May 28th, 2010 at 9:17 pm (Bear Hunting Blog, Black Bear Hunting Story)
One of the most famous hunters in history was a man named Benjamin Vernon Lilly (December 31, 1856 – December 17, 1936), nicknamed Ol’Lilly. He was a notorious big game hunter and houndsman; a real mountain man. To this day, he remains famous for hunting down large numbers of grizzly, cougars and black bears.
Lilly was born on December 31, 1856, in Wilcox County, Alabama. His family soon moved to Mississippi, but by the age twelve he was living with an uncle in Louisiana. This is where he learned to track, trail, and kill bears and cougars.
His 180th black bear was killed in 1906 as he was living in the Big Thicket country of Texas. President Theodore Roosevelt hired Lilly as a hunt master but Lilly proved to be a poor guide as he was only content in guiding only for himself. Lilly moved to Mexico a couple of years later and this is where he killed his first grizzly bear in Chihuahua, Mexico.
The years between 1911 and 1916 proved very profitable for Lilly; he was hired at $75 a month as a forest guard/trapper for New Mexico’s Apache National Forest. Each year Lilly killed up to fifty bears and lions. In 1916, Lilly became a government lion hunter in the New Mexico-Arizona District, but he was a “mountain man” at heart and did not like having to obey the early game laws. He was ultimately terminated in 1920 for spending excessive amounts of time killing grizzlies and not enough time killing lions and wolves. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19th, 2010 at 10:38 pm (Bear Hunting Blog)
If we spend enough time hunting most of us will develop strong feelings for certain game species. The grizzly bear demands many of these deep feelings. Envy for his strength and freedom. Respect for his cunning, aggression and independence. Fear toward his short temper and his random unpredictable personality. Awe in his isolation, and choice of habitat and beauty of the same.
The first days of the Lewis and Clark expedition found their crew watching for and fearing this beast. The developed respect for the grizzly in a hurry. President Theodore Roosevelt’s trips to the west did the same and this president started the 1st national park, Yellowstone, partially due to the grizzly bear.
The grizzly is almost always referred to as a male, likely due to his aggression potential. He is a killing maching with massive muscles, speed, teeth and claws. I think the temperment is his greatest weapon but also his downfall. Few have ever met him and felt sorry for him.
Enough about his traits. I wanted to harvest a grizzly bad and about 15 years ago I started the quest. I had exposure to him on several sheep hunts in northern Canada but never had a tag or time to put it all together.
Harry Leuenberger’s area, just north of Glacier National Park, in BC, I thought provided as good an opportunity as any to get grizzly, and I know Harry well. With almost a yearly visit to Harry’s area for a variety of species, I had seen the grizzly on random occasions, often closer than was comfortable.
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August 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm (Bear Hunting Blog)
A black bear hunt offers us so many trophies. By keeping your camera handy you can get great photos of a live animal, many times.
Black bears are so abundant that even as a silent, shy animal the odds of catching a bear by a stream or in a grassy spot are good. I have a not too professional photo I took from a tree stand several years ago that has six average sized bears in the picture.
On different hunts I’ve seen black bears walk down a trail right to me, climb the tree my son and I were in and this spring I shot a fair sized British Columbia black bear at less than 10 yards.
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I just had these photos emailed to me. This is a great black bear trophy for someone. Enjoy….
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This is a really nice bear.
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August 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am (Bear Hunting Blog)
We’ve recently added Bear Hunting Resources on the left-hand side of the site. Please take a look and let us know if there are any other resources you would like. We’ll continue to add. Right now they include:
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Judging a Bear – Selecting a Large Male Bear
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