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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #90 on: May 31, 2013, 01:30:55 PM »
A little "blair witch" like but I like it either way....thanks for posting.

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #91 on: May 31, 2013, 02:11:58 PM »
Looks a lot like my videos :chuckle:
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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #92 on: June 02, 2013, 06:37:52 PM »
My buddy Mike recovered these 3 bullets from his bear during butchering. We were both surprised to find the two 44 caliber bullets just below the hide on the bear's shoulder. Someone must have lobbed them in there with a revolver from too far away.

I have tried several times to attach the photo but something is screwed up with Hunt WA apparently.


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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #93 on: June 03, 2013, 05:49:28 AM »
Hopefully you can get the pictures to attach.  This is interesting to say the least. :yike:
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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #94 on: June 03, 2013, 08:18:33 AM »
Nice story and great bears!  Thanks for posting it up for us to enjoy!

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #95 on: June 06, 2013, 01:21:15 PM »
Here is a pic of the bullets:


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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #96 on: June 06, 2013, 02:12:32 PM »
That's crazy.  Wow. :yike:
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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #97 on: June 06, 2013, 03:25:53 PM »
Nice Bears Rufous.  Congrats :tup:
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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #98 on: December 02, 2013, 09:08:27 PM »
My buddy Mike just found out that his bear was 11 years old. Don't know mine yet.

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #99 on: December 03, 2013, 05:49:08 PM »
My bear was 9.

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #100 on: December 06, 2013, 11:06:42 PM »
Rufous,
I just read this whole thread! Congrats to the two of you!
I hunted the west blues last year and took a small black sow, my wife will be drawing this coming year with 7 points. Really looking forward to it! Thanks for the play by play!!

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #101 on: December 10, 2013, 08:43:23 AM »
Those are some beautiful bears right there. Congrats  :tup:
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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #102 on: January 28, 2014, 10:05:10 PM »
Buddy's bear was officially scored at Tri-Cities Sportsman Show at 19 and 14/16". When we first saw him we did not realize he was as big in body as he turned out to be. We knew it was a mature boar but had no idea his skull was so big. When we got to the downed bear we sure had a better idea but still it is hard to tell the difference between an 18" and a 20" skull.

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #103 on: January 30, 2014, 10:13:12 AM »
Still a great bear regardless of measure. Glad to see this thread come up again. Most likely I won't be drawing this tag this year, but my buddy has a decent shot at it with 5 pts. Only 3 weeks from today until we find out! Might be kicking you a few PMs.

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Re: Rufous' 2013 Oregon Spring Bear Hunt
« Reply #104 on: February 01, 2014, 07:34:40 PM »
My buddy told me his bear is ranked # 167 in Oregon record book all time rifle. #1 scored 22 5/16".

 


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