Redwood Hound's 2012 CA Bear Season

[Redwood Coonhounds]

Here's just a few pictures of some of the bears the gang treed during California's last bear season.

Aspen, Kelly, Shasta, Gamble, Trinity (RIP) and Flash are my dogs. Ashland, Kable and Walter are our friends young dogs bred by me out of my dogs. Snuff and Cash is our cousin/roomates dogs, and Snuff is Aspen's brother.





Kable and Kelly


Shasta at 16 months old


Aspen






Coming down


Old girls Kelly and Aspen


Shasta










Aspen


Shasta







Hiding


Gamble and Kelly


Kelly and Gamble


Ashland and Kable


Gamble, Kelly, Kable, Ashland and Snuff


Gamble


Kable


Snuff

[Redwood Coonhounds]

Kelly, Aspen, Shasta and Trinity


Trinity

















Gamble and Aspen




Flash and Shasta


Kelly


Trinity


Shasta





Gamble, Trinity and Shasta




Kelly, Gamble, Aspen and Flash


Kable and Ashland


Aspen and Gamble


Flash, Trinity and Kelly


Cash and Snuff


Flash

[Redwood Coonhounds]

Kable, Trinity and Aspen


Trinity and Aspen


Kelly and Shasta


Flash and Gamble


Walter, Kable, Kelly and Shasta





The bear I lost my Trinity dog on... RIP 11/13/2012


Gamble, Walter, Shasta, Aspen


Shasta, Walter, Gamble, Snuff








Flash and Cash


Gamble


Shasta and Aspen


Shasta and Walter


Aspen and her grandpups, Walter and Shasta


Snuff
Flash, Kelly and Gamble

[Redwood Coonhounds]

Aspen


Flash


Gamble


Flash, Shasta, Gamble











Aspen and Flash


Shasta and Kelly


Gamble







Aspen and Gamble


Walter, Shasta and their mother Kelly


Kable


Walter








Kable, Ashland and Flash.


Aspen


Gamble and Walter


Shasta and Kelly

[Redwood Coonhounds]

Aspen and Flash


Shasta and Aspen


Snuff and Flash


Cash and Walter


Kable


Walter







Gamble and Kelly








"OOPS"


Aspen


Kelly





I've treed HUNDREDS of bears over my dogs in all the years I've hunted, but never have I killed a bear myself. We've been 100% catch and release for over 4 years. So with the last few days of season of our final hound bear season, I harvested my first and last California bear. Treed by my two coldest nosed dogs after many hours and miles and a lot of good dogwork.




Didn't look like much, but Gamble got it cranking.



The result of good dog work.


Gamble and Aspen






An old battle axe of a boar. Little past his prime.

[maceman]

Awesome Pics!!! Thanks for sharing!!! A bear behind hounds is still on my bucket list!!! Mace

[buzz]

Great pics, and sorry for the loss of your dog and your bear hunting. I feel for ya!

[radar]

Great pic's and great looking hounds!! Our season wasn't the best as far as catches but still had a fun time chasing after the hounds!!