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 to find him. When we got close to where he was when we spotted him, we could not find him and it took a while to locate him about 500 yards out into this big flat. We got the wind right, and began the stalk. When we got about 300 yards away, we set up for the shot and Brandon made a great shot with a 7 mm WSM 180 gr. Berger VLD. The bear dropped immediately with a high shoulder shot. It did take one more to finish him off, he was a tough one. He measures 6 foot 2 inches long and was in the 300 pound range. We made it back to the truck at 10:30 pm in the dark, then went to camp and BBQ'd Steak and Chicken with pasta to celebrate. We had a great hunt and really enjoyed our time out. He has been holding out for a black bear and when we saw this one, he said - that is the one I want, so we committed to a long hard hike and it paid off.
