Utah Bear

BigGameHunter · Post by **BigGameHunter** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:32 am

Any of you Utah fellas caught anything? We found a track on the opener but it was old and burned out. Hot Hot Hot. The dogs won't last long in heat like this!

Hopefully I'll find something a little more fresh this weekend!

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:17 pm

we treed one saturday and another tuesday and got on a walkin bear yesterday.. walked it for 7 hours before deciding it wouldnt tree and pulled off.. hope to be at it again this weekend

HoundDawg · Post by **HoundDawg** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:10 pm

Mort,

Get those mean walkin' pricks out of the gene pool so us boys from the North don't have to deal with 'em.

Heard your mountain was a wee bit crowded opening weekend.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:30 pm

ya dawg it was a little over crowded from what i hear.. i stayed on the blanding side and only ran into tony and rick and there crew.. Did tony ever say if they saw that bear they were chasing on the opener.. Im pretty sure it was the one i walked all day yesterday.. Just talked to a guy from california who is runnin one in the same spot as both me a tony and its just been walking him since daylight.. Ill agree this one needs to be harvested this fall..

kk · Post by kk » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:51 pm

The first few days, We were up on Manti. The Gov. hunters are killing all the bear up there. Not enough food for the bear so they are harassing the sheep.
We have been on San Jaun from Thursday till today (sunday). Alot of hunters but we treed a few. The weather was great.

BigGameHunter · Post by **BigGameHunter** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:34 am

kk where at on the Manti are they killing the bears? Thats where I hunt. Caught one Saturday. Also where did you get the info on the gov hunters?

kk · Post by kk » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:12 pm

We was on skyline by the towers. in the canyons to the West. They also said that they have a lot of snares set up. We talked to the Gov. hunter he told us where a few other bear were hangin out, but we have not been back.
Where did you catch the bear last weekend?

BigGameHunter · Post by **BigGameHunter** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:52 pm

Caught him over by Scofield.

kk · Post by kk » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:40 pm

I will be up Scofield / Skyline area this weekend. The Gov. trapper told me to call and I can chase any bear that are causing trouble with the sheep. Good luck I might see you up there. I will be in a Polaris Ranger, or on a Honda Rubicon.

BigGameHunter · Post by **BigGameHunter** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:51 pm

I'll be on a Suzuki King quad with an ugly looking wooden box or Nissan pickup with that same ugly wood box strapped on the back of my strike deck! I'll look for you.

Good luck! Hopefullly we can chase them off before the gov. hunters get to them!

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:15 pm

I finally got a chance to take some of my hounds out Sunday and look for a bear. They bumped once and then blew pretty good air on the second rig so I kicked my six and eight year old red dogs down. They went straight to the track and started a cold trail so I DTFB behind them. There was five finished hounds and two young dogs bohooing down the tracks. It was early, probably 6:30 at the latest.

The track was slow but a guy always thinks maybe the bear didn't go far and they'll bump him before it gets hot. I cut the hounds off around 9:00 AM and they were moving the track pretty darn slow and getting heated up, so I watered them all and they went back to trailing. Lady luck still didn't shine on us that day as they quit the trail just before noon and came to the road.

What I need is a hound that can speak the english language and tell me whether the track is catchable............

ike

kk · Post by kk » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:09 am

Good looking hounds Ike.

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