Labor Day Bears

[BigGameHunter]

I wish every labor day was as fun as this one. I had a buddy who drew a fall bear tag and invited my brother and law and I into go hunting with him over the weekend. First day we caught a sow, loaded up the dogs to see if we could go find a boar. The strike dogs struck another bear later in the day but no luck. Second day we ran a bear in the morning but never did catch up to him. We did have a decent deer race with a couple of the pups though.
Later on that day around 2:00 we got another stike and dumped the box. Another small bear but I did get some pretty good footage of the dogs in action.
http://www.preciscom.com/precisweb_old/bear1.asf
http://www.preciscom.com/precisweb_old/bear2.asf

Last day we thought we would outsmart Mr. Bear. We figured it was the same bear we had run the two days prior. The final score ended up 3-0...bears won. We did catch another little sow later that day to redeem ourselves! Final score was Bears 3 Us 3. Three days with three bears isn't to bad. [url][/url]

[Buddyw]

Get a little nervous did you!

[lbird]

Them were some great shots of the dog working that bear.Thanks for sharing

[BigGameHunter]

LOL. Just a little nervous Buddy! Thought he was going to run me over.

[Ike]

It sounds like you had a great time BigGameHunter, congrats on the catches and thanks for sharing the video--those dogs were truely walking with the bear!

keep'em treed,
ike

[BigGameHunter]

Thanks Ike. It was a great time! Wish I could do it every day!

[easttenngator]

Big Game ...I am right with you.....God did I laugh.

1st bear I ever saw was treed by a sinlent mouth cur dog and when I walked in to her the sow barked above my head about 6 feet they never thought I would stop running.

Nice job by you and the hounds

[dllhoundcompany]

From the video the dogs look warn out and the bear! How long of a run was it. Looks like fun getting out is what its about!
congrates
dll

[Spanky]

that was a bit exciting thanks for the video clip it helps with the bordem this time of year

[kdrchuck]

I wish we could find a bear walking that slow. Maybe the dogs could keep up with it. The dogs and the bear look worn out. Nice videos.

[BigGameHunter]

Thanks guys. The dogs were very worn out. They had already unsuccessfully been on a bear that same morning and it was a runner! This bear they hadn't run that long. He did finally go up a tree though.

[bearcat]

Good video, thanks for sharing. We have just a few units that open for dogs before labor day. I went up in one opening day. I just collared the dogs up and let them out of the truck to empty out and they started a bear(or actually 3 bears). Unfortunately all the bears swam the river over into the closed unit. One dog treed one by herself, some of the others had a real nice bear bayed up, and the others finally got outrun. The next day I was back and agian had a split race. Treed one and my uncle was along and shot it. Had three dogs cross out of the unit again and then head up river into a roadless area. Spent three days on foot hiking back in to get them. Including spending half of one night crawling around in the bluffs in a thunderstorm, by flashlight. Finally found a spot with some wood and a flat spot big enough I wouldn't fall off of when I was asleep and built a fire. Had to wade the river about waist deep a couple times and then hike out in wet boots. So I caught 3 bears but wouldn't necessarily call it a good weekend. Don't know if the 3 dogs ever caught up with their bear or not. Their treeing switches were going off for a long time but needless to say when I met them they were working their way out on very sore feet.

[chris]

its only letting me see 13 sec of video of the bear bay

[Rockcreek]

Very nice... I like that brindle dog. Take care. Mason

[tylers dad]

nice videos!