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Here are a few photos from last spring bear hunt. I may have posted some before. It was a blast and we ended up getting both of my sons a bear. Please post any photos from your spring bear hunts, we are getting close to another season!

A photo from last fall glassing mule deer for a friend who had a trophy tag. Waiting for the fog to lift. A photo from last spring bear hunting. Found a sow and yearling cub asleep on a nice spring day.

My Idaho buck this year

I shoot a 7 mm WSM and loaded over 400 rounds to find the one my gun would shoot the best. I changed powders, primers, bullet seating depth, etc. I get .4 to .5 moa at 100 yards from a custom rifle. I shoot Berger Hunting VLD in 180 grain. I use federal large rifle match primers, H 4831 ext...

I will put out another vote for 4 blade slick tricks in 100 grain. they are super sharp, fly very well from my bow out to 80 yards and hitting with the field points. They make a super big hole with 4 blades, and both my elk and my deer had complete pass through shots last year and both animals...

How far is your closest big game shot with a bow? I find myself practicing great distances so I feel steady and confident out to 40 and 50 yards. It has helped with kills out that far, but the ones I really remember are the closest ones. Last year my bull elk was 12 yards and my mule deer...

I have been stretching out the distance. Shot the other morning with not even a breeze and had this 3 shot group out at 100 yards. I have all my arrows made the bow is tuned and it seems ready to go. I'm shooting 12 to 20 arrows 6 days a week now until the end of the season.

Here is a group I shot the other day from 90 yards. The max I used to shoot at targets was 80, but this year I have stretched it out to 110 and it has really made me focus and work on technique. It is nice when 70 and 80 yards start to feel closer. It gives me tons of confidence when hunting...

I agree with Hoytfanatic - I use the merino from Sitka as my base layer and it is great. I start out in the morning with only merino on top and hike up the hills, then add the traverse when I slow down to hunt and need insulation from a breeze. The merino is also cool on a hot afternoon stalk...

Had a good week; 4 days of weights, did some hills, walks and then with the cooler temps and clouds today, got the 3 amigos out for a pack. They each have 60 lbs loaded and we did about 3 miles on the dirt road with some small hills and trail work mixed in. Trimmed their feet and gave them some...

Took a pic of this deer a couple days ago - he is in an area where I can hunt him with my bow. I posted this also on the Mule deer section.

I did the same thing last year and upgraded from Nikon to Swaro. I love the new binoculars, I can look right into the setting sun or rising sun and there is very little glare on the glass - could not do that with the nikon. Used the Binos so much more this year than the spotter, but I also...

I stepped out this morning at 6:30 to hit the weight room and spotted this buck 300 yards from the house. Needless to say I was a few minutes late to the gym as I had to get the spotter on him and the phone scope hooked up. My lifting partner was razzing me about being late until I sent the...

I use the bino harness by Sitka - it is really nice. It is a shoulder strap with a waist strap also. A couple things I really like about a harness - no dirt, rain, snow inside when zipped up. It can go over or under my coat depending on how bad the conditions are. Also it is a zipper...

My oldest son Mitchell shot this bear a couple days ago. He spotted the bear on a ridge then we made a plan, did the stalk and got to within 150 yards and he made a great shot. It measured 5'5" and it was also his first bear. Mitch was a great hunting partner this year. His brother shot one...

My son Brandon shot this bear last week. This big boar was eating onions but was only about 500 yards downwind of a group of elk. I'm sure he was waiting for calves to drop - Brandon saved a few elk with this big bear kill. Photos of him before the shot and after.

Here is another couple photos from my spotter taken from 300 yards of my sons bear just before he pulled the trigger.

My youngest Son, Brandon and I went on a bear hunt and he harvested this black bear. We were on top of a mountain, glassing alot of country when we saw him 3 miles away. We marked him on the Galaxy S5 phone, and then drove around, 4 wheelered for a while and then hiked 2.5 miles out this ridge...