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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: 5deer on July 25, 2023, 07:08:55 PM
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Hunting scenario #3: Location: Idaho Tags: Elk, deer, bear, wolf, and cougar Early Saturday afternoon after scouting for elk, one
week before opening day. I decided to try and call for coyotes. I heard them howling earlier in the morning. I was sitting
against a fallen tree. After a series of calls about 3-4 minutes, I caught movement to my left, coming out of the Christmas trees at
45 yards, a black bear proceeded down the game trail toward me. With the wind in my face and fully camouflaged, he slowly
approached a distance of 12 yards, then stopped. Deciding whether to go up the hill around the tree or down the hill. Then after a
couple seconds, he slowly began walking down the hill closer towards me. What do you do?
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Is the bear aware of your presence yet?
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Eat bear burgers :bigsmyl:
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Do you have a separate tag for bear, or if you use it does that burn your deer or elk tag? If it does, scare the bear away. If not, shoot the bear. :bigsmyl:
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Pray you packed that other pair of tighty whites and let him know you are there.
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Can't use the bear tag because it's a week before the season opens.
Hopefully the bear just passes by.
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As a non-resident I would celebrate I even had a tag for your chosen area. For the last 2 years my brother and I have been unable to purchase non-resident OTC Idaho tags for my chosen area despite being online to buy them as soon as they went on sale. :banghead:
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Pure and simple; seamlessly step into self defense mode, hope he doesn’t see you but be prepared to protect oneself.
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Pure and simple; seamlessly step into self defense mode, hope he doesn’t see you but be prepared to protect oneself.
Bear spray is amazingly effective.
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Stand up and wave “Hi”.
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Drop the bow, and grab your knife....
A former TradGang member (Joe Skipp) killed a Grizzly with his recurve years ago, that attacked them while he was on an Elk hunt. He spent 10 days in jail before they ruled it a self defense kill.
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The bear slowly moved forward to around 8 yards and that was more than close enough for me. With the least amount of
movement, I picked up a large heavy pine cone and hit him in the face while barking as loud as I could. He turned and ran off up
the hill. I laughed and thanked God for the experience. Just another day in the woods. 5 :archer:
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Depends on how big the bear is.