Red Dead Redemption
51 Achievements
Bearly Legal
Kill and skin 18 grizzly bears.
3.3%
How to unlock the Bearly Legal achievement in Red Dead Redemption - Definitive Guide
I recommend using the Buffalo rifle (level 5 hunter challenge required to purchase.) Use dead eye and hit it right in the face, it will go down in one hit. Alternatively a semi-auto shotgun works well or any fast firing repeater. I was able to get this in only two trips. At times the amount of bears and boars I was encountering was overwhelming so you will want to set up a campsite from your provisions menu (back button on 360 controller) that way you can save so you don't lose your progress if you die. SAVE OFTEN! Happy hunting
people can track both the number of bears they've killed (miscellaneous stats) and skinned (under collectibles). thank you to The Major Gm for this helpful tip.
I recommend using the Buffalo rifle (level 5 hunter challenge required to purchase.) Use dead eye and hit it right in the face, it will go down in one hit. Alternatively a semi-auto shotgun works well or any fast firing repeater. I was able to get this in only two trips. At times the amount of bears and boars I was encountering was overwhelming so you will want to set up a campsite from your provisions menu (back button on 360 controller) that way you can save so you don't lose your progress if you die. SAVE OFTEN! Happy hunting
people can track both the number of bears they've killed (miscellaneous stats) and skinned (under collectibles). thank you to The Major Gm for this helpful tip.
- I never found a bear at night so start the hunt in the day.
- STAY on your horse for an easy getaway if necessary.
- After every 1 or 2 kill & skins use your campfire and save!
- Save 2 or 3 times so the game clock rotates to daytime again.
- Don't forget you're Dead Eye!
Good luck and enjoy the whopping 5G
I stayed in the same little area and the bears came at me, one at a time, after I finished skinning the last.
The weapon I used was the Throwing Knife, which WILL one-shot a bear in the head.
TIP: I used the Throwing Knives on all the "special hunt" animals and one-shotted all of them as well with the exception of the boar, which required three knives.
Be aware however as they do spawn here when you get off your horse to skin them more are coming and they will come up to 2 at a time so be quick and be prepared to die a couple of times as you will get ambushed.
A good idea is to save at Manzanita Post right before you go out so you can just respawn there if you happen to die and then use the campsite to save frequently after you get every 4 or 5 kills.
Good Huntin'
I was killed by two bears that spawned at some point and then went back and nothing spawned. I left and then came back again and then bears began to spawn in the surrounding area around Tanner's Reach again. They spawn in other areas around Tall Trees, but I had the most success with Tanner's Reach. I also purchased a semi-automatic shotgun in Escalera for $500 with high honor. 1-2 headshots with that weapon took out most bears.
Side note, I was also able to find and tame the American Standardbred horse near Tanner's Reach to finish the "Buckin' Awesome" achievement.
Grizzlies are one the least common animal and you will only find them in the The North. Before you attempt this you will want to stock up on ammo and save on a regular basis. You will find bears most commonly between Tanners Reach, Aurora Basin and Nekoti Rock.
Once you kill a bear check your surrounding as more often than not, another bear will come up behind you and kill you. Once you have killed a bear, run up to it and press to skin it. I suggest you kill several bears in a row, skin them and set up a camp site and save your progress. The last thing you want to happen is lose your large streak of bear kills and have to start over.
Once you get to the end of the game you will be able to hunt Bears in the Tall Trees area. The best spot I found was by Nekoti Rock. Bears can kill you in 2 hits so I recommend you use Dead Eye when up close, along with a shotgun. Bears also usually take one or two shots to kill. Be careful when skinning a bear because there might be more in the area, when you're skinning an animal you can't run away and can still get hurt. Skin 18 bears and the trophy is yours.
I had 10 of them at a time, the main thing was not to run too far from this place.