Samong I’m from WA and a new hunter and I have learned a lot from you. Your are very humble to show this video and allow people to critique you. It was amazing watching that video where you praised God when you got that Bull Elk in Eastern WA. God is amazing take care my Christian brotha
Samong your in a different class then these boys, don't let them drag you down 🥴 Seriously taking a 620yard shot with that wind on a big bear with a closed shoulder? I love that you dry fired that rifle to see the trigger reaction. Keep making good content! Separate yourself from clowns who don't teach noobs good practices. It's about more then making content, it's about teaching new and old hunter good habits. Love your stuff
Whenever you go to the PNW mountains, you go straight up! Everything here is steep, and I applaud you gentlemen for the efforts of capturing and sharing your adventures with us. Thank you!
Geez guys! What a sketchy chute crossing at 22:00 in the video! I think I would have been looking for an alternative route even when I was young. I've been in some gnarly country and situations in my younger years. I was even thinking once that I might have to abandon a traditional muzzleloader when a finger ridge cloaked in wet moss that would easily peel away from the underlying rock knifed-out on me and I needed both hands free for grasping tentative handholds--I drilled that rifle's stock for a sling stud after making it home intact and before I went hunting with it again. EDIT: Just finished watching the video to the conclusion. Seeing that dust kick up behind the bear at Samong's shot, I too read it as a pass-through lethal hit, especially with the bear going down so quickly. With benefit of hindsight and .25X speed reply, the bear tumbling looks almost more like it lost its footing while spinning around to bite at the spot where the bullet struck. It's always a haunting disappointment to not recover an animal, but a realistic understanding says that even if the bear did die, and that is far from certain based upon the meager blood trail, nothing goes to waste in nature. Just like salmon that run upstream and get eaten by bears before the fish get a chance to spawn, every carcass that is not hauled out of the wilderness to feed a human family ends up enriching its environment and many of the creatures there.
Samong, I’m so impressed with your knowledge has a hunter. I’m a old hunter and wish I had the same knowledge as you. If I may respectfully share with you what my father told me many years ago when I started hunting. He stated, make it a goal in my life for big game, 200 yards or less. He said I would enjoy the hunt more by actually stalking the target within that range and my percentage of harvesting the animal will go up. I did that when we lived in Alaska back in the 70 & 80’s and so on. I believe he was correct, but it took discipline and I’ve watched many big animals stay outside my 200 goal run off. Your a much better hunter than I and you easily could do that for a video. Now I road hunt. Lol. But my son shared your videos with me a while back and I’m so impressed. Thank you kindly, sir.
That's some beautiful country samong, I hate it didn't work out for you this time. A few valuable lessons from this trip. #1 if you can dry fire on one don't, shoot it, many times you only get 1 chance #2. Always always always, shoot an animal as many times as possible, especially bear, but deer also. You never know how good an animal is hit, shoot it until it drops. So being the good buddy and getting off the rifle is a "no no". #3. Never leave your rifle, ever ever ever. My dad left his rifle once tracking a buck when he was your age, tracked him and he was still alive and didn't have his rifle, a little different situation, but same concept, if your hunting keep your gun on you at all times, when you think you won't need it, you will.
Such an incredible video. So much beauty out there and such a twist for an ending! I thought it was really cool how the video played out, it was super unique from what you normally would see online with videos like this. I know it obviously was not ideal losing out on the kill, but the whole thing made for a great video. Everything happens for a reason and we are always students of our circumstances. Great video and God bless.
Great vid as always! Man I’m a loyal follower and have been hunting the same areas as you for 25 years. I’ve also learned hard lessons over the years. First lesson: save the 6.5 calibers for deer only! Bear and elk 7 rem mag and larger. If you have a case where you don’t drop the animal, you want as much blood as possible! I’ve used them before, but stop using bergers and nosler ballistic tip! I’ve switched to only hornady eld-x! Better bullet choice next time
I had a horrible experience with eldx. So did a friend using eldx. Only round I use now is barnes ttsx. Happy eldx is working well for you. My friend thinks eldx may have performed better if loaded for slower speeds.
