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2022 Hunting Pictures
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KinleyWater
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Just got back from Idaho's Unit 12 and am proud to report I got my spring bear.
hunter24605
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Wow, that’s some quick taxidermy turn around! 
DrMike
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Great job of taxidermy! Hopefully, you didn't pay the taxidermist too much for that work of art.
wvbuckbuster
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Love the matching bow. Dan.
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Nice!
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flyingagg
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I am extremely jelaous...
357 Magnum with 158 grain XTP's
22GT with the 88 grain ELD-M
Night Hunting...Spot and stalk. 308 Win using the 168 grain A-Max
Head shot (intentional) 60 grain V-Max 223 Rem
AR-15 223, Standing shot off of tripod, right at 100 yards (spot and stalk) at night. Custom 64 grain mono bullet.
KinleyWater
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Okay, in seriousness, here she is:
You can read my full breakdown of the hunt here: https://forum.nosler.com/threads/first-ever-bear-contains-some-graphic-content.43400/
You can read my full breakdown of the hunt here: https://forum.nosler.com/threads/first-ever-bear-contains-some-graphic-content.43400/
Guy Miner
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Our first 2022 bird hunt. No birds. No problem.
My youngest son and I headed over to a nearby canyon to seek out some quail. The quail eluded us, however we had a great walk with our dog and a couple of fine shotguns. John carried a very lightweight CZ side by side in 28 gauge. I used a nearly 100 year old Remington 32 12 gauge. Would have been great to get some shooting, but the only quail we found were on private property where we couldn't hunt.
I hunted birds often with my father. Nice that my son and I are carrying on that tradition, using my father's old shotguns.
BTW, saw a LOT of fresh bear sign along the creek. We may go back this evening and see if we can locate the bear.
We usually pick up some birds, but I kind of thought that we'd strike out Monday morning, after the weekend hunters hit it hard.
Regards, Guy
My youngest son and I headed over to a nearby canyon to seek out some quail. The quail eluded us, however we had a great walk with our dog and a couple of fine shotguns. John carried a very lightweight CZ side by side in 28 gauge. I used a nearly 100 year old Remington 32 12 gauge. Would have been great to get some shooting, but the only quail we found were on private property where we couldn't hunt.
I hunted birds often with my father. Nice that my son and I are carrying on that tradition, using my father's old shotguns.
BTW, saw a LOT of fresh bear sign along the creek. We may go back this evening and see if we can locate the bear.
We usually pick up some birds, but I kind of thought that we'd strike out Monday morning, after the weekend hunters hit it hard.
Regards, Guy
DrMike
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Looks to have been a great day. I'm certain each of you (even the dog) enjoyed the outing. Hope you find the bruin.
Richracer1
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Well, I would love to post some pics of what the wife and I got, but I have none. She took a shot at a 4x4 muley but missed. I spent over 2 hours looking for it just in case. I took a shot at a spike elk but poor footing on a rock caused a miss when the rock rolled. I took another shot at a very nice bull elk but as I was kneeling using some dead fall as a gun rest for a spike elk when a noise off to my left pulled my attention away from the spike and a large bull appeared. I had to turn my upper body hard to the left while leaving my knees in the same position. I thought I had hit him, but no evidence of blood anywhere and using my 338RUM W/225ABs would surly exit at that distance. I searched in the dark for 2 hours that evening. I went back to camp then went down to the other hunters camped down from me that we had been talking with almost daily. They agreed to help search the next morning. Found nothing after 3 more hours of searching. My thought is, because I was twisted so much to the left that when I fired, and I was so focused on the shot placement that the recoil made me twist back into a more natural position.
DrMike
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Bummer! Things like that happen. If it never happened, it was only because you weren't hunting. Will you be able to get out again this season?
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Hang tough Rich. It was meant to be for a reason. Something good will happen!
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Richracer1
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No more antlered elk hunting for, the season closed on the 21st.
TKessel
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DrMike
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It does indeed appear to have been a great season for you and your lady. Congratulations! Some fine dining shown in those pictures.
xphunter
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Excellent
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I guess so. Congratulations to you and your wife.
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TKessel
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He is 24” wide, the deep forks puts him around the 178” mark.
