BEST bear hunting video I have EVER watched...

Hunt bear from a stand? Back when I was in my 20"s, before my friend Joseph died, we would hunt bear on Webb Mtn. in Sevier Co. We used flintlocks. Mine was a .54 Cal loaded witha ball I cast myself backed by 80 grns. of 2F black powder. I backed it up with an 1858 Remmington revolver loaded with 5 .44 round balls backed by 40 grns. of 3F black powder (you never load all six).

We would loose a pack of 5 plott hounds and chase them over hill and vale until they treed or the bear turned to fight. We had some wild altercations over the years.

After Joseph died I kind of lost my desire to hunt bear. A couple of years after his death I was visiting his grave at their little family cemetery up on Webb Mtn. It was early April and the redbuds were giving way to the dogwoods causing the mountain to explode in red and white blossoms. As I pulled up to the cemetery an old bear lumbered past. He rose on his hind feet to get a good look at me. I laughed and told him go his way. I meant him no harm. He seemed to wave before he dropped to all fours and waddled off into the woods.

The Cherokee belived that bears were once a tribe of men. The creator turned them into bears because of their arrogance and haughty ways. Now they are the clowns of the woods.


Chuckbob
 
ChuckBob said:
Hunt bear from a stand? Back when I was in my 20"s, before my friend Joseph died, we would hunt bear on Webb Mtn. in Sevier Co. We used flintlocks.
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Flintlocks?  Oh, yeah?  Well when I used to hunt bear, I used catapults and a vat of hot oil.  I'd get my gramma to stand at the door of my castle as bait.  And if the vat got stuck, my gramma would use a blunt stick to kill the bear.  So there.

 
Personally I am disappointed the bear did not take them out on that tree.
 
Castor Muscular said:
ChuckBob said:
Hunt bear from a stand? Back when I was in my 20"s, before my friend Joseph died, we would hunt bear on Webb Mtn. in Sevier Co. We used flintlocks.
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Flintlocks?  Oh, yeah?  Well when I used to hunt bear, I used catapults and a vat of hot oil.  I'd get my gramma to stand at the door of my castle as bait.  And if the vat got stuck, my gramma would use a blunt stick to kill the bear.  So there.
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Too funny.... :)
 
ChuckBob said:
Hunt bear from a stand? Back when I was in my 20"s, before my friend Joseph died, we would hunt bear on Webb Mtn. in Sevier Co. We used flintlocks. Mine was a .54 Cal loaded witha ball I cast myself backed by 80 grns. of 2F black powder. I backed it up with an 1858 Remmington revolver loaded with 5 .44 round balls backed by 40 grns. of 3F black powder (you never load all six).

We would loose a pack of 5 plott hounds and chase them over hill and vale until they treed or the bear turned to fight. We had some wild altercations over the years.

After Joseph died I kind of lost my desire to hunt bear. A couple of years after his death I was visiting his grave at their little family cemetery up on Webb Mtn. It was early April and the redbuds were giving way to the dogwoods causing the mountain to explode in red and white blossoms. As I pulled up to the cemetery an old bear lumbered past. He rose on his hind feet to get a good look at me. I laughed and told him go his way. I meant him no harm. He seemed to wave before he dropped to all fours and waddled off into the woods.

The Cherokee belived that bears were once a tribe of men. The creator turned them into bears because of their arrogance and haughty ways. Now they are the clowns of the woods.


Chuckbob
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Great story!
 
Personally, I don't get this.

A farm keeps bears on their property.  The bears are routinely fed in a certain clearing that has a tree stands positioned throughout.  Pay the farmer - sit in the stand - shoot the bear when he comes to eat.

Seems like the "hunting" aspect is gone.  Killing, yes.  Hunting - not so sure.  Are employees at Smithfield or Tyson who work the death rooms considered great hunters?

Check this one out:
UP CLOSE CALL KILL ..Amazing Cape Buffalo Charge . Hunter himself defense!!!
 
Web said:
Oh, wow.  Lure a bear into an open area and shoot him from 20 feet up in a tree stand. 

How manly.  (not)  It's as pathetic as Frag's Sunday night sermon.
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I hate to agree with WEB on anything, but she has a point.  I have been asked to go bear hunting many times, but don't see the challenge.  This video was the first one I have ever seen that made bear hunting actually look dangerous!  :)

As for the "Frag's Sunday night sermon" comment, I could take advantage of that and describe what KIND of a hunt me preaching to WEB on a Sunday night would be likened to, but I am too much of a gentleman to do that.....
 
Frag said:
Web said:
Oh, wow.  Lure a bear into an open area and shoot him from 20 feet up in a tree stand. 