A nosler ballistic tip holds together much better than an eld-x. Stick to a bonded bullet, old school partitioned bullets, or hybrid solid copper lead front bullets. Ditch the eld-x unless it is a low velocity hit.
man that is tough 2 years in a row. You did the ethical thing and this should be an inspiration to young/inexperienced hunters. Side note, kudos for that stalk with Bob. That was legit.
Here in Cali I have bow hunted up to three bears together big boars and that's not the first time I've stalked other boars together they seem to eat the chokecherries as we call them here in Cali
Samong! Just wanted to say what a great video! When we are out there all the training and fundamentals we practice for our hunts go right out the door when you see that animal behind your scope! Lessons learned every year no matter how much experience you have! Good hunt and I respect your choice about the tag! Good luck this hunting season brother 💯
I am really like your footage and i like to start to do the same thing and wonder that is that the national forest ?and where the place that you hunting they allow to hunt
I learned my lesson the hard way also. I shot a buck last year. When I tracked it down, it was laying on the ground dead, blood everywhere. I put everything down and went to go pick it up and tag it. When I grabbed its antlers, it jumped up and ran off. He stopped about 75 yards out and I had another perfect shot, but my rifle wasn't on me. Searched for 3 days, never recovered him.
Samong, your videos are top notch and are as good as they get.. I also think your hunting is of high integrity. I don't know when you notched your tag, but I think you might not want to notch the tag immediately if in the off chance, as someone else mentioned, you might want to go after the bear you hit on a different day. Lets say you thought about it and it bothered you all week and you didn't notch the tag. You could go out again to try to find it. Imagine if you saw a wounded chocolate bear in the same area would be a good chance it was that bear and you could just focus on getting that one. But maybe not having a notched tag would be a real temptation if you saw a different bear under great circumstances. Or maybe you planned to go with your friends then they could get it also. Thank you for sharing.
First off awesome video! I couldn’t help but notice the rapid breathing i highly reccomend l- theanine during the hunt reduces cortisol and prevents adrenal fatigue will help keep the heart rate low and improve stability
This reminds me of back when you shot that deer at over 400 yards on the shoulder with a berger bullet, and it just ran off due to bad bullet selection. You changed your bullet selection after that. Now you are learning that even if you think an aniimal is dead to stay on it till it is a confirmed kill. Even if their is pressure to swap. From now on shoot, rack another round, stay on animal till you are confident it will stay down.
@@duckwacker8720 It was his Browning 30-06. Caliber wasnt the issue, it was a winchester silver tip ballistic berger bullet that shattered on impact on the shoulder.
Only time I wouldn’t bring my rifle is if my tag is already filled. That said I enjoy all your videos, and appreciate you posting your successes and failures for us all to learn from.
Best lesson learned is always pack your own weapon system. If the lead isn’t flying nothing is dying. Great video don’t let people get to you about shooting at distance. I tan about 7,000 hides a year and I see more arrow wounds from bow Hunters under 40 yards.
I thought you guys did good, it looked like a good shot. It wasn't a super far shot like the first one that was way off. I appreciate that you guys didn't kill the little one. It was a really entertaining video with all the action.
Looks like you shot high. It’s a part of hunting. Probably better to use your own rifle an stay focused your target. It takes more skill to kill your game at 100 yards or less than to keep wounding animals at hundreds of yards. Double lung shots should be your focus. Im an old hunter who enjoys your work. Learn from your mistakes son
Love your videos, as always, and the transparency and analysis even when things don't go according to plan. I gotta say, that first shot @6:00 or so that Jeff (?) made, that shot was questionable af, and dude was wayyyy too keyed up all around. Not hard to understand, but that shot clearly wasn't worth taking and his emotions got the better of him.
