement job come up and had to work from 11:00 PM until nearly 4:00 AM Wednesday morning. Anyway, you know how we bear hunters are don't you? I got home and loaded dogs thinking we'd make a short cut and maybe tree a bear. Right! We cut up all the area around his camp and on the last cut came up with nothing. I always hate that feeling of failure, don't you? We began our drive out down our backtrail and the wind shifted which allowed the dogs to catch scent and they blew up on the box. I only had four left from a terrible long run on Monday. I didn't even look for a track cause it was 11:00 AM, or like the 15th round of a world title fight--it was do or die time. Therefore, I cut Choco and Ryan loose and they tan straight out and hit in about 75 yards. Both hounds began to open and trail out so I cut Sammy and Griz loose as well. The race was a fast and long one, ending with a nice boar. Kudos to Choco and Ryan for putting the heat on that bear on the last day. That ole Ryan dog is coming nine this summer and a real warrior.....I'm gonna miss that dog alot someday, but not yet! Keep'em treed! Ike
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Post by whitedog61 on Jun 2, 2006 21:59:50 GMT -5
nice pictures ike, thanks for posting them, nice looking dogs and the bear is great, I like them color faze bears, wish we had them here, I have a picture some where of a bear with a very large white spot on his chest and bellie and he heven had 3 white claws on a front foot with white hair around them on the toe, I will have to look for that picture and get it scanned its a nice bear, Have a great day!!!
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Post by bluedogman on Jun 5, 2006 4:14:40 GMT -5
Nice story Ike. Ole Ryan is still looking good. Great pictures!
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Post by ike on Jun 6, 2006 7:54:05 GMT -5
Thanks Bluedogman...........
Whitedog, I've treed a few bears with a small white patch on their chest. Matter fact, Ole Sittin bear has one.
One of the local guys here got a yearling killed on a mean boar the last week of bear season, guess that bear whipped off their whole pack and walked off. I have a hunter coming in this fall for that unit and hope I'll have better luck on him. We started him two years ago and jumped two boars in the same canyon. All my big males took the smaller boar on a long run and we killed that bear. That bigger bear should have been dead that day but luck was on his side. Hopefully the Wolf Pack will be able to handle him when the time is right?
Keep'em treed! ike
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