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Offline B-Nut

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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2014, 09:07:41 AM »
That is what happened to me last year. I saw a few bears during deer season and one time I had him in my scope for about 10 minutes trying to decide. I chose to wait for after deer season to take him and he never showed back up. I've regretted it ever since. I've told myself bear or deer which ever shows itself first from now on.

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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2014, 09:44:51 AM »
I'd shoot.  It'd be different if it was a grouse.  If the bear is good sized, that's meat in the freezer.

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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2014, 12:36:54 AM »
I have never sent in a tooth. Maybe my taxidermist does that. You just cut up from groin to base of the head and down each inside of the arm down to the base of the paw, just picture how the arms would look as rug form. My taxidermist doesnt charge extra to skin the face and paws out and its way more delicate work so I dont want to ruin it. Not to hard. Get it in the freezer as soon as possible also. This preserves the hide the best. You can keep it in the freezer for a long time also if you dont have the money to take it in at the time. But that's the most critical thing is to get it in the freezer otherwise you risk hair loss exponentially the longer its out.

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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2014, 12:42:43 AM »
My opinion probably doesn't matter because I do not have kids and I'm a bear fanatic.  But I would have dropped the hammer on them both!!
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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2014, 09:26:37 PM »
A bird in hand.....

I don't have kids either.  :chuckle:
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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2014, 09:48:31 PM »
Did your son not have a bear tag?  I'm sure he would have been stoked to get an awesome bear like that.  I'm also sure he would have been happy just to be involved in getting that monster out of there.  In short, I would have shot either one of them.
:yeah:    Even if he didn't have a tag I bet he would have loved being part of you getting a bear :twocents:
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Re: Why cant I pull the trigger
« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2014, 06:39:25 AM »
 Would have let my kid shoot them, what a memory . 

 


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