Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska Teen Girl Kills Black Bear - My Daughter! (Pic heavy)

The plan was for my son to shoot a black bear over bait this spring. He tried. He really tried. But, at 13 years old and having a "Y" chromosome, he just does not have the patience to sit in a ladder stand for very long. And. summer soccer has started.

My daughter asks if she can shoot a bear. Skeptically, I says sure. She has had little interest in CF anything since she got punched by a 12 ga. shooting clay at a friend's house a few years ago. She's hell with 22 RF though!

Her first game animal was a grouse last fall - her first killin'. But, who am I to discourage a kids new-found passion!

Out to the bait we go. Four days of getting home at 1 AM. Last night with a bear in the truck.

Obligated to get a far-back shot!


I think she's happy!


Crappy old .308 Win in a youth-stocked Sucks 700 shooting factory Federal 150 grain boolits.


Happy Dad too.


Trussed up into a sled and ready to be dragged half mile to the crummy.


Wouldn't take any help. She told me afterward, " It was hard, but I liked it"


Armed guard services provided by bearhunter (seemed appropriate) and a .416 Taylor.
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That was reassuring after seeing the brown bear poop the size of a basketball about 25 feet from the bait barrel.

Unstretched, but no slack, the bear measured 5'1". Pretty happy for her first bear and she's already looking forward to next spring!