we're gonna go black bear hunting on a father-son duo hunt for some
big rocky mountain black bears
put it on here if it comes out
there he is right there shoot him
unbelievable two big bear and literally five minutes and nearly had one walk into us
insane
490 yards
well we're out here uh deer hunting in colorado and found a huge black bear this is a big bear
folks and he's in that burn he's moving his way off the hill here one of our friends up here has
a bear tag but we don't so they show up he's got a bear tag he might be able to to get a shot at him
because it's a big boar probably 300 plus pounder big one well the biggest bear i i've ever seen
i'm kind of hoping he finds a log or something to rip apart and just kind of
mellows out there for a little bit but that is a really big bear
one year i don't have a bear tag
the massive bruin never reappears from the timber
but it isn't long before johnny crosses paths with a different bear
it's a banner year for black bears in colorado the oak brush
is thick with acorns and the bears are fueling up for the long winter ahead
our friend travis hamilton is taking full advantage by hunting for his first trophy
black bear with the help of his dad
when he hits the next opening you better hit him
it went over him
and over the top
barely
scared him that was a good bear that wasn't a bad bear at all
the duo heads home for the night to regroup and prepare for a morning hunt
on the last and final day of the colorado bear season
it's gonna come out right there
good shot do one more
he's going to come out
there get him hold on travis you got to be ready he's going to come out to the left
just put it on him if he comes out
there he is right there shoot 'em that got him that rolled him
good shot
tired
nice and brown he's going to make a pretty mount
he's startled by the appearance of yet a second even bigger bear in the small oak brush pocket
this is going to be up close and personal johnny scrambles for a chance to fill his own bear tag
unbelievable two big bear in literally five minutes
apart and nearly had one walk into us wow insane what a morning
well let's walk up and look at this one we'll end up putting an orange vest here we were intending on just hunting one
we got to travis's bear and literally had one walk within 10 yards of us coming down to us
i didn't have orange on we had to switch it out and we walked up the hill and
i think this may be a completely different bear he's got a kind of a blonde type back to him
really nice bear i think another bear went out of the canyon to the right
anyway we'll walk around and see what we've got
unbelievable bear travis is literally maybe a hundred yards just under the lip here two bear and
10-15 minutes apart this one's definitely not the bear that nearly walked in on
us the bear that walked in on us was uh more chocolate didn't have the blonde cinnamon back
we'll go back to travis and we've got a lot of skinning and work to do now
i saw four bear this morning and came and saw this bear and hiked up on a ridge and got this bear and
this is my first bear last day bear season ike mike and i have arrived to reinforce the crew
well congratulations travis and johnny that was awesome this is a
double bear morning that doesn't happen very often
never never
you hunt for a whole week to find one let alone come in here and shoot two in an less than
than an hour yeah 15 minutes wow especially a bear like this this big old bear is an old old
bear but that was a lot of excitement i mean we've seen a lot of bears some really big ones this week
we've seen a lot of bears yeah i've seen a lot 10 or 12 to here right yeah let's get to packing
packing and skinning
that bear's probably at least 13. i said 15. probably that tooth that we take
is gonna be the key to that so uh that's that's amazing man that's fantastic and travis what about
yours did they have any ear tags or no you've got to be kidding me right together 150 yards of pocket
four can we have a mandatory check on bears and mountain lions it gives us a information whether
they're taking boards or sows you know and the age classes that we're taking and all of those and and
all of that could be extrapolated into you know into your population levels and things like that
just as importantly to me is it tells the hunter gives them an idea of exactly how old their bears are
gives us a chance to have them in hand see if they've been ear tagged or lip tattooed
or anything like that which gives us additional information so anytime you can have these things
in your hand and examine them directly it's it's a positive for the hunter and it's a positive for
for wildlife management okay before the day's over
i want you to hug your dad tell him that you love him and thank you for taking your hunting
not all families do this together days like this are special whether you harvest
it or not that's not what it's about it's about being together in the hills you do that for me
yes sir okay alright