It sucks to lose any game animal but I respect that you notched your tag and addressed the situation. I suggest everyone follows the advice of Ryan Lampers on bear shot placement: Aim for the middle. That “shoulder shot” choice is above the vitals on a bear, which you have realized here. I’m not trying to throw shade here, but there seems to be pressure to create content and just get shots on camera.
He shot over the bear at 600+ yards due to the steep angle which resulted in far less drop on the bullet than the sighted distance. Maybe 100 to 150 yards less? Figure the angles up or down and compensate.
Maybe you hit no man’s land and maybe with that cartridge that bullet passed through and did not expand. I’ve thumped a few animals with large fast cartridges and have experienced pass throughs where the bullet did not expand leading the animal to live longer than it should.
Maybe looks high like you said and in the reaction from the bear he “slips” ? I know it was super stiff country, maybe he legit just fell and you thought he was dumped ? Head up regardless brother
What range finders do u guys use and recommend? I have a leupold 600 yard and an sig sauer 600 and it does not range further than about 250 yards and very hard to pick up game or surrounding things also sucks in fog.
Vortex 4000 or the New Vortex 4000HD if you wanna get into the technical stuff with Bluetooth capabilities with Kestral. I personally think the basic 4000 is perfect for just hunting and getting a perfect distance
Don’t feel so down Samong mistakes will happen. Learn from it and grow is the best way to turn this situation around. I have no doubt that if you had your rifle, your shot would have the exact outcome you wanted. Always carry your rifle Samong.
Love your channel but I’ll just suggest that I have zero confidence in anyone else’s rifle. Think cheek weld. All faces are diff ans that is just amplified at extreme yardage. I’ve made a dozen similar mistakes but the goal is to learn from them. I could add pages of stories and similies but live and learn. You are living a good life Samong!
It sounds like you learned a lot here about staying on the animal, and shooting it if possible, until it is confirmed dead. I think the desire to get 2 bears in at the same place, as well as give your friend a chance at the 2nd probably colored y'all's judgment a bit. Unfortunate that you didn't recover the bear, but mistakes and bad shots happen, and I'm glad you released the video to show others and hopefully teach them as well.
There are a lot of lessons learned here that hit me blindside. A lot of poor decisions were made and I'm not here to defend them at all. I just hope that this helps other people to not make the same mistakes we made.
I just seen a Hugh black bear from Washington Hwy 14 from the summit where the Hwy heads down toward Grays River. There must be a large population of bears here because this same area I have walked the logging roads then seen bear poop and bear tracks often. I am from Alaska and also guide bear hunters from 1978 to 2019 so for me it would 50/50 if I wanted to shoot a bear because I have killed allot of Black bears and I have killed AK brown bears so been their done that already.
STEEPLY INCLINED SHOTS: I'd like to remind hunters who make steeply inclined shots of a ballistic consideration that is most critical to remember in those situations. That is, it is the horizontal distance to the target, not the slope (line of sight) distance which determines the hold (or dial adjustment for shooters using ballistic-compensating scopes). To provide a simplified example, let's assume that the angle from shooter to that first bear (ranged at approximately 619 yards) was 45 degrees (100% slope). While that is an extreme pitch, it is by no means out of the question is such mountainous terrain. If the slope was indeed 45-degrees, then the horizontal distance to the bear was only 438 yards. That makes one helluva difference! It could easily account for the hunter shooting over the first bear, even on lesser incline and even if the shooter did everything else right!
Samong I’m from WA and a new hunter and I have learned a lot from you. Your are very humble to show this video and allow people to critique you. It was amazing watching that video where you praised God when you got that Bull Elk in Eastern WA. God is amazing take care my Christian brotha
Samong your in a different class then these boys, don't let them drag you down 🥴
Seriously taking a 620yard shot with that wind on a big bear with a closed shoulder?
I love that you dry fired that rifle to see the trigger reaction. Keep making good content! Separate yourself from clowns who don't teach noobs good practices. It's about more then making content, it's about teaching new and old hunter good habits.
Love your stuff
I just got to say that the quality of the contents you been producing has been amazing, samong!
