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Post by warsaw on Apr 4, 2014 5:28:31 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Apr 4, 2014 13:45:36 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Apr 11, 2014 3:59:25 GMT -9
Triple Threat {the 3 legged bear} This is the story of "Triple Threat" one of my most exciting bear hunting adventures.............. Hunting behind a pack of well disciplined hound dogs is always an exciting adventure. I had the opportunity to hunt California Black Bears along the Yuba River outside the town of Dobbins, California. When I woke up the morning of my hunt my excitement and anticipation from the night before was quickly downgraded when I discovered that a cold front had moved in overnight. It had rained all night and still rained into the morning. Bear activity seems to be greatly reduced when there is rain or severe weather patterns. I often call this " country club bear syndrome". Bears in this region seem to avoid walking at night in the rain and don't like getting there little toes wet. So the first day of my bear hunt was uneventful. The second morning I awoke to a sky full of stars. The guide and I were optimistically hopeful that this would be our lucky day. At daybreak we loaded the Walker and Plott hounds onto the dog box and began our slow approach through the scenic backwoods. It was a cool brisk morning so we knew that whatever scent left from the night before would be irresistible to the already excited hounds. After about forty-five minutes of roading, we got our first strike. We knew it was a hot strike because all the hounds blew up with enthusiasm. Their full cry was music to our ears. The first hound was released and then the pack followed. The guide told me to ready myself just in case the bear gods were on our side. I quickly loaded my scoped Browning 300 mag. From the sound of the hounds it was apparent that the bear and the hounds were in very close proximity to us and the chase was heading directly at us. All I could see from my vantage point was a forest full of manzanita. I placed myself where I thought the bear might make his exit. THEN IT HAPPENED.... The thick manzanita that I was standing in parted like Moses' Red Sea. Before I could shoulder my rifle an adult brown phase bear came exploding out of the brush and was charging directly at me. I felt like a lone bowling pin about to be flattened by a locomotive. I only had time to raise my rifle waist high and squeeze the trigger, aiming for the bruins body mass. The 165 grain bullet roared with a vengeance. The bullet found its mark, striking the bear high in the spine and dispatching him quickly and humanely. At a mere ten paces the bear fell, close enough that I could see the wet morning dew spray off his back from the bullet's impact. As I stood there, adrenaline wasn't the only thing leaking from my body. The morning events were about to become more bizarre. When we approached the downed bear we noticed he only had three legs. The bear was missing his left rear leg. This abnormality possibly explains why the bear did not tree and was agitated when he saw me. Animals that are compromised because of an injury can be more aggressive because of their vulnerability. After taking some pictures the guide and I prepared to remove the bear's internal organs. The chest cavity was opened and the guide stretched his forearms inside the bear's chest and immediately winced in pain. He said he'd just cut himself on something very sharp and it wasn't the knife in his hand. Carefully we looked and were amazed to find an arrow shaft and broadhead still firmly attached inside the rib cage.We could tell that the arrow had been there for a long time because scar tissue had developed over the wound site. Another notable fact about this bear was the multiple group patterns of #8 shotgun pellets embedded in the underside of his hide. What an amazing journey this bear had during the course of his life! I don't blame him for wanting to steamroll me that morning. I nicknamed him "Triple Threat" because he had been previously been shot with a shotgun, stuck with an arrow and had lost a leg. He did quite well for many years and I wondered at the stories only he could tell! This bear showed the resilience that is required to survive in nature. He was the ultimate "Triple Threat" www.jesseshunting.com/forums/showthread.php/212059-Triple-Threat-the-3-legged-bear |
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Post by warsaw on Dec 12, 2014 7:18:48 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Feb 8, 2015 23:45:08 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Mar 6, 2015 6:00:05 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Mar 6, 2015 9:43:21 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Mar 11, 2015 14:47:00 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Mar 17, 2015 9:35:39 GMT -9
Bear weighed 695-pounds Most truly huge bears come from the northeastern counties of the state, but Duplin County hunter Cody Brown bagged one near Kenansville that weighed 695-pounds on Nov. 11, 2015. Deanna Noble, the N.C. Wildlife Commission's Technical Assistance Biologist, weighed the bear. "I was covering Jones, Lenoir and Duplin counties that day," Noble said. I got the call from one of the enforcement officers to meet the hunters at Brown's Service Center in Kenansville. He said it was a big one and that it would go 700 pounds. In my mind, I wondered if it was going to be that big. But, when I pulled up and saw it on the dog box in the back of the truck I thought, wow that is a nice bear." Noble used two scales to weigh the bear and wondered if her new winch would be capable of lifting it. She doubled the pulleys to create twice the lifting power and had a new electric winch, but said it was all the winch could handle.  www.northcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=5507 |
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Post by warsaw on Mar 31, 2015 1:38:42 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Apr 25, 2015 14:18:34 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on May 13, 2015 11:28:01 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Jul 11, 2015 11:12:49 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Jul 11, 2015 11:15:09 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Sept 14, 2015 10:48:34 GMT -9
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