Bear hunting VA

Perkey ~ You've gotta tell me how to download the video onto the photobucket site. I've never done that.

GO GET EM' SON!!

Plott Proud wrote:Heck man, after a few more races like that those dogs will be makin' ol' Mr. Bruin really look for a tree.

Perkey, do you ever hunt with or around a Mr Radford? I believe it's either Darrell or Doyle. I met him a few years back in WI at the Bear Hunters Rights Coalition seminar.
Seemed to be a really nice guy.
Heck man, most of us from Virginia are any way!

Good Luck and keep the pics coming Buddy!
Irv

Irv are you talking about Warren Radford? If so he was the President of VBHA...Real nice man...I've met him a couple of times....Perkey

That would be the man, Perkey. As you said, Very nice man!

Treed a nice boar bear yesterday and it gave a good chase....Started with a strike early in the morning and we turned 12 dogs loose and within 5 to 10 mins we had him "bushed"...The dogs must have jumped him right outta his bed and treed him on the next ridge...We drove around to the top of the mountain and went out the top to the tree...I went out a lil further than the other 2 guys and came straight down on the dogs and as soon as ol' blackie seen me he bailed and the race was on again....The dogs treed him again at the bottom of the mountain and we went off to him....This time he found a hardwood and climbed way up this thing....We gathered up the dogs and called it a day...The boar bear weighted around 250 and after the second chase he didn't want any thing to do with these Plotts....We were going to let a young boy knock him out but it treed on another lease so we let it go for another day....Here are some pics...Perkey





Major and Zipper treed

Sounds really good Perkey! How much season do you guys have left over there?
Good luck through the remainder!

Take it easy!
Irv

Perky; Dang you boys are tearing them up over there. I need to send you some of our weather to protect what's left. We took a nicin yesterday. Didn't go today (weather horrible). Must be getting old. LOL

Irv--our season ends Sat.

Gene---The weather was terrible here as well...Wind blowing about 35-40 mph and gusts over 60... And it was freezing cold as the day went on...

Started a cold track this morning and the dogs didn't do much with it but my Major dog seem to find a deer I think to run and I spent half the morning trying to catch him...After I got him some guys on the lease next to us brought a nice bear (bout 200) over the mountain and ame over on to our lease and it was a mean one...It tore up several dogs...They had it stopped for a lil bit up on the mtn. but it came off and I got to see it cross the road but didn't have my dogs or truck....Then they seen one cross the road up the mountain and the ones that had dogs turned loose on it and treed on the other end of the mountain...They took a first time shooter in and he got to fill his tag....About a 150 lb. boar bear...I didn't make it to that tree so I don't have pics of it...Got three more days left...When I get a chance I'll post a lil video of how hard the wind was blowing....Perkey

I know how that wind can get!

I've NEVER seen it blow like it does over here in the winter man!!

It's no fun at all when hunting. Can't hear the dogs for very long as it is. Let alone all that wind!
GOOD LUCK Perkey!!
Irv

Had another good day today...The wind finally laid down and we went looking...Walked out the top of the mountain and seen alot of sign but no strikes so we went back to the trucks and started rigging for a track...At about 3:30 one of the guys got a strike off the wind and we cut loose...It was kinda a cluster at first but we got the dogs right and within about 45 mins had it treed...It was a yound sow bear that was about 130 lbs...It tried to come out of the first tree when we got there but the Plotts didn't think much of that and sent her back up the next tree about 10 ft. away...It was a good race with a good tree...Here's some pics....Perkey







Akita treed:


Major treed:


Zipper treed:

Lookin' Good Perkey!! 2 DAYS LEFT!! Go Get Em!!
Irv

Well like all things hunting season came to an end and now is time to rest a lil and think back on how good '08 was for us...We treed 21 bear this season and had 5 kills...One in our small group took one the last day of the season and it was a sow bear...The shooter made it to tree before anyone else and took the shot...This was the first bear kill for this person and he was really excited about the kill...The sow weighted in at 180 lbs...The only bad part about this is when the bear was gutted they found three lil cubs in her... ...Sometimes that happens in the heat of the moment...I was happy he got his first kill but was disappionted to hear about the cubs...But anyways all in all we had a good season and had several young dogs turn it on this year and it only gets me excited about next season...I'll post some pics of the last days kill later....Perkey

Gamegetter, great pics and video, just found this site,can't wait to show my wife, she wants a bear more than anything.