I appreciate your honesty and posting this. We ALL have these things happen…keep your head up and keep up the good work!
Whenever you go to the PNW mountains, you go straight up! Everything here is steep, and I applaud you gentlemen for the efforts of capturing and sharing your adventures with us. Thank you!
Straight up? Try Alaska! Wannabe!😳
@@jesshadlock2139 you obviously haven’t seen much of our Alaska, simple!😳
@@jesshadlock2139 keep dreaming Alaska, while I actually see it, live it daily the past 43 years! Simple!🤪
Geez guys! What a sketchy chute crossing at 22:00 in the video! I think I would have been looking for an alternative route even when I was young.
I've been in some gnarly country and situations in my younger years. I was even thinking once that I might have to abandon a traditional muzzleloader when a finger ridge cloaked in wet moss that would easily peel away from the underlying rock knifed-out on me and I needed both hands free for grasping tentative handholds--I drilled that rifle's stock for a sling stud after making it home intact and before I went hunting with it again.
EDIT: Just finished watching the video to the conclusion. Seeing that dust kick up behind the bear at Samong's shot, I too read it as a pass-through lethal hit, especially with the bear going down so quickly. With benefit of hindsight and .25X speed reply, the bear tumbling looks almost more like it lost its footing while spinning around to bite at the spot where the bullet struck. It's always a haunting disappointment to not recover an animal, but a realistic understanding says that even if the bear did die, and that is far from certain based upon the meager blood trail, nothing goes to waste in nature. Just like salmon that run upstream and get eaten by bears before the fish get a chance to spawn, every carcass that is not hauled out of the wilderness to feed a human family ends up enriching its environment and many of the creatures there.
Samong, I’m so impressed with your knowledge has a hunter. I’m a old hunter and wish I had the same knowledge as you. If I may respectfully share with you what my father told me many years ago when I started hunting. He stated, make it a goal in my life for big game, 200 yards or less. He said I would enjoy the hunt more by actually stalking the target within that range and my percentage of harvesting the animal will go up. I did that when we lived in Alaska back in the 70 & 80’s and so on. I believe he was correct, but it took discipline and I’ve watched many big animals stay outside my 200 goal run off. Your a much better hunter than I and you easily could do that for a video. Now I road hunt. Lol. But my son shared your videos with me a while back and I’m so impressed. Thank you kindly, sir.
Favorite time of the year. Watching Sy hunting videos 🤙
So excited to watch this! Loved hearing about it in the podcast.
That's some beautiful country samong, I hate it didn't work out for you this time.
A few valuable lessons from this trip.
#1 if you can dry fire on one don't, shoot it, many times you only get 1 chance
#2. Always always always, shoot an animal as many times as possible, especially bear, but deer also. You never know how good an animal is hit, shoot it until it drops. So being the good buddy and getting off the rifle is a "no no".
#3. Never leave your rifle, ever ever ever. My dad left his rifle once tracking a buck when he was your age, tracked him and he was still alive and didn't have his rifle, a little different situation, but same concept, if your hunting keep your gun on you at all times, when you think you won't need it, you will.
I could watch these vides all day. They're always so well done. 👌
It’s incredible that those animals can traverse that terrain no problem but we can’t. Good job and awesome hard work!
All I can say is that your vids & explanations of what you are doing are outstanding. Thanks for this great content.
620 and yay high. Better luck next time. Shooting up hill is pretty tough
As usual outstanding content.
I admire the effort put forth… great hunt brother
absolutely LUV your videos...know how much work goes into editing to make these flow so smoothly none of us notice!
Such an incredible video. So much beauty out there and such a twist for an ending! I thought it was really cool how the video played out, it was super unique from what you normally would see online with videos like this. I know it obviously was not ideal losing out on the kill, but the whole thing made for a great video. Everything happens for a reason and we are always students of our circumstances. Great video and God bless.
You still a BEAST Samong, great video
That was a hell of a stock for a pocket bear😅 great video!
