hunting bear on horses or mules???

[moose]

dose any body still hunt bear on horse or mules with hounds or curs?

john

[pegleg]

occasionally they decide i need the practice. especially if i get lazy and try jumping a cat out of the oaks. my opinion on it in this country is a guy needs patience and a good tracking system or a reckless nature. I have had more mishaps and near calamities trying to head off a bear chase. it is my fault as I have ran bear with some of my hounds. I don't see why it couldn't be a great way to hunt bear in some areas. here the steep terrain and trees/brush make for some exciting times. once my buddies 14 year old son got to enthusiastic and rolled his horse off the side of the ridge, ended up lodged against a tree and we had to pull it up. he had chased cows plenty before this it was just the excitement of the hounds and bear got to him.
there are some real beautiful places that I would love to hunt horseback, i prefer it to roading or atv's anyway though.

[Big Mike]

Myself and about 6 of my hound buddies hunt bear horse/mule back. Probably not as good of method as rigging now day, but its alot of fun and we manage to catch a good number of bears too.

[pegleg]

I really like some of N.M's mtns terrain it makes me think i picked the wrong state every time i drive through there. the mtns across the line from me are the same as here but head north a little and it gets real pretty. hunting from vehicles maybe easier on the hunters and provide more chances at game but to me it isn't the experience horseback hunting is.

[Rigger]

We go hunting 4 or 5 times a year on our mules. I love to go anytime I have an
opportunity to ride. We normally go on the mules while the weekend worriers are
out and about to stay clear of everyone. We have got on a bear every time we
hit the high back country here in Utah. It is always a blast and we have a ton
of Great memories. I would recommend a mule in the country we ride in. They have
the power to climb the steep rough terrain. They can go all day, and are so sure footed you don't every have to worry about a slip or a fall. They also have the ability to jump over any died fall you might come across.
We took a local kid who rides once every two weeks and his horse had a hard
time keeping up. It about fell on him about 3 or 4 times that day as well. We were all eating out lunch and drinking our Pepsi's having a good time, and it was all he could do to hold on. It was funny to watch anyways we have two tags here in Utah so getting excited. good luck to you all this spring.

[moose]

thanks everyone for the info.

[chaseb]

its the only way to go for me

[Mr.pacojack]

Thats how we do it.