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WELL TODAY WAS OPENING DAY FOR BEAR SEASON, AND MY WIFE AND I WENT OUT AT DAY BREAK TO FIND THE MOUTAIN CRAWLING WITH HUNTERS ....TWO PICKUPS WITH RIGS WERE ALREADY COMING DOWN, AS SOON AS THE SECOND PICKUP PASSED MY DOGS BEGAN TO WIMPER AND THEN A FULL BLOWN RIG! I FIGURED WHAT THE HECK, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME FOR...I TURNED OUT MY MAIN DOG AND HE WORKED IT UP THE HILL SILENTLY, THEN TURNED OUT MY 22 MONTH OLD PLOTT AND HE TRAILED AND BEGAN TO OPEN LIGHTLY...UP AND OVER THEY WENT, BUT NOT FULL BLOWN...THEY 2 TOOK IT ABOUT 1.5 MILES INTO THE WILDERNESS, AND THEN THE BEAR MADE A SWITCH BACK AND WAS HEADED BACK OUR DIRECTION! I SAID TO MY WIFE THIS IS PERFECT...THEY TREED IT 268 YARDS AWAY... I THEN TURNED IN MY OTHER 4 TO ASSIST, AND STRAIGHT DOWN THE HILL THEY WENT....THE ONLY BAD THING IS I DIDN'T GET ANY PICTURES OR VIDEO BECAUSE THE BEAR SAW ME AND GOT NERVOUS AND JUMPED AS I GOT WITHIN 10 YARDS OF THE TREE..MY DOGS RAN IT FOR ANOTHER 4 HOURS UNTIL THEY EVENTUALLY ALL FELL OUT...HAD A GREAT HUNT, LET'S SEE WHAT TOMORROW MORNING BRINGS

awesome, way to start out the season. me and my dad will be headed out tomorrow for a four day trip. good luck to all.

How you guys doing? Catching any?

WELL, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE CRAP OUT OF THEM LITTLE ONES, HITTING THE LOW COUNTRY WHERE THE FEED IS, ACORN, ORCHARDS, RASBERRIES, AND CHOKE CHERRY...ON FRIDAY, MYSELF AND A BUDDY WITH HIS OWN DOGS HAD ANOTHER BEAR STARTED AND SHOWED TREED, WE GO WITHIN 200 YARDS AND WITH OUR LUCK IT JUMPED AND RAN. YESTERDAY ON SATURDAY, WE RAN ALL DAY, MY DOGS STARTED ONE AND TOOK IT FOR ABOUT 5 MILES STRAIT UP AND OVER A MOUTAIN WITH AND ELEVATION OF 11K, MY SAMPSON DOG COME TO FIND OUT GROUPED UP WITH ANOTHER PACK AND WENT FURTHER. HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDNT COME OUT, SO AT 3 PM HERE I GO. WHAT GPS SHOWED AT 1.58 MILE WAS MORE LIKE A ROUGH 5 MILE NATURE WALK. TURNS OUT HE WAS BACK TRACKING AND GOT HUNG UP ON SOME NASTY CRAIGY ROCK SLIDE CRAP, WAS HUNG UP! GOT BACK TO MY TRUCK AT 7:30

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OUR GROUP HAS CAUGHT A FEW SMALL, SMALL BEARS, AND MY BUDDY CAUGHT A NICE ABOVE AVERAGE BOAR IN THE AFTERNOON

GOOD HUNTING TO ALL

Right on keep at it. Hopefully the next one will stay in that tree so you can have a photoshoot. Sounds like you and the dogs deserve it.

awesome glad to here your having a good time. me and my dad never could get a track started, the dogs knew it was there just couldnt put anything together. we are hoping to get out in a few days to see what we can come up with. so far the dogs are working there tails off they are just not too confident, but they are also only 8 months old. good luck and stay safe.

FINALLY GOT ONE TREED LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TREE, NICE LOOKING BOAR OUT OF PECOS NM, A FRIEND HARVESTED HIM, HAD A SPLIT RACE....HAD AN EXCELLENT HUNT THIS MORNING .....LET'S SEE WHAT FRIDAY BRINGS...

So how did friday end up turning out?

GOT A GOOD RACE STARTED BUT DIDN'T CATCH, GOT TO HOT AND HAD A RUNNER. SATURDAY GOT ANOTHER RACE STARTED, 4 DOGS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, 1 BACK TRACKED, AND THE PUP STARTED RUNNING ROADS...THE FUNNY BUT YET NEAT THING IS THIS SMALL RUNNING BEAR RAN MY DOGS IN LOTS AND LOTS OF CIRCLES, ALMOST GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THE LIVE ACTION, BUT COULD ONLY HEAR AND WATCH ON GPS....THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS...A NO CATCH, BUT GOOD EXERCISE...

WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND GOT LIGHT RIGS, FOUND 7 DIFFERENT TRACKS; 5 THAT WERE 2.5-3.5 INCHES WIDE AND 2 NICE ONES...GONNA GO OUT IN THE MORNING AND START WHERE I FOUND THE BIGGER TRACKS AND GOD WILLING, I CAN CATCH ONE...

BEST of luck my friend. Hope you catch one of these highly evasive Bruins. keep us updated

WELL NOT A SINGLE RIG ON THE LAST DAY OF THE FIRST PART OF BEAR SEASON! TODAY WAS A HOT BUGGER... TIME TO LET THE DOGS HEAL UP, REST UP, AND FATTEN UP FOR 3 WEEKS... ...GOOD HUNTIN TO ALL...I WILL START A NEW CHAPTER AFTER THE BOW HUNTS.......


WOULD POST SOME PICS, BUT HAVING SOME TROUBLE...

good luck this season

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Right on. good looking bear.

nice pic