Ok, I heard the story on the podcast. "it's tiny" but I wouldn't have passed------seeing it now, I would have. good call, bobby.
Samong as Diego from ice age : lets climb that step mountain. Its no problem.
Me as Sid " I chose life "
Great vid as always! Man I’m a loyal follower and have been hunting the same areas as you for 25 years. I’ve also learned hard lessons over the years. First lesson: save the 6.5 calibers for deer only! Bear and elk 7 rem mag and larger. If you have a case where you don’t drop the animal, you want as much blood as possible! I’ve used them before, but stop using bergers and nosler ballistic tip! I’ve switched to only hornady eld-x! Better bullet choice next time
I had a horrible experience with eldx. So did a friend using eldx. Only round I use now is barnes ttsx. Happy eldx is working well for you. My friend thinks eldx may have performed better if loaded for slower speeds.
A nosler ballistic tip holds together much better than an eld-x. Stick to a bonded bullet, old school partitioned bullets, or hybrid solid copper lead front bullets. Ditch the eld-x unless it is a low velocity hit.
Do you hunt hunters while youre out there? I cant get a single [citizen] to go to a gun store around here.
Hey man it sucks but thanks for sharing most would not
Thanks for notching that tag. Its a really big deal.
Liked before watching!
Great video again!!!!!
some craZy ass steep mountains bro, nice work on this video and we dont get em all thats how it goes sometimes. Great work I really enjoyed this.
Awesome Video Love the camera work great content thanks for sharing
Good to see you made it down the Stairmaster 5000😂 That was LEGIT STEEP!
man that is tough 2 years in a row. You did the ethical thing and this should be an inspiration to young/inexperienced hunters. Side note, kudos for that stalk with Bob. That was legit.
Pretty cool you hooked up with the PNWild boys. I have been thinking about reaching out to both of you guys to see if you wanted to hunt together.
This is a really man hunt for sure, great job guys!!!!
great video! now thats hunting! keep em coming! success can sound easy but its never easy!
I'm not done watching the video but it's hilarious so far with that super steep stalk on that cub!!!
Here in Cali I have bow hunted up to three bears together big boars and that's not the first time I've stalked other boars together they seem to eat the chokecherries as we call them here in Cali
Samong! Just wanted to say what a great video! When we are out there all the training and fundamentals we practice for our hunts go right out the door when you see that animal behind your scope! Lessons learned every year no matter how much experience you have! Good hunt and I respect your choice about the tag! Good luck this hunting season brother 💯
Been awhile brother. Great to see an upload 🙏hope you are well. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🙏
3 year old beers more than likely brothers still hanging out together first summer without momma
Kept waiting for them to put that together, glad you said it.
I am really like your footage and i like to start to do the same thing and wonder that is that the national forest ?and where the place that you hunting they allow to hunt
Respect on posting this. The only thing I can't get passed is not having your rifle. Love your videos
Hey your the man Samoung great vid, great analysis. Haters gonna hate
An honest hunter 👌
Loved the video looked like a lot of fun
I learned my lesson the hard way also. I shot a buck last year. When I tracked it down, it was laying on the ground dead, blood everywhere. I put everything down and went to go pick it up and tag it. When I grabbed its antlers, it jumped up and ran off. He stopped about 75 yards out and I had another perfect shot, but my rifle wasn't on me. Searched for 3 days, never recovered him.
Do you go to shot show?
Samong, your videos are top notch and are as good as they get.. I also think your hunting is of high integrity. I don't know when you notched your tag, but I think you might not want to notch the tag immediately if in the off chance, as someone else mentioned, you might want to go after the bear you hit on a different day. Lets say you thought about it and it bothered you all week and you didn't notch the tag. You could go out again to try to find it. Imagine if you saw a wounded chocolate bear in the same area would be a good chance it was that bear and you could just focus on getting that one. But maybe not having a notched tag would be a real temptation if you saw a different bear under great circumstances. Or maybe you planned to go with your friends then they could get it also. Thank you for sharing.
