Successful Hunting

Are you going out for a fall black bear hunt soon? If so, increase your chances of success by studying the greatest black bear hunting system available. Book and DVD contain:

Black bears- Information on size and color variations as well as eating habits, gestation periods, and reproduction. Comprehensive information on black bear facts, animal characteristics, and universal survival tips for the outdoor enthusiast.

Bear hunting gear- In order to equip hunters properly for their bear hunt, the right gear is a necessity. The book and DVD provide you with hunting trip checklists for all types of situations and gives specific gear advice. There is guidance on proper caliber and bullet information, bow and arrow tips, boots, optics, rangefinders, clothing and all essential bear hunting equipment.

Baiting black bears- For those who live in legal baiting areas such as Alaska, Alberta, and Saskatchewan you will appreciate all the tree stand hunting bear baiting content in the book and DVD. Tips on finding a bait location, setting up bait stations, setting up a tree stand, and bear bait recipes are all shown in great educational detail. Trail cameras and timing are also brought into the discussion in an attempt to heighten your chances of success.

Bear field care- After the kill, the real work begins. The book shows detailed picture instruction on how to properly gut and skin a black bear for a rug. The DVD shows step by step procedure on field dressing and the proper steps on skinning for a bear rug. This chapter alone will make you a more accomplished and well rounded hunter. This information might end up saving you thousands over the years.

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I got my beetles and placed my grizzly bear skull into the colony. I will post progress of how the cleaning goes. You can read this article I wrote about skull cleaning here:

http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/a/Cleaning_With_Beetles

I just got an email from a few hunters that were successful black bear hunting and they claimed that the Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia Book and DVD was a major contributing factor to their success:

Hey Justin,

 

I wanted to personally say thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences on black bear hunting.  I bought your book, The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia, and your DVD just a couple of weeks ago prior to my black bear hunt.  I found they were excellent sources of solid information and your teaching style was wonderful.  As a whitetail deer hunter, I did not know anything about hunting black bear.  With what I learned from your book and your DVD, I was able to successfully take my 1st black bear.  I found that your book was a quick and interesting read and to the point; exactly what I needed to learn more about my upcoming my hunt.  And the DVD helped visualize it and really helped with skinning among other things.  I want to share with you an incredible hunt I had this last Saturday on an early Spring Bear hunt. 

Dr. David Richey

 

 

"I just wanted to say thanks for putting out an informative DVD…" "This is my first year hunting and I tagged my first bear yesterday. Your DVD was really helpful to find where to look for bears and what to do after the kill." -Jeff Bordignon Delta, BC, Canada

Last weekend at the cabin I plugged in one of Jim Shockey’s bear hunting DVD’s filmed in his Vancouver Island territory-

Pacific Rim Guide Outfitters.  The DVD featured good sized bruins being harvested on Vancouver Island (only a ferry ride away from my home) Island bears are genetically larger than mainland bears and as Jim Shockey explains in the DVD " Monster Black Bears" that Van Isle bears are called cave bears and have been isolated from the mainland bears for thousands of years. The DVD features 11 hunts and there are mostly rifle hunts but there was one bow hunt. The bears seen on this video are truley big bears but the thing that bothered me is that no specific measurements of nose to tail length or skull size. A few times Jim arbitrarily throws out a number saying this bear squares 7′2" with no measuring tape. All in all a good entertaining film but it would be more valuable in my opinion if there were even some time spent on hunting tactics, gear choices, calibers, equipment, and specific size measurements especially since the DVD boast "Monster Bears". That is why I give this film 3/5 stars. Dont get me wrong I am a Jim Shockey fan and I like his relaxed layed back approach. He talks very natural to the camera and is intertaining with a dry sense of humour. Why does’nt he wear camo? I guess he has done well hunting in tight 80’s rocker jeans so why change what works.

If you would like a bear hunting DVD that has more specific information on hunting bears, tactics, field care,  and equipment check out:

The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia

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Today I was driving home from a weekend get away trip in the BC interior. As we drove through Manning Park towards Hope, B.C. we spotted this nice sized black bear so we pulled over and took some pictures.

This boar actually had a decent sized melon on him.

He looks well fed, I guess living in a park makes life a little bit easier.

I was looking at this thread on a hunting forum and in the spirit of spring bear hunting I thought I would share it on my blog. Check out some decent sized black bears harvested in British Columbia here:

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=19251

Here is great thread on judging bears in the field:

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=10788

If you want to learn more about successsful black bear hunting check out this book and DVD:

http://black-bear-hunting.com/

I thought I would send you an update on some free bear hunting videos from last spring to get your heart pumping for this years spring bear hunt.

Check them out, all Canadian DIY hunts:

http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/p/Black_Bear_Down_Spring_09_Horsefly_BC

http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/p/Black_Bear_Down_Spring_09_Chilliwack_Valley_BC

http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/p/Black_Bear_Down_Spring_09_Fraser_Valley_BC

At 4:00am the alarm went off but even though I felt disgusting waking up that early, I know that it is the only way I will help my hunting partner be successful. We were hunting locally around the area in which we live, which is a crowded area. I know if we are not finished by 8am all the campers and quaders will be tearing up all the mountain sides within one hours driving distance. Besides when I shot my bear a few weeks back it was at around 5:30 am.

