Bear hunting wrap up
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Well spring bear season ended yesterday. In the end we saw plenty of bears, but did not harvest any. 
In total we saw 13 bears in 2 weeks of hunting. Two shots were taken but both were clean misses. The last week and a half of the season was marked by cool wet weather. It rained or snowed each day, with only an occasional break in the clouds.
One of the highlights of the season for me happened when Tim, Russ and I were shooting some gophers on a vast grassy ridge. After the first shots were fired, our friends the Golden Eagles showed up soaring overhead waiting for gophers to fall. I took the first gopher we shot and while the eagles were watching tossed it about 20 yards from the land cruiser. Immediately one of the eagles altered his course, and swooped down to pluck the rodent off of the grass trail. The eagle did not even land just plucked him cleanly off of the ground and flew off to feed its young ones i assume. We had this very thing happen two more times that day. It is always spectacular to see these huge majestic raptors at such close range.