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Maine bears
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:46 pm
by spruce mountain
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:43 pm
by Jason Waterhouse
cool pics thanks for sharing
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:43 pm
by Vance M.
Good job. Nice pics
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:35 pm
by Ankle Express
Good Job. I'm hearing its another good berry year? Maybe a little wet too? Seeing lots of bear? Just curious for some extra updates. I leave out on the fifth or sixth of next month for my annual trip to the vactionland! Starting to get excited. I'm due a total rain out! Keeping my fingers crossed for a late season drought up that way!
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:47 pm
by Spanky
boy do I miss maine this time of year. Country looks the same

Have you ever tried hanging onion sacks from the tree? We found it keeps the bears around longer and opens up there vitals for the bow hunters.
maine bears
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:04 am
by spruce mountain
Thanks guys for the comments,Yea the weather has been terrible this year it poors almost every day.Every thing i own is soaked.We have quite a few berries this year but the driving rain has nocked alot of them off.The bears are realy hammering the baits.Seems to be alot of them around.Good luck when you make your trip up here.Spanky thats a good idea with the onion bags thanks.I ran another bear yesterday it was along day i finaly got the last two dogs off it at7.00 PM.i saw the bear 5 times but seeing it and getting the dogs off it are two differant things.Its alot easyier if you can just shoot it LOL.I tried to get a couple pictures in the mourning but i dont now if they came out.I have to wait untile my daughter gets home to check them out.Icould of gotten some great pictures in the after noon but all i cared about was catching the dogs
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:30 pm
by spruce mountain
We had a rainy saturday today so I thought I would update my pictures
Rooster Willie Clyde and Gunner were on this one,it wieghed 372 lbs,shot by a 15 year old boy.On the ground.
Gunner Willie and Fanny treed this one,277lbs,shot by a 12 year old boy with a bow.
Gunner and Willie treed on one we let go.Rooster and Clyde arrived late.
This is the bear
This one we shot on the ground with Rooster Gunner Clyde and Duke, It was Dukes first bear,his father is Gunner,his grandfather is Rooster on his mothers side.Hes not quite a year old.The bear wieghed 420lbs.
We treed a sow with two big yearlings,the sow bailed when we got there.The yearlings were almost as big as she was.Gunner Rooster Clyde and Duke treed them.
Another picture of the yearlings.
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:48 pm
by chilcotin hillbilly
Great pictures. that last boar is a real hog. Good job
Scott i figured i'd help you
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:51 pm
by SECOND NATURE
and post some video that i had of the one we let go for you hope you don't mind
hes coming down!!

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:33 am
by STUNTMAN
Nice picks dogs are looking good too.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:39 am
by meguide01
nice pics scott and well is any of the dogs tessa dogs siblings, well i hope to show some photos as we get started with bobcat this year. Randy
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:20 am
by beardog-treed
I just got back from Maine, and had a great time. The bears were very hard to find late in the season, we did run a few, but they just did not want to tree. We did a lot of Grouse and dog hunting during the week.
maine bears
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:20 am
by spruce mountain
Randy I didnt get any out of that litter that made good bear dogs.I do have one that I run on cats. Beardog treed were did you hunt in Maine?The bear were out late here in the western mountains,the baits were hit good right to the end.Your right about the bears being hard to tree though I found the same thing.I blamed it on my dogs being worn out.Here are some pictures from the end of the season.
this is one the hunter missed in the tree and the dogs couldnt tree him again.
this sow has three yearlings,they were steadies at this bait
I thought this was a nice picture in the snow.
This is the last tree of the season,nice sow with a big yearling,we let her go.
This is Lightfoot Clyde a dog I bought from Jess kincaid on the last tree.Hes coming along good I think he is going to make a real nice dog.Bring on cat season.
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:38 pm
by beardog-treed
I ended up running with Tobey, over on the east coast side. I stayed in Machias