Spring Bear Idaho Hunt

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:11 pm

Just got back from Idaho from a Spring Bear Hunt with my 2 sons. My 12 y/o got this nice bear with his .243 Win. He has had quite a first year hunting with me: pheasant, white-tail buck and bear.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:14 pm

nice bear , congrats to him

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:26 pm

Nice hunt ... nice location ... nice boy ... nice hounds ... nice bear ... nice pics!

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:57 pm

what type of bear is that? a brown?

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:01 pm

Actually, it is a black bear. Idaho has many color phase bears: chocolate, blonde, cinnamon etc. You would have to look hard to find a black one like on the east coast.

Thanks for the compliments.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:03 pm

aerostarp wrote:Actually, it is a black bear. Idaho has many color phase bears: chocolate, blonde, cinnamon etc. You would have to look hard to find a black one like on the east coast.

Thanks for the compliments.

so what would that be called then, cinnamon?

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:06 pm

The locals called it Chocolate. I have seen some Cinnamon bears in Northern PA that were brownish also but slightly lighter.

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:07 pm

I just called it "Dead" and "Garrett's" !!!

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:08 pm

very nice no matter what its called, what did it weigh ?

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:10 pm

385. Pretty big for a spring bear just out of hibernation and especially in Idaho. They put on at least 100 more pounds before denning up in the Fall.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:12 pm

aerostarp wrote:385. Pretty big for a spring bear just out of hibernation and especially in Idaho. They put on at least 100 more pounds before denning up in the Fall.

big indeed

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:12 pm

He shot it with his .243 Win. loaded with 100gr. Nosler Partitions which I reloaded for him before our hunt. Heck - I'm glad it wasn't much bigger.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:28 pm

Your son is a lucky boy! Congratulations! What is with the dog beside the tree in the second picture?

aerostarp · Post by **aerostarp** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:31 pm

He looks depressed, doesn't he. I guess he is sad to see the action over and done with.