How manly.  (not)  It's as pathetic as Frag's Sunday night sermon.
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I hate to agree with WEB on anything, but she has a point.  I have been asked to go bear hunting many times, but don't see the challenge.  This video was the first one I have ever seen that made bear hunting actually look dangerous!  :)

As for the "Frag's Sunday night sermon" comment, I could take advantage of that and describe what KIND of a hunt me preaching to WEB on a Sunday night would be likened to, but I am too much of a gentleman to do that.....
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It's Pavlovian....your posting is like ringing the bell!
 
aleshanee said:
the only thing i really know about bear hunting... .. (and not from my own experience but from listening to others).... .
is that it;s not only common.. but very likely... that you will go from being the hunter to being the hunted... ...

and it will all be done before you realize it....  .
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I think that my biggest fear would be failing to kill the bear -- just wounding the bear -- and then having to track it.  THAT is when you become the hunted! 

I'll stick to bow hunting white tail deer. 
 
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aleshanee said:
the only thing i really know about bear hunting... .. (and not from my own experience but from listening to others).... .
is that it;s not only common.. but very likely... that you will go from being the hunter to being the hunted... ...

and it will all be done before you realize it....  .

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Warrior Princess, that is why you always use the dogs. It's worked in our neck of the woods for over 250 Years.


ChuckBob
 
Frag said:
Web said:
Oh, wow.  Lure a bear into an open area and shoot him from 20 feet up in a tree stand. 

How manly.  (not)  It's as pathetic as Frag's Sunday night sermon.
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I hate to agree with WEB on anything, but she has a point.  I have been asked to go bear hunting many times, but don't see the challenge.  This video was the first one I have ever seen that made bear hunting actually look dangerous!  :)


Ya'll have bear up in Indianana?

ChuckBob


As for the "Frag's Sunday night sermon" comment, I could take advantage of that and describe what KIND of a hunt me preaching to WEB on a Sunday night would be likened to, but I am too much of a gentleman to do that.....
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I tried to teach a Missionary to Canada, when he was in Bible College, at HAC, about stalking.  He insisted on positioning himself in a tree stand across from a tree rub that I showed him, from a pretty tall Buck.  I told him that I would walk the herd right past him, and I went off to circle the thicket they were bedding in.  I woke up the fawns, and they looked at Momma, like, 'who is he, and what do we do?'  I told them to head out, and they did, slowly meandering down their trail, right towards the rub.  I made it back to my partner, expecting lunch, and was disappointed.  He had never shot his bow at a moving target before.  Even though they were just walking, he couldn't pull it off.  From up there, most shots were obstructed by limbs. 
  I never tried to hunt with him again.  Some people are more into their gear,  gadgets, trophies, than they are eating, I guess.  I don't understand sitting in a tree for hours.  Go out and meet n greet em, make new friends.  Then they'll share their meat with you.
  I put in for bear draw lottery this year.  I know where mishka mukwa is hiding, if they pull my name.  Hopefully he is full of berries and trout, when I catch up to him.

Anishinabe

 
ChuckBob,

No bear in Indiana, but I have some friends that go yearly to Michigan to bear hunt. 

 
prophet said:
I tried to teach a Missionary to Canada, when he was in Bible College, at HAC, about stalking.  He insisted on positioning himself in a tree stand across from a tree rub that I showed him, from a pretty tall Buck.  I told him that I would walk the herd right past him, and I went off to circle the thicket they were bedding in.  I woke up the fawns, and they looked at Momma, like, 'who is he, and what do we do?'  I told them to head out, and they did, slowly meandering down their trail, right towards the rub.  I made it back to my partner, expecting lunch, and was disappointed.  He had never shot his bow at a moving target before.  Even though they were just walking, he couldn't pull it off.  From up there, most shots were obstructed by limbs. 
  I never tried to hunt with him again.  Some people are more into their gear,  gadgets, trophies, than they are eating, I guess.  I don't understand sitting in a tree for hours.  Go out and meet n greet em, make new friends.  Then they'll share their meat with you.
  I put in for bear draw lottery this year.  I know where mishka mukwa is hiding, if they pull my name.  Hopefully he is full of berries and trout, when I catch up to him.

Anishinabe
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Hardly a fair assessment of tree stand hunting.  If you can stalk and shoot trophy bucks with a bow, more power to you.  I use a climbing stand that I pack in and position between bedding areas and feeding areas.  Pick a pinch point, and sit and wait.  If you think you are going to slip in on deer and shoot them while they are bedding or feeding, you better bring a camera so you can mount pictures of their white tails as they bound away -- cause that is all you are going to take. 
 
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