Successful Hunting

I have been playing with some loads and I have had good results with the barnes 168grain TTSX bullets and IMR4831 powder out of my .300wm. I have 3026 fps at the muzzle and I am sighted in for a 250 yard zero. I went to the range again(I have been spending a fair amount of time there preparing for my grizzly hunt and just made sure I was dialed in. The picture on the left is my group at 200 yards today. Here are my numbers according to the Barnes reloading manual for the BC and muzzle velocity I am getting:

For a 250yd zero.
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> Yrds velocity trajectory
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> 0 3000 -1.50
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> 100 2779 2.58
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> 200 2568 2.14
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> 300 2368 -3.57
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> 400 2178 -15.50
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> 500 1998 -34.77
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> 600 1827 -62.77

I only shot out to 300 yards and got a 3 inch group.

I went out to tour some public land forested areas today with a hunting partner to find some black bears. In my part of BC in Canada, the weather is warm but there was still snow on the ground in the higher elevations.

We hiked, and put 345 km on the tachometer and we did not find one bear sighting. We only found one old bear scat. It still must be too early as May usually has these areas crawling with black bears. We tried areas that had grass, feed, streams, swamps, and powerline clear cuts. All areas did not produce a single sighting or promising sign. I hope the bears become more active soon.

To check out a bear hunting video and book that discuss black bear hunting and scouting check out:

The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia

Since I made this DVD and Book I will not personally review the product but I will list some facts about it and the people who buy my DVD and Book can leave their own review in the comment section of this post. The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia can be purchased here: http://www.black-bear-hunting.com/

There is a 109 page book containing a lot of detailed pictures and a DVD that contains an instructional version, entertainment version and bonus features including: bear hunting stories, making a European mount, and trophy photo tips.

The DVD and book focus on rifle and archery hunting, spot and stalk hunting, baiting, hound hunting, field care, taxidermy tips, recipes, and much much more.

I welcome all who watched the DVD or read the book to leave a review here.

I am happy to announce that the books and DVD’s have arrived and they look awesome! I am very happy of how this product has turned out and I am sure you will be too.

The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia book and DVD can be shipped anywhere so now you can place your order with peace of mind.

Be sure to check out: The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia Book and DVD

I just tried out a rib recipe from Cooks.com

I have alot of bear ribs and it was time to slow cook them so I could actually eat the ribs. I tried to BBQ bear ribs, and boil them but it was a disaster, bear is way to tuff that way.

Slowcooking in a crock pot is the best way to eat bear and other tough gamey meats. I usually like bear sausage but I find the steak, and roasts a little too strong.

This recipe from cooks.com was excellent for my bear ribs, you should try it!

found here:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1612,156180-244200,00.html

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Let me know if you like it!

Hi All, just giving everyone a heads up that "The Black Bear Hunting Encyclopedia" DVD and book will be available on March 25th 2009 here:

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

just giving everyone fair warning that this product is in high demand and will not last long as it is a limited edition run, so reserve your copies on the website before the launch so you dont miss out on this action packed bear hunting DVD and book.

The DVD and book cover all aspects of bear hunting from information about the animal, scouting, equipment, hunting tactics, archery, rifle, baiting, spot and stalk, field care, taxidermy, recipes, and multiple stories.

I was on youtube and a friend showed me this long range shot on a black bear. I am just wondering if this is responsible hunting. I know the guys doing the shooting were highly skilled and had the right technical equipment as you can see in the video but it still seems like a stretch to kill game at that distance due to variables. I wonder if the bear could have moved before the gun shot and the bullet reached him? I am very fascinated at the skill required to take an animal at that distance but I am still on the fence wether or not it is a good practice to get into. I would love to recieve the training and practice to be able to do long range shooting like that but I would not do it unless I was 100% confident that i would not wound the game. Check out this: kill zone chart for black bears if you want to see the small room for error required at that yardage.

The trailer is finished for my black bear hunting dvd. be sure to check it out and leave a comment on youtube.

you can also check out my www.black-bear-hunting.com site for details.

Maryland emailed me this note and asked to post it:

2008 Maryland’s Black Bear Hunting Lottery is Underway - See what
hunters say!

Maryland’s Black Bear Lottery is now through September 1, 2008. You can
participate by going to: http://blackbear.dnr.state.md.us/

We put together an online guide to hunting black bear in Maryland and
other useful information in response to many requests from hunters like
yourself. This information will give you the basics of bear hunting in
Maryland and may be helpful to you if you have never bear hunted before
or if you are trying to encourage a friend to participate. Visit
Maryland Black Bear Hunting Section of the Maryland Hunter’s Guide:
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/huntersguide/BlackBearHunt.asp

Want to see what last year’s hunters said? Visit:
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/huntersguide/bb_hunt_testimonials.asp

Have a great hunting season this year!

eGov and Online Services Manager
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

It is always a joy to see a hunter take his first big game animal and I was very happy to take huntingtipsandtricks.com member Chris out for a bear hunt and help him have a successful black bear hunt. We started down an area we scouted last year that showed promise with all the bear scat around. We parked the truck and started walking down the deactivated road when all of the sudden a black bear jumped out of the ditch and started running down the road. Just before the bear disappeared into the bush Chris plugged it with his .270 win with a perfect boradside quartering away shot and dropped the bear instantly. We took some good pictures and savoured the moment before begining to bone out the meat and skinning the hide for a bear rug. We hung the bear skull up in a tree in order to let the bugs pick off the bulk of the meat before we make a European bear skull.