Good job brother. You guys did a excellent job!
First off awesome video! I couldn’t help but notice the rapid breathing i highly reccomend l- theanine during the hunt reduces cortisol and prevents adrenal fatigue will help keep the heart rate low and improve stability
I just recently stumbled upon your vids. Nicely done. I feel the pain.
On bears, I always shoot just forward of center and center for the exact same reason as what happened here. It's a bummer, but that's hunting.
Great video as always. Talk about rough terrain, sheesh I wouldn't go up neither lol 😅
This reminds me of back when you shot that deer at over 400 yards on the shoulder with a berger bullet, and it just ran off due to bad bullet selection. You changed your bullet selection after that. Now you are learning that even if you think an aniimal is dead to stay on it till it is a confirmed kill. Even if their is pressure to swap. From now on shoot, rack another round, stay on animal till you are confident it will stay down.
Sounds more like wrong caliber.
@@duckwacker8720 It was his Browning 30-06. Caliber wasnt the issue, it was a winchester silver tip ballistic berger bullet that shattered on impact on the shoulder.
Did you guys have suction cup soles on those boots?
Only time I wouldn’t bring my rifle is if my tag is already filled. That said I enjoy all your videos, and appreciate you posting your successes and failures for us all to learn from.
I know you have mentioned it before, but I can't find or recall it. What is the rifle securing apparatus you use?
This is the Kifaru Universal Gun Bearer.
At that angle you need a range finder that compensates for those kind of shots.... like a G7 by gunwerks..... it pays for itself
It's called hunting bro. I missed a buck of a lifetime too. Don't be too harsh on yourself. Keep going bro! Better luck next time!
Best lesson learned is always pack your own weapon system. If the lead isn’t flying nothing is dying. Great video don’t let people get to you about shooting at distance. I tan about 7,000 hides a year and I see more arrow wounds from bow Hunters under 40 yards.
Both shots were high. The scope lost zero. Time to upgrade the scope.
Myself, not good with the extra steep descent or ascent for any reason 😳
Hey man, it sucks but happens. You did right by that bear. Love your content. Keep it up.
I thought you guys did good, it looked like a good shot. It wasn't a super far shot like the first one that was way off. I appreciate that you guys didn't kill the little one. It was a really entertaining video with all the action.
The gritty guy wa saying on a podcast how much he enjoys your videos, that's pretty cool.
Would love to see a gear out for this hunt
Try Alaska! Bring extra shorts!😳🤣🤪
Great video.
Your content is top notch.
Good shot/bad shot .
I like that you don't edit bad shots,show hunting as it is.
Good job .
Good job buddy. Even though you didnt bring him home...he'll be okay.
Looks like you shot high. It’s a part of hunting. Probably better to use your own rifle an stay focused your target. It takes more skill to kill your game at 100 yards or less than to keep wounding animals at hundreds of yards. Double lung shots should be your focus. Im an old hunter who enjoys your work. Learn from your mistakes son
well said....
You boys weren't even slightly exaggerating how steep Bob-Yang was. And just to find the tiny little boy! Geez
6.5 creedmoore waiste of time for hunting good for target
What’s going on with Samong haven’t seen him upload for awhile
Love your videos, as always, and the transparency and analysis even when things don't go according to plan. I gotta say, that first shot @6:00 or so that Jeff (?) made, that shot was questionable af, and dude was wayyyy too keyed up all around. Not hard to understand, but that shot clearly wasn't worth taking and his emotions got the better of him.
Only thing you did wrong here was not using angle cosine to decrease your real shot range which is why you both shot high
Much respect for that stock Samong be careful out there 🙏
It sucks to lose any game animal but I respect that you notched your tag and addressed the situation. I suggest everyone follows the advice of Ryan Lampers on bear shot placement: Aim for the middle. That “shoulder shot” choice is above the vitals on a bear, which you have realized here. I’m not trying to throw shade here, but there seems to be pressure to create content and just get shots on camera.
