Just returned yesterday MSUcat61! Due to a couple travel complexities, we only got in 8 days of hunting but saw 5 bears. All boars. Hunting higher, more rugged stuff I guess we weeded out a bunch of the sow/cubs??? At least that's my theory.
1 of those bears was a huge boar grizz which we got to watch for a while - quite the treat. Wolves put us to sleep a couple nights. Saw every ungulate in the book. More wildflowers and migrating songbirds than the mind could fathom.
Only decided to make 2 stalks all week. Fortunately, the first paid off in a handsome black bear. We ran out of daylight on the other mature boar on the final night - a FINE slate black boar. Mine squared in the mid 5' range and weighed 175-190 pounds I'd guess. Black guard hairs with dark brown roots. Gorgeous bear for my first bear. Snapped this picture as he was coming down off the top of the mountain into a big cut.
Killed him 4 miles from the truck which made for a nice hump out the next morning.
The good kind of work though.
