Bear kill 9-19-22 cohutta

[trepej2]

I shot this bear Monday evening 9/19. We just got to cohutta that Monday morning and spent all day scouting, but found most of the fresh bear sign within walking distance from where we camped. That evening we went hunting and I was set up on a ridge and around 6:30 pm this bear came strolling through. He gave me a 21 yard shot. I ended up getting up in the shoulder a little bit but still got half off arrow deep for penetration. When I shot him he spun around and broke the end of my arrow off and took off down the side of the mountain which turned out to be the steepest side and away from camp. After about 30 min I got down and started tracking and found he had ran about 50 yards down the mountain then It looked like he rolled another 20 feet or so down before this big pine tree stopped him. Me and a buddy ended up having to quarter him up right there which was a job since our feet were sliding out from under us the whole time and we were having to keep him against that tree. Once we got him quartered up we put the meat and hide/head in our packs and packed him out. We made it back to camp around 10-10:30 pm Monday evening.

 

[Professor]

Looks like a beast. Congratulations.

 

[antharper]

Heck yeah , congrats ! Looks like a pretty big one

 

[Buck70]

Very nice

 

[Swampdogg]

congratulations man that’s a hefty looking bear

 

[EyesUp83]

Congrats! Looks like a good one!

 

[Swampdogg]

I shot this bear Monday evening 9/19. We just got to cohutta that Monday morning and spent all day scouting, but found most of the fresh bear sign within walking distance from where we camped. That evening we went hunting and I was set up on a ridge and around 6:30 pm this bear came strolling through. He gave me a 21 yard shot. I ended up getting up in the shoulder a little bit but still got half off arrow deep for penetration. When I shot him he spun around and broke the end of my arrow off and took off down the side of the mountain which turned out to be the steepest side and away from camp. After about 30 min I got down and started tracking and found he had ran about 50 yards down the mountain then It looked like he rolled another 20 feet or so down before this big pine tree stopped him. Me and a buddy ended up having to quarter him up right there which was a job since our feet were sliding out from under us the whole time and we were having to keep him against that tree. Once we got him quartered up we put the meat and hide/head in our packs and packed him out. We made it back to camp around 10-10:30 pm View attachment 1179016View attachment 1179017View attachment 1179019Monday evening.

How much fat you get off that bigun?

 

[jNick]

Yogi got popped on his way to y’all’s camp to raid some pic i nik baskets!

 

[trepej2]

How much fat you get off that bigun?

He had a lot of fat but I didn't keep any of it. Got a lot of meat from him though.

 

[GAbullHunter]

Congrats of a nice one! Hefty boy!

 

[ddd-shooter]

He had a lot of fat but I didn't keep any of it. Got a lot of meat from him though.

I would recommend keeping it next time. Great stuff.

 

[trepej2]

I would recommend keeping it next time. Great stuff.

I will have to look into all what you can use it for. Honestly I had never heats of anyone saving the fat until this past year and seems like I'm seeing a lot of people do that.

 

[Swampdogg]

I will have to look into all what you can use it for. Honestly I had never heats of anyone saving the fat until this past year and seems like I'm seeing a lot of people do that.

Way back in the day that stuff was literal money, you can cook with it , use it on leather, of make the best cracklings around. If anybody don’t want their bear fat I’ll gladly come pick up.

 

[trad bow]

Bear oil makes a great lube for black powder rifles I’ve been told. I’d like to have a jar to use in my flintlocks. Hopefully next year I’ll be able to hunt and harvest one.

 

[splatek]

Makes great beard oil as well.

 

[bfriendly]

Awesome!! I know old thread….just saw it!

 

[trad bow]

It’s good to be able to read these older threads again. Lots of info in some of them.

 

[Resica]

He had a lot of fat but I didn't keep any of it. Got a lot of meat from him though.

How heavy? 175?

 

[whitetailfreak]

Good job, kill another.

 

[trepej2]

How heavy? 175?

Probably around 200. Not for sure. I had to pack him out. But the one I killed a few years before him was 182lbs and he was every bit as big as that one