He shot over the bear at 600+ yards due to the steep angle which resulted in far less drop on the bullet than the sighted distance. Maybe 100 to 150 yards less? Figure the angles up or down and compensate.
I knew thay first shot was going to be too high.
Maybe you hit no man’s land and maybe with that cartridge that bullet passed through and did not expand. I’ve thumped a few animals with large fast cartridges and have experienced pass throughs where the bullet did not expand leading the animal to live longer than it should.
What rifle sling are you using
On a scale of 1 to 10, that ascent/descent, pucker factor, had to be at least a15!!!
Bad ass video!! Love your content!!!
Maybe looks high like you said and in the reaction from the bear he “slips” ? I know it was super stiff country, maybe he legit just fell and you thought he was dumped ? Head up regardless brother
Sharing a weapon is a first........you guys are funny.... all that time and energy
What range finders do u guys use and recommend? I have a leupold 600 yard and an sig sauer 600 and it does not range further than about 250 yards and very hard to pick up game or surrounding things also sucks in fog.
Vortex 4000 or the New Vortex 4000HD if you wanna get into the technical stuff with Bluetooth capabilities with Kestral. I personally think the basic 4000 is perfect for just hunting and getting a perfect distance
Don’t feel so down Samong mistakes will happen. Learn from it and grow is the best way to turn this situation around. I have no doubt that if you had your rifle, your shot would have the exact outcome you wanted. Always carry your rifle Samong.
I appreciate it, but I certainly have a lot of things to go and rework. Always carry your rifle is right!
Where's the sturgeon brotha
Love your channel but I’ll just suggest that I have zero confidence in anyone else’s rifle. Think cheek weld. All faces are diff ans that is just amplified at extreme yardage. I’ve made a dozen similar mistakes but the goal is to learn from them. I could add pages of stories and similies but live and learn. You are living a good life Samong!
I myself would have never went up that hill.
What water filer system do you use ?
Now that was a death stock, and as you know the way down is way worse
I am happy to say I got my first ever big game animal and it was a black bear
It sounds like you learned a lot here about staying on the animal, and shooting it if possible, until it is confirmed dead. I think the desire to get 2 bears in at the same place, as well as give your friend a chance at the 2nd probably colored y'all's judgment a bit. Unfortunate that you didn't recover the bear, but mistakes and bad shots happen, and I'm glad you released the video to show others and hopefully teach them as well.
There are a lot of lessons learned here that hit me blindside. A lot of poor decisions were made and I'm not here to defend them at all. I just hope that this helps other people to not make the same mistakes we made.
Oof spoilers
What bullet was he using?
Do I see Mr. Jeffery growing the mullet out??
I just seen a Hugh black bear from Washington Hwy 14 from the summit where the Hwy heads down toward Grays River.
There must be a large population of bears here because this same area I have walked the logging roads then seen bear poop and bear tracks often.
I am from Alaska and also guide bear hunters from 1978 to 2019 so for me it would 50/50 if I wanted to shoot a bear because I have killed allot of Black bears and I have killed AK brown bears so been their done that already.
Hunting W PNW and missin bears. Hits keep coming. 😂
STEEPLY INCLINED SHOTS:
I'd like to remind hunters who make steeply inclined shots of a ballistic consideration that is most critical to remember in those situations. That is, it is the horizontal distance to the target, not the slope (line of sight) distance which determines the hold (or dial adjustment for shooters using ballistic-compensating scopes).
To provide a simplified example, let's assume that the angle from shooter to that first bear (ranged at approximately 619 yards) was 45 degrees (100% slope). While that is an extreme pitch, it is by no means out of the question is such mountainous terrain. If the slope was indeed 45-degrees, then the horizontal distance to the bear was only 438 yards. That makes one helluva difference! It could easily account for the hunter shooting over the first bear, even on lesser incline and even if the shooter did everything else right!
Clearly a vapor shock to the bear he rolled and Dodge the bullet
We are going through Samong withdrawals! Come back Samong!
Tomorrow! 😉