San Juan Bear

Smokepole

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Just returned from my daughters Bear hunt. Here's a couple pics, story later.

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The day started with a couple fresh tracks that Randy Pixler's dogs hit on but they were small. Late morning found us walking down a path with just a few dogs hoping to find a bigger track that was fresh. We did cross a track but it was at least 24+ hours old. We put the dogs on the track and let them go. We listened as the dogs ran up the canyon and then dropped down into the canyon.

Then we heard a couple dogs had picked up on something more fresh. the dogs went up the other side and when they got to about the same elevation as us they were on a bear. From the distance we couldn't tell for sure if it was a shooter. The dogs chased him down canyon and towards the bottom. The bear hung up a couple times and then move on again. We got a couple better looks at him and decided if it would tree we'd take it if it was a boar.

We set out five more dogs and they got in on the chase. Now with more dogs on the bear it finally bayed up in the very bottom of the canyon. We made our way down and as we closed the distance Randy said he's a shooter. At 25 yards Latecia, got a good angle on the boar as he was cornered in the dry wash backed up against some big rocks.

Randy called his dogs back and Latecia nailed him right in the chest. It took another shot to put him down for good. As Randy moved in to get a closer look he said this is a big boar, he's a monster, he's over 400 lbs. Time to take pics and get him taken care of.

When we met with the DNR officer, he said this was the biggest bear he'd checked all year. I can't say enough good about Randy Pixler and his buddy Mason for what they did to help Latecia get a bear.

Smokepole
 
Facebook wont let us access that page since we are not on your list. Post some pics here for us to see. Sounds like it was an exciting hunt and I would love to see the results.Congrats anyways.
 
>Just returned from my daughters Bear
>hunt. Here's a couple
>pics, story later.
Here are the pics, enjoy!
Smokepole

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Awesome!!!






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I'm not one for telling my grandson how big of turd I had to pinch off from having to eat so much meat. I want to give him the antlers that hang from my wall and tell him the unforgettable experience that came with each and every one.
 
Why would you put up a picture of that ugly dude with the hounds? ;-)
Congrats to your daughter.....and kudos to randys dogs for the assist
 

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