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Offline BULLBLASTER

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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2016, 06:37:05 AM »
I do have one picture I can add...  :chuckle:
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2016, 06:43:14 AM »
 :tup:
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2016, 06:45:10 AM »
great story Karl, congrats on your first bear!  Did you keep the penis bone for a stir stick?? 
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2016, 06:46:02 AM »
Quote from: BULLBLASTER on June 01, 2016, 06:37:05 AM
I do have one picture I can add...  :chuckle:
jon aka vanilla ice cube, truly is living the thug life :chuckle:
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2016, 06:56:01 AM »
Excellent story telling and a wonderful tribute to your brother.  Thank God we still have men like him in our country.  I just dropped my dad off at the airport to return to Florida. He is a WWII vet.

It sounds like you've been blessed with meeting great guys on the forum - as I have also.

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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2016, 07:13:30 AM »
What a great story! I think it  should be publised. I'd seriously consider sending it in to one of the hunting mags out there. Maybe American Hunter. Anyway, congrats on your first bear, looks like a good one.
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2016, 08:06:35 AM »
Great story, thanks for sharing all the emotions. Congrats
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2016, 08:08:40 AM »
Karl nice write up and glad we were able to get it done..  Hopefully now we can get a couple more tags filled...  Only pic I got from setting one of the baits up.

« Last Edit: June 01, 2016, 08:18:32 AM by coop2424 »
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2016, 08:12:11 AM »
Nothin quite like holding back the puke while digging that grease out of the bucket with a stick!

But  :drool: man we're those ogre o's delicious!
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2016, 08:47:31 AM »
Awesome story! Congrats BLRMan 
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #25 on: June 01, 2016, 09:24:22 AM »
Great story and a great rifle, I love old lever guns, I think they are the best guns ever invented, awesome way to put her to good use.. Awesome bear to boot!! Congrats
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #26 on: June 01, 2016, 10:04:28 AM »
That rifle looks like it has still a few generations of use ahead of it.  Congratulations!
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2016, 10:16:31 AM »
Thanks everyone!  Yes I did keep the penis!  I'm gonna give it to buglebuster to clean up.  Hope he can handle it :chuckle:
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2016, 10:18:52 AM »
Quote from: RadSav on June 01, 2016, 02:14:47 AM
Nice write-up BLRman.  Made all the better with Grandpa's gun.  My wife's first bear (450#) was taken with my grandma's old .250-3000 lever gun.  To this day maybe the more exciting hunt we have had together.  In large part because of the weapon used! 

Congratulations :tup:
This one is definitely not 450 :chuckle:

We also have Kattie's grandpa's 250 savage.  I just got dies for it because the wife wants to take a deer with it in the near future.  She is a bow hunter this year though
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #29 on: June 01, 2016, 10:23:15 AM »
Cool write up, Karl. Well done.
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