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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 963253" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>Several years ago I was hunting bear in the Payette region of western Idaho. We spotted a big bear down below us and it went into a thicket along a creek. The thicket was basically saplings about 2 to 3" in diameter and as thick as a bamboo patch. You could see the bear moving around by the saplings waving back and forth. My brother in law stayed up on the ridge to direct me with hand signals and I took my Ruger .44 mag and proceeded to crawl into the thicket. I would look up on the ridge when I could and follow hand signals for left, right, forward etc. to get me closer to the bear. I finally got close, maybe 15 yards, from the bear but I couldn't see him it was so thick. I could hear him rooting around and making snuffling noises. About that time I heard a 2nd bear off to my right and then a couple more bouncing around. I looked up at the ridge and my brother in law was jumping up and down, waving his arms for me to back up. I slowly crawled out on my hands and knees. When I got back on the ridge he said a sow with two cubs had come into the thicket from the other side. He could see by the saplings moving that they had got very close to me. I figured my contact with the big male would be hand-shaking distance but I never figured on adding a female with cubs to that equation. Yes I know......I had more guts than brains. I don't have those nerves anymore or maybe I am just wiser. I had just got back from a combat mission in Panama and felt bulletproof. If the wind had shifted or contact had been made it could have gotten ugly. One of the dumber things that I have done.......which is quite a long list.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 963253, member: 1863"] Several years ago I was hunting bear in the Payette region of western Idaho. We spotted a big bear down below us and it went into a thicket along a creek. The thicket was basically saplings about 2 to 3" in diameter and as thick as a bamboo patch. You could see the bear moving around by the saplings waving back and forth. My brother in law stayed up on the ridge to direct me with hand signals and I took my Ruger .44 mag and proceeded to crawl into the thicket. I would look up on the ridge when I could and follow hand signals for left, right, forward etc. to get me closer to the bear. I finally got close, maybe 15 yards, from the bear but I couldn't see him it was so thick. I could hear him rooting around and making snuffling noises. About that time I heard a 2nd bear off to my right and then a couple more bouncing around. I looked up at the ridge and my brother in law was jumping up and down, waving his arms for me to back up. I slowly crawled out on my hands and knees. When I got back on the ridge he said a sow with two cubs had come into the thicket from the other side. He could see by the saplings moving that they had got very close to me. I figured my contact with the big male would be hand-shaking distance but I never figured on adding a female with cubs to that equation. Yes I know......I had more guts than brains. I don't have those nerves anymore or maybe I am just wiser. I had just got back from a combat mission in Panama and felt bulletproof. If the wind had shifted or contact had been made it could have gotten ugly. One of the dumber things that I have done.......which is quite a long list. [/QUOTE]
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