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Post by sebastian on Nov 11, 2008 11:40:29 GMT -5
If any of you here would like to bear hunting sometime in 2010 (around May, around the Memorial day/after the SuperShoot 2010?), please let me know. I am interested to hunt with one or two of you in this forum. Also how much would it be? Thanks, seb.
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Post by jimh on Nov 11, 2008 14:01:08 GMT -5
are they're in season then ??
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Post by klsm54 on Nov 11, 2008 15:56:29 GMT -5
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Nov 11, 2008 16:26:43 GMT -5
I might be interested. I'll have to see how the money is and if I'm at the same job (vacation time)
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Post by jimh on Nov 11, 2008 16:44:25 GMT -5
as much as i would like to, my hunting is going to be limited to close to home for a while with all the expenses coming for high school and college. the spring turkey hunt is something i would like to pull off but i have big commitments next spring and the following. don't know if i'll be able to get away or not. friggin kids are kill'n me!
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Post by Bubba on Nov 11, 2008 18:51:03 GMT -5
Where my daughter lives up in Alaska, you can hunt black bear 12 months a year... the thing is they are only out of their dens between the middle of April until the end of September... so that would be the place to go. Bear tags are only $225 each for NON RESIDENTS, $300 for Non Res Aliens... your hunting license is $85 non res and $300 non resident alien and you can buy as many as you want to and over they're available over the counter.
My kid says they're all over the area she lives in and it's nothing to see them as she's going into town to go shopping. Also, she knows a couple of Native people that are licensed guides and will help us out.
I said that just for consideration.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Nov 11, 2008 19:15:54 GMT -5
Here we are planning for another hunt when we're 6 months away from the first one ;D
I'm taking a guess here, but it's going to likely cost 1000 dollars to fly to Alaska and back just in plane tickets. Driving to Maine or into Canada might be the better idea. Bears wouldn't be as big but it might be a good place to get introduced to them.
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Post by sebastian on Nov 12, 2008 3:16:42 GMT -5
I was just curious to hunt a bear, for experience thing. I curios with how tough they are, too. Costs would be no problem I think, especialy if the outfitter/guide can guarantee that I can see a (big) bear during the hunt. How to take/shoot the bear is my job. Do you know how many days (minimum/maximum) for a bear hunt? Problem is I cannot leave my works for a long time. The 2009 SuperSoot will be May 20 to 23. I am still not sure for the next 2010 SuperShoot, but it should be around that time/May, usually just about one week before Memorial Day. I am still not sure to come for the SS 2009, btw. so maybe 2010 would be good/okay. Red, if you are interested please prepare from now. The others, please?
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Post by xphunter on Nov 12, 2008 9:51:52 GMT -5
I won't be able to bear hunt that time of the year Seb.
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Post by sebastian on Nov 12, 2008 9:59:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the update, E. We can hunt together again, for other games, in the next future.
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Post by Jack on Nov 12, 2008 11:54:07 GMT -5
Seb, something to keep in mind: the black bear, which is native to a large part of the US, is a different creature than a grizzly bear, which is native to some areas of the western US, Canada, and Alaska. If you hunt east of the Mississippi, you're hunting black bears. The bears in the video we all saw were grizzly bears. Grizzlies are larger and far more aggressive.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Nov 12, 2008 12:04:57 GMT -5
I'd say 3-5 days hunting depending if you're sitting over bait or spot/stalk. Hunting with dogs probably follow that same guideline too. Spot stalk typically has a lot lower success rate. Some states don't allow bait or dogs either.
Have to include travel time in that too. I think a drive from Ohio into Canada or Maine can be done in 1 day of hard driving.
I think you almost have to commit to around 7 extra days after your shoot is over.
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Post by sebastian on Nov 12, 2008 12:19:14 GMT -5
Jack, my mistake - I thought they're black bears in the video. Thanks you for your information.
Red, it looks like that I need more than 2 weeks total....about 3 days before the shoot I must be in Ohio for preparing the gears & practice, that would be about 7-8 days with the 4 full days match.
But if you are serious with the hunt, I will prepare the time. Please note that I would like to hunt with one or two of you IN THIS FORUM. --- I would like to show you too, that with a good shot placement a .308 is more than enough for a black/brown bear. This is honest, comes from my heart.
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Post by klsm54 on Nov 12, 2008 12:41:07 GMT -5
I know guys who go to Maine regularly. I can get the name of the outfitter.
3 days is plenty to hunt over bait.
Sebastian, the 308 is more than enough gun for black bear. The 30-30 has probably killed more black bear than any caliber. A well placed 243 will easily kill a black bear.
Now when we talk a 7-800 lb grizzly, I'd want some sort of bigger gun, just in case. But those hunts are very expensive, and quite limited in availability.
Grizzlies are noted for their toughness, and for their bad manners. Plenty have been killed with 30-30's and such, but if you pay $10,000.00, or more, for a hunt, most want a gun that will do the job when any shot presents itself, a less than perfect shot may be the only chance you get.
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Post by Jack on Nov 12, 2008 13:17:05 GMT -5
I'd agree with Klsm- a 308 is plenty for black bear. I'm sure a 308 will kill a grizzly, too- but maybe not before it chews on you some. The people that hunt grizzlies regularly use a more powerful round than a 308, if the range is close. Seb, another thing to remember is that bear are measured for the record book by measuring the size of their skull, so you don't want to shoot them in the head. Also, when they are close, and charging at you, their head is bobbing up and down- not the easiest target.
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