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Thanks for the story and photo, my dad always preferred to get younger bear because they are usually better eating, trophy status depends on what your goals of the hunt might be! I'm willing to bet that will be his best bear hunt ever!
Congratulations to both of you.Question, for future reference sake. With a shot like that (square between the eyes), did the bear drop dead there, or run for a while?? How soon from shot to expiration?? Thanks
Congratulations! From that photo the hide sure looks to be in great shape.
Nice !! So I take it he won't be getting the skull done
Helped my best bud harvest his first bear yesterday for the Aug 15th Opener. (He's a member here and gave me permission to post for him). Not the biggest bear in my secret spots but a good eating / first bear! Longest spot to shot on Bears I've been a part of. From Spot to Trigger pull had to of been 30 min. (Felt like 3 hours!) When they're on the smaller side they get lost in the brush! He had a 70 yard chest shot, hit a few inches high.... Center punched between the eyes! Quick Expire that way..Lot's of berries! 1 down few more to go!
Quote from: MuzzyHunter28 on August 16, 2017, 09:58:37 AMHelped my best bud harvest his first bear yesterday for the Aug 15th Opener. (He's a member here and gave me permission to post for him). Not the biggest bear in my secret spots but a good eating / first bear! Longest spot to shot on Bears I've been a part of. From Spot to Trigger pull had to of been 30 min. (Felt like 3 hours!) When they're on the smaller side they get lost in the brush! He had a 70 yard chest shot, hit a few inches high.... Center punched between the eyes! Quick Expire that way..Lot's of berries! 1 down few more to go!Do you have any pics of the paws? I'm trying to judge the size of the tracks I saw today! Good job
Quote from: Duckslayer89 on August 17, 2017, 10:30:11 PMQuote from: MuzzyHunter28 on August 16, 2017, 09:58:37 AMHelped my best bud harvest his first bear yesterday for the Aug 15th Opener. (He's a member here and gave me permission to post for him). Not the biggest bear in my secret spots but a good eating / first bear! Longest spot to shot on Bears I've been a part of. From Spot to Trigger pull had to of been 30 min. (Felt like 3 hours!) When they're on the smaller side they get lost in the brush! He had a 70 yard chest shot, hit a few inches high.... Center punched between the eyes! Quick Expire that way..Lot's of berries! 1 down few more to go!Do you have any pics of the paws? I'm trying to judge the size of the tracks I saw today! Good job One reasonable rule of thumb is width of forepaw in inches roughly correlates to length in feet