Got my 1st NJ Black Bear

[Cousin Brown]

As many know I missed last year due to health reasons. Well, Im glad I am back!!! I put a lot of time in scouting my property and it finally paid off. Shot my 1st NJ Black Bear.... & I didn't even bait. After learning & scouting the area (for a few years) moving cameras like a madman , I finally decided hunt this piece of property. I set up 30 yards off the trail the deer & bears have been using. Had the right winds to hunt this particular set up and was sitting from dawn to dusk. I haven't been seeing much activity except for an occasional squirrel & a small basket 5pt on opening day. Tuesday was even quieter. Wed still not much moving but I knew patience was going to pay off. There are not a lot of deer in the area and the bears numbers are pretty good, sooner or later one or the other was going to show up. I figured they were not moving so much b/c of all the acorns everywhere. Well, 4:15pm I hear something coming...its a bear. He walks right in front of my setup, starts scratching his a** on a tree and lays down with his butt towards me at 30 yards. He just lays there eating acorns......I whistle and he could care less, yelled at him & he could care less....whistled one more time and he sits up broadside......Lights out! Got him right behind the shoulder! He claws at the tree then runs to his right where I shot him again. He only went 15 yards and let the death moan out. Got my 1st NJ Black Bear. Time, Scouting & Patience paid off.  

 

Big Thanks to Highguy for helping lift him in the truck & Ms. Grit for offering to help also.

Big Thanks to Rednecks Pride also, who makes the best cover & attractant scent .

Boar
No Tags,No Tattoos, No Chips
181.5 field dressed.

Edited December 10, 2015 by BowhunterNJ

[elusive]

Congrats on your first! Great effort.

[BHC]

Congratulations on a beauty

[Rayorsa]

Great job on a beautiful bear!

[Rusty]

That's a nice bear, congratulations!!    

[bwd172]

Congrats on your first!

[rgw]

congrats. man there has been some bear put up on this site and only on day 3. I can honestly say I know of way more bears shot than deer.

Edited December 10, 2015 by rgw

[Shootstraight]

Awesome and huge congrats!

 

SS!

[Hetley75]

Congrats. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

[smoking gun]

Congrats cousin that's a beauty and well planned success

[BEAR]

Congrats !!  Nice bear

[Ms Grit]

I couldn't be happier for you Rich !!! Sounds like a great hunt !!!

Congratulations my friend

[Axiom]

:up:

[BowhunterNJ]

Awesome, great bear and congrats on your first!

[_X7]

Way to go, Rich! Nice bear