Arizona Bear Hunt (2021 Spring Bear)

[@haines1240]

Great job on the video. It is hard to find quality Arizona hunting videos. This is the first time I have seen your channel and am impressed. What a great friend to give up that shot. Looking forward to seeing your other work.

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks so much! And I agree...there's not a ton of Arizona guys putting out content, which is part of what led me to start making my own.

[@joshjrosz]

Absolutely love the humility if both you and your friend Josh! Truly inspiring to watch two dudes living authentically. Congratulations on your bear!

[@kellywaldo3215]

True friend right there. Congrats to you on your first bear. I hope to experience that one day as well.

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

He's a great dude! Good luck to you and I hope you snag your first bear too!

[@Logan-pc1lm]

I saw a lonely bear a few days ago just under the Mogollon Rim, east of Payson. Never seen one before. Was a glorious highlight of my day hike.

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Oh man, there is NOTHING like seeing a bear in the wild!!!

[@FrugalOffGrid]

Super cool that he spotted that bear for you. I had thought if I take someone hunting I'll let them have the first one. Cheers guys.

[@PointsWestOutdoors]

Well done! Having some one as Dialed in as Josh will can make any bear hunt great. I really enjoy your videos man keep up the good work. I drew a spring archery bear tag for 2022 , I'm so pumped for that.

[@frankcourseyiv5510]

WOW!! What a great video. I got to listen to this story on podcast this past week and to watch it was just awesome, your podcast of "huntin" stories are awesome. Thanks so much,

[@davidsheetz4819]

My son and I were at upper sycamore about 4 miles off trail and ran into a guy wearing only berkenstock saddles. He walked right past us and greeted us as if we were in the local Starbucks. We were completely baffled!! Lmao

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

HAHAHAHAHA...nice to know I'm not the only one running into these guys!

[@mikeclarke8641]

Good looking bear, and a really cool buddy to spot it. Congratulations.

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks! And yes, he's an awesome dude as well as an awesome bear hunter!!!

[@mrcastro1769]

What caliber of rifle are you using and glass. Never hunted anything that big just whitetail axis wild hog and turkey of course duck and dove. I don’t know if I’m equipped for bear though. Any advice?

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Great question! I'm using a 300WSM with a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x50 mounted on it. Actually, since that particular shot on the bear happened so quickly, I ended up using my buddy's rifle which is a 27 Nosler (essentially a suped-up .270). What I've learned about ballistics on black bears is that they seem massive and scary and you certainly don't want to chase them with an under-powered rifle, but they're not gigantic animals usually. At least around here, a massive bear would weigh about 300 lbs...the average is closer to 150-200. With that in mind, pretty much any round that you'd feel confident would bring down a big whitetail would probably be enough for a black bear. What are you shooting right now?

[@andrzejtaramina2709]

Being a hunter in central Ontario (Canuckia) the perspective of hunting in Arizona is fascinating. Love your vids!

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks man! I imagine the concept of struggling just to find bears isn't even a thing up there :)

[@andrzejtaramina2709]

@@LatetotheGameOutdoors Black bears are smart and still challenging to hunt, even though we have more of them up here. And as for elk, there are only two small herds in all of Ontario, and they issue maybe 2 tags in a year to hunt them, and not every year. I only dream of an elk hunt. Bear, deer, moose and turkey up here, along with ducks and small game. But to be fair, there ain't no bullwinkles down your way....

[@andrzejtaramina2709]

@@LatetotheGameOutdoors Incidentally, after your review, I ordered some First Lite Corrugate Foundry Pants....my old hunting pants have seen better days and are getting a bit tight (not sure how that happened! LOL)....and I figured out the value of technical gear a long time ago.

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

@@andrzejtaramina2709 Awesome to hear! How are they working out for you?

[@andrzejtaramina2709]

@@LatetotheGameOutdoors Won't really know till the hunting seasons open up this Fall. Just getting gear lined up for the hunts later this year. Nothing much open right now up here that would require technical gear. ;-)

[@exist_outdoors]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing this experience

[@irvinglopez8600]

What part of Arizona bro !! I want to try it out for the October hunt

[@PointsWestOutdoors]

One of our friends glassed up thw filming of naked and afraid last year down south.

[@seangreen6246]

What Unit was this ? Great video !

[@zachfleming321]

Great bear, good friends and best video yet

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks man!

[@matthewbasteen3375]

Congrats! Love you video. I’m hoping to get a bear this year as well

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks!!! And good luck out there!

[@kyledavis189]

Arizona has beautiful woods I didn’t know I been to Arizona it all looked like dessert pretty neat man I’m from Arkansas

[@johncom1971]

Congratulations to you, and a big pat on the back to your buddy. Awesome job. - Nova Scotia, Canada

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks so much! And yes, I owe it all to my buddy who is just an awesome dude!

[@jondoe4667]

Congratulations. I dream about the day I get my first bear. 👍🇺🇲

[@manzanitamatt8413]

Awesome video bud congratulations

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks man! I owe it all to our mutual friend and resident bear slayer, Dialed In Hunter!

[@aznitebiters7578]

Josh is such a great dude!!!

[@JustinfromAZ]

Beautifully done!

[@hooksfur7305]

Great video and Congrats!!

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks!!!

[@estabeezy]

Awesome video!

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@phil2188]

Awesome Video!

[@opencountryhunter]

Nice work!

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

Thanks! I appreciate it!!!

[@Jack-ox4ks]

Did he say where in Arizona this was ?

[@LatetotheGameOutdoors]

I didn't...gotta keep some things a little close to the vest:)

[@Jack-ox4ks]

@@LatetotheGameOutdoors understandable, just some gorgeous country lol.

[@HuntGatherChatters]

New subscriber here. Love your videos, we have a similar KZbin channel if you want to check it out, "Hunt and Gather with the Chatters".