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A weekend in the alpine

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A weekend in the alpine

Postby 7mmfan » 07 18, 2022 •  [Post 1]

My Dad and I did our annual weekend alpine backpack trip. We went into a new likely bear hunting spot. Looks like it will be a good one. There was lots of bear sign up there already, berries on the way, and about 200 bear peels down in the timber. We enjoyed great views, great weather, lots of sweat and even more mosquitos. We'll be back in a couple weeks for the bear opener.
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Re: A weekend in the alpine

Postby 7mmfan » 07 18, 2022 •  [Post 2]

You can just barely see our tents on the top left edge of the snow.

Couple more of the bear.
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Re: A weekend in the alpine

Postby wawhitey » 07 18, 2022 •  [Post 3]

2 weeks to go. Im getting excited. Ill be getting home friday, going to be running all over checking out berry conditions in my best bear areas.
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Re: A weekend in the alpine

Postby wawhitey » 07 18, 2022 •  [Post 4]

Those are great pics, how far was that bear?
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Re: A weekend in the alpine

Postby 7mmfan » 07 18, 2022 •  [Post 5]

The close ones were about 50 yards through a pair of 12x binos on a tripod. The further out ones were probably 100 yards away. I was inside 50 yards of him for well over 20 minutes.
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Re: A weekend in the alpine

Postby Elkhunttoo » 07 25, 2022 •  [Post 6]

Sweet pics!!! Good luck connecting on him
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