Fantastic bear! Congrats!
UT Bookcliffs Bear (almost) archery hunt
Wow, UT is super stingy with bear tags! I get it, more bears walking makes for more bears for houndsmen to pursue but it took 9 points back in 2019 to climb to the front of the line in the BookCliffs for a spring bear hunt. In Colorado we practically give away bear tags with each vehicle registration renewal. LOL.
Was very fortunate to meet a couple great houndsmen who took it upon themselves to welcome me and at no cost (they are not outfitters in UT) and were just there having fun training dogs on pursuit-only permits.
Incredible few days finding and chasing bears till an outsized boar was found. Learned a ton and impressed with how hard these guys work to train and run their dogs. The dogs were amazing. After a 5 mile pursuit, and after my bear was taken and we packed it back to the trucks they were quickly off chasing yet another fresh hit on bear tracks as I drove off to get my bear checked. Tough guys for sure as I was whipped by then.
Some photos:
![Dog Plant Carnivore Fawn Adaptation]()
![Plant Eye Carnivore Tree Biome]()
![Sky Sculpture Statue Working animal Wood]()
You can see this dog was torn up and bleeding from fighting the bear during the pursuit and before it was treed. Required a lot of medical care and antibiotics but came out OK after some time.
![Carnivore Fawn Terrestrial animal Wood Livestock]()
Again, never would have turned out this well without generous and skilled help from two houndsmen who jumped in to help me just for the fun of it. They were pretty patient, as keeping up with seasoned houndsmen is near impossible for a fit hunter not used to chasing hounds up and down and up and down through valleys and cliffy terrain. Was intended to be a bow hunt but after a few pursuits and apparently having knocked a cable off a cam of my bow, I was standing at the tree 5 miles from the truck with a nonfunctioning bow, so borrowed a .45 pistol from one of the houndsmen to close the deal.
![Carnivore Tree Sky Fawn Dog]()
Was very fortunate to meet a couple great houndsmen who took it upon themselves to welcome me and at no cost (they are not outfitters in UT) and were just there having fun training dogs on pursuit-only permits.
Incredible few days finding and chasing bears till an outsized boar was found. Learned a ton and impressed with how hard these guys work to train and run their dogs. The dogs were amazing. After a 5 mile pursuit, and after my bear was taken and we packed it back to the trucks they were quickly off chasing yet another fresh hit on bear tracks as I drove off to get my bear checked. Tough guys for sure as I was whipped by then.
Some photos:
You can see this dog was torn up and bleeding from fighting the bear during the pursuit and before it was treed. Required a lot of medical care and antibiotics but came out OK after some time.
Again, never would have turned out this well without generous and skilled help from two houndsmen who jumped in to help me just for the fun of it. They were pretty patient, as keeping up with seasoned houndsmen is near impossible for a fit hunter not used to chasing hounds up and down and up and down through valleys and cliffy terrain. Was intended to be a bow hunt but after a few pursuits and apparently having knocked a cable off a cam of my bow, I was standing at the tree 5 miles from the truck with a nonfunctioning bow, so borrowed a .45 pistol from one of the houndsmen to close the deal.