We travelled in my partners 4×4 up the steep mountain sides after we got our Tim Hortons coffee of course, untill we hit snow. Then when we were above the tree line we headed back down. All of the sudden I spot a black bear about 300 yards away. Chris gets out and loads his rifle but the bear dissapeared behind a bush before he could shoot. We walked on foot to try to cut off the estimated path of travel of the bear and wouldnt you know it, we did. I spotted the bear once more and Chris got into the seated shooting position and with one crack of the .270 Winchester, the black bear was done. We walked up to the carcass and began the skinning and gutting. It was a successful one shot kill and a job well done. I look forward to trying the pepporoni.

I decided to go for an early morning bear hunt locally with a buddy of mine. Wouldn’t you know it, a decent bear crossed the road and ran into a steep ravine at the beginning

of the hunt. Of course we got out and pursued the bruin on foot. As we got to the edge of the bank the bear was visible and I made an off hand shot approximately 100 yards away. I saw the bullet impact right behind the shoulder with a shimmer the bears coat from the Barnes 168 grain TTSX bullet. The echoing of the .300WM carried throughout the valley as I made a second opportune shot and we thought the bear was down.

We started our descent down the hillside getting scratched and clawed by branches and falling over logs, but could not see the bear where we thought it would be. My partner told me to stop because he heard noises. I looked at the top of the hill and saw a black bear crest the bank. Thinking it was not plausible but possible the bear walked past us as we climbed down the hill, we climbed back up. There were no signs of blood where the bear climbed over the hill. We contemplated that it might be a second bear and slid down the hill to continue looking for the first bear. My hunting partner spotted the bear and called me over, it was still moving so I took another freehand shot, this time at 40 yards. The bear bucked and took off.

I began looking in circles for blood and so did my partner, we could not see any spots of red. Worry started setting in and my partner was questioning whether I hit the bear even once so far. I told him I was 100% confident that I hit the bear each time, but he did not believe me. I then started walking to where I would go if I was a bear and wouldn’t you know it, I crossed some fresh bear tracks in the mud, but again no blood. I paced in the direction of the bears travel and was walking over a log crossing a stream when I saw the bear expiring by a turned over tree stump. The bear started getting up and I shot. The bear started moving again so I fired again. The bear expired as smoke was leaving the carcass in two spots.  After skinning the bear we saw that all my bullets connected in the chest cavity and a few of them in the same place leaving a 4" hole in the ribcage. We could not believe how tough this bear was with the direct shots from a .300WM in the boiler room. My partner apologized for doubting my shooting and we got to work skinning and boning out the meat. The bear was a sow and measured a half inch over 6′. I ended the 2009 spring bear season with a great adventure and lesson in persistence. I will make a throw rug out of the hide and enjoy some nice sausage out of the meat.

As you may have been reading I drew a grizzly bear tag for the Horsefly area this spring (2009). I spent a lot of time planning, talking to hunters, going over maps, and google earth before going on this trip. I had a few people bail but a new friend (Nick) was gracious enough to offer his truck and quad to join me in the trip.

When we arrived in the area we were planning on hunting I was soon dissapointed as snow was covering all the areas I had planned to spot for grizzly. Above is a picture of the only grizzly tracks we saw. We staked this area out a few times for hours but there was no new sign or sightings of North Americas top predator.

This scat was found close to the tracks, I can only assume it is grizzly bear scat.

We spent a fair amount of time spotting for grizzly bear but again we were not able to even look in the areas I pre planned from google earth. We could not access the slides but still glassed what we could to no avail.

In total we saw 3 moose, 3 grouse, a porcupine, and 5 black bears. but I connected on this boar on the left. He was not huge but I decided to take a meat bear on the first day of the hunt and invest the rest of the trip searching for the elusive grizzly that never presented itself.

The story was: We were quading down this main forest service road and the bear was 200 yards away on the road. Nick initially wanted a crack at it but it scurried up the hill into the woods. We tried to circle around the area it was travelling and I spotted the bear below me. The bear was walking out to the open so I loaded a shell and anticipated where the bear was going to walk. The bear had other plans and decided to go down accross the road and towards the river. As it was walking through the bush on the other side of the road, I came accross the road and saw the black bear walking through the trees. He stopped and looked towards my direction and his hesitation was his demise. I took a freehand shot and connnected right behind the shoulder.

The bullets I had been using were Barnes TTSX 168grain out of my .300 Winchester Magnum. I hand loaded and tested them at the range as you might have seen on previous posts. The shot was from 60 yards (approximately) and was a one shot kill, the bear did not travel far before piling up on a tree. The boar was 5′4" from nose to tail. I am getting jerky made out of the hind legs, garlic sausage, and chorizo sausage out of the rest.

Below is a picture of the exit wound of the Barnes 168grain TTSX bullet on the aforementioned black bear: