Grizzlies anyone?

[Grizzlykiller]

Hey there. Just putting some pics up of our efforts to help the local moose population.
Always a good time.
All skull measurements Boone and Crockett.

Spring '07. Male killed at his den. Solo hunt, .300 Weatherby Mark V, 200 grain Nosler.
Bear was 7'4'' and skull was 22''.


Spring '02. Male killed at midnight. .243 Something. Was the wolf gun. The .338 stock broke in the Kolpin gun boot.
Bear was 7'11'' Skull was 24 1/16'' age 13.


Teeth from above bear.



Spring 2000. Male killed at midnight. .300 Weatherby Mark V. 180 grain Nosler.
Bear was 7'10'' and skull was 23 5/16''



Fall 2004. Female killed on Moose hunt. .300 Weatherby Mark V. 200 grain Nosler.
 21 year old bear. Bear was 7'5'' skull was 21 10/16''



Fall 2003. My son's first bear. Killed on a moose hunt when he was 12.
Female killed with .308 Winchester model 99 Savage. 180 Silvertip.
Bear was 10 years old, squared 7'3'' skull was 21 7/16''.



 Spring 2002. Brothers bear. .300 Weatherby Mark V. 200 grain Nosler.
 Bear was 6'10'' skull 21'' something.



Fall 2007. Son's 2nd bear. .308 Winchester model 99 Savage. 180 grain Silvertip.
Bear was 7'8'' Skull was 22''.






Spring 2001. Taken as he was taking a bullet. Killed at midnight. .300 Weatherby Mark V. 200 grain Nosler. 17 year old male. 8'10'' Skull was 26 1/16''






Spring 2001. Bear from above.



Teeth from above male.



Spring 2006. 15th bear of the day. .375 H&H 300 grain something.
 Female bear, 6'8'' skull was 20''. Killed at 11:00 p.m.



Fall 2002. .300 Weatherby Mark V. 200 grain Nosler. Bear was a female, 6'4'' skull was 20''



Spring 1996. .300 Winchester 180 grain Nosler. 8 year old male, bear was 7'5'' skull was 22''.



Some craniums.




Doing our part to help the moose calves.

[boneaddict]

AWESOME PICS!

Wish I could come up and help with that too.

ANy advice for our game department down here that think having a rapidly expanding wolf population is GREAT for the rest of the game populations or what it does to the moose that was just getting a foothold here.

[Slider]

I'll have to add that to my to do list!!! LOL Awesome thanks for posting

[arrowflinger]

Great pictures.................good looking bears. The Moose say thanks and a job well done.

[Grizzlykiller]

Boneaddict you are in for an uphill battle regarding predator control in Washington in my opinion.
 Folks (most of 'em) here in the rural/bush areas of the state understand the need for a balance to exist between predator and prey.
 Just yesterday in the Anchorage paper there was an article about wolves coming into Marshall which is on the Yukon River sort of near the delta, upriver but still not what you would consider interior country, and killing sled dogs tied up in town.
 Wolves coming into town killing sled dogs. The moose population is robust there, no shortage of prey yet the wolves recognize an easy meal and grab it.
 The problem is a national trend of glorifying the wolf, grizzlies and other animals of prey as being this essential cog in the ecosystem keeping a balance that man has no need to keep. Just let the animals manage themselves and life will be great.
 Throw into the mix an element of individuals who rarely leave the cities they live in but feel good knowing there are wolves and bears"out there".
 Throw in the folks who are hardcore users of the outdoors who are there to see a wolf track or bear track and gasp at the sight of hunter orange and you have a fine mess.
 Here in our state of Alaska we have a Governor who has left in place a program of predator control that was enacted by the previous administration. Very unpopular with the urban folks, the Outside animal protectors, the folks who like to know bears and wolves are there and quite a few others. However the Caribou and Moose can't speak but I bet if you asked them they'd say thanks man!
 In fact the State had a vote regarding predator control and it was voted on by a majority of the population as being unsporting and unneeded. We had Administrations come and go for a few decades that did nothing to help out the prey populations and left to do their thing wolf numbers grew very high. Also throw in the high cost of an Outside hunter coming up to do a Bear hunt and your not really getting much bear control done there. There are only so many "Grizzlykillers" here. