I GOT HER!!!

[mrmoskillz]

1st bear down!  I got her this morning around 7:45 coming down a trail.  She was facing me and turned a little to my right at 33 yards. 12 gauge slug in the neck out the opposite front shoulder she was DRT!  Never forget the feeling of walking up on my 1st downed bear.  Radsav and brew were right on with their comments in my toad or no thread.  She was 63" from nose to tail with the skin on.  I don't know how to properly measure a skull so I kept coming up with 20 inches. 12" from nose to the back of the head and 8" across the head forward of the ears.  If someone could tell me the right way to measure that would be great.  What a day...

[NRA4LIFE]

Skull needs to be measured with the skin off.  That looks to be a nice sized sow.  Congrats.

[crschralping]

Awesome job, she's a husky one

[mrmoskillz]

When I was deboning the meat it smelled like pie.  A combo of pears and blackberries.  I can't wait to try her.

[h20hunter]

She is a fatty for sure! Get that skull done up as a euro and measure width to lenght....regardless of score...nice fat bear.

[washingtonmuley]

Skull needs to be measured with the skin off.  That looks to be a nice sized sow.  Congrats.

And with a caliper.

[mrmoskillz]

Thanks H20.  Can I keep the skull and have a rug with the head on still or is it one or the other?  I want a rug like yours h20 with the mouth open.

[combs338]

Nice bear.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

That's a dandy!!! Did you happen to weigh her since it was close to the place? That bear is plump!

[RadSav]

Wow! Sows don't get any better than that.  How absolutely awesome!!!

They do not use the original scull for any mounts.  And unless you specifically request it the teeth in an open mouth mount are not the originals either.  So you can have to skull plaque mounted and a full mount of any kind as well.

[h20hunter]

What Rad said....rugs are not done with the real skull. I had my hide tanned hair on and an open mouth skull plaque done. The claw necklace thing is pretty cool as well but I like my hair on tan with claws/paws attached.

[D-Rock425]

Very nice.

[mrmoskillz]

That's a dandy!!! Did you happen to weigh her since it was close to the place? That bear is plump!

I didn't have anything to weigh her with so no.  I know everyone says their bears are 300lbs but I think this one was for sure.  It took everything I had to drag her out on a tarp sliding in the grass.
To be honest skull size and weight don't mean a whole lot to me compared to the experience.  I'm just happy to have taken a nice fat bear.

[h20hunter]

Fatty is an understatement.....looks like you skinned a walrus.

[mrmoskillz]

Wow! Sows don't get any better than that.  How absolutely awesome!!!

They do not use the original scull for any mounts.  And unless you specifically request it the teeth in an open mouth mount are not the originals either.  So you can have to skull plaque mounted and a full mount of any kind as well.

Thank you Radsav.  Your opinion and info ranks high with me.  Actually when I posted the toad or no thread I was hoping you would chime in with your opinion and it was spot on.  Thanks again.