Tim Neitzke
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Had the day off from work today and got to be part of something that was very exciting ! My wife got a call that a black bear had been sighted in our yote hunting area. Rushed out to see it ! Cars all on the roads everywhere. Sure enough a black bear in a tree along the fence row about 2-300 yards off of the black top. My friend who is dog/bear hunter called a DNR biologist to come out to tag and collar it. Here's the best part .... I got to help !!
After it was darted and sleeping we had to get the dang thing out of the tree !Which was quit a job itself. It was a boar and weighed 152 pounds. It's the most southern collared/tagged bear in Michigan. The closest area you can draw a very limited fall kill tag is an hour north or so. Was cool as heck to be apart of and VERY BIG news for my little home town. The only bad part was the 40* temps and the 20+mph winds , standing in a field got very,very cold.
Here is a few pics. Some are a bit fuzzy taken from 2-300 yards at first by the Mrs.
Bear on the ground before darting.
DNR sneaking in for a shot.
Back up ther tree after the shot. Falling asleep.
getting ready to weigh it. Me in the black coat and red/white& blue hat.
All fixed up with his new gear and Jim the land owner.
Just thought I'd share.
Tim
After it was darted and sleeping we had to get the dang thing out of the tree !Which was quit a job itself. It was a boar and weighed 152 pounds. It's the most southern collared/tagged bear in Michigan. The closest area you can draw a very limited fall kill tag is an hour north or so. Was cool as heck to be apart of and VERY BIG news for my little home town. The only bad part was the 40* temps and the 20+mph winds , standing in a field got very,very cold.
Here is a few pics. Some are a bit fuzzy taken from 2-300 yards at first by the Mrs.
Bear on the ground before darting.
DNR sneaking in for a shot.
Back up ther tree after the shot. Falling asleep.
getting ready to weigh it. Me in the black coat and red/white& blue hat.
All fixed up with his new gear and Jim the land owner.
Just thought I'd share.
Tim
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