Lucked out and killed a 6.5 foot bear..

After months of hiking in some of the most ruggest country ive ever been in I finally filled my tag.
I was almost given up hope.. Day after day we would turn dogs loose and come back bear-less...

It has been snowing up here the last couple days, a friend found a huge fresh track up the canyon yesterday morning and told us we better check it out before it gets old. We loaded up and headed up about 9:30. We turned dogs loose at 10 and the chase was on. We hiked in 3 miles winding our way straight up hill, through rock slides, thick down timber with about a foot of snow.
It was snowing the majority of the time, the hounds had a hard time picking up scent with all the snow but finally caught up to the boar.
We had him treed at noon and then the work began. It took us 3 hours to pack him out.. I can bearly move today im so sore...
What a awesome experience! Im thrilled with my bear and cant thank Gary enough for helping me.
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