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Anyone from your hunt fill their tag on one of the 11 bears you spotted?

Friend glassed two bears crossing a meadow in a high alpine forest. Headed over that way and watched them working on a cow elk kill for a few hours. In the afternoon bear number three showed up to feed on the carcass. So, yes, a gut pile or a downed animal that someone lost is a great food source this time of year. Acorns are also on the menu. Plenty of juniper berries are ripe and falling, so that is also a food choice for bears.

A little late too, but both my wife and I carry .40 caliber Glocks. They are model 23c, so they are compensated with gas ports to reduce kickback and get you back on target. The 23 is the mid=sized frame, as it is not the largest size, nor the smallest. Both of us can rip a clip of lead into a target without a hiccup, and neither Glock has ever jammed. As much as I love revolvers, I usually call for bear alone, and love the rapid release of lead I can produce with my Glock versus any of my revolvers.

Since I have not yet tagged a bull elk, I have used a large tamale pot on bear, lion, cow elk, and javelina skulls.

Two nice bulls!

After racking my brain for hours, I finally figured out two theories of what these guys were up to. Theory one is that these guys were obviously packing too much fruit for their day hike and decided to lighten their load. Theory two is that they are conservationists related to Johnny Appleseed and were sewing ripening seeds to start a community orchard. Anyways, I wanted to thank them for placing a sheet of bark over my camera instead of stealing it or destroying it. I wish more hunters could follow their example and respect other people's property!

Never hunted unit 10, but have called them in unit 9 on elk hunts in October.

Looks like a great bull to me!

Love the blood on both antlers, very unique!!

+1 on calling the bear hotline!! 23 south is closed to bear hunting for the rest of 2014. Other units may have already closed as well.

Reminds me of a caribou! Great job!

...or sit a good water hole with fresh bear tracks....or call into ravines or canyons where you have spotted bear scat or bear trails.

How old is she? Starting the big 10 early? Just set her up on a good water hole in a blind.

Drilled holes in a bucket are great for water release so plant roots do not asphyxiate and kill a growing plant. Metal cages protect young seedlings from herbivores that might otherwise eat them. If it was experimental, tags would have been attached to the buckets with contact information. It all adds uo to trouble in my book. Be careful.

Nice bull! Wanted to see your decoy, too!

That bull is larger than any of my bulls! I would have shot it too!

Nice job! Was that a PM or AM kill shot?

Holy crap, that bull looks heavy! Great job!

Sweet looking bull! What unit, and where is her story?

That is a sweet little drinker that you built! 50 gallon barrel?

I would like to buy a wolf tag for Arizona.

Yes, out with the story of your great bull!!

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Or, be prepared for a much closer bow shot! I do not even hunt deer, but have ran into coues nearly every January 1st for the past 20 years hunting javelina in unit 33. I do not know beans about antler size, but they all look respectable to me!