Congrats  Steve O.

Well done and extremly well told!  Thanks!

Good hunt, good story, good pictures and GREAT analogy!

Great story and pics! Thank you for taking the time to share with us.  I'll be rereading this thread tonight with my daughter.  She's my quiver caddy right now, and will love hearing your story.

Steve O,  that was awesome!  Exactly the kind of phot pictorial I come to Trad Gang for..  Congratulations on your successes, and not just the bear.  Steve

Steve just awesome buddy! Congrats to you and your family!

Thanks for sharing Steve. Congrats!  

Congrats to you Steve and all the hard work that goes into every hunt if prepared right.  Just like my Alaska trip, i was close but not close enough, a taste of the ice cream if you will.  Thank you for the pics and story you always provide.

David

Great hunt and story steve. congrats!

WOW i just went on my first bear hunt, thanks for taking me along.

Thanks for sharing your hunt.

Way to go Steve!

A well told story for sure. Congratulations.

Thanks for taking us along bro.  Blessings

All around AWESOME!!!

As far as renting out "the mule".....1ST dibbs for baiter and bear skinner in my camp!

Great thread SteveO, thanks for taking us along.

Great story, photos, bear but more important putting your thoughts of your family in front of everything.   As dad would say, good job.

Couple of things.  Did the bear bother your cameras?  I had to build a cage for mine.

I hunted elk out of Fairplay, Co years ago.

That's awesome, nice job!!!

Jon, thanks to a great PBS friend, I had bear safes for my camera.  They would have been destroyed.  I have a lot of close up photos!

Thanks I have been following this thread avidly since you started it.

I also really appreciate your attitude to the hunt, in that the kill is not all there is to making a hunt great.
Like you at the end of a successful hunt I have that same joy, sadness, relief thing happening.

Thanks for taking us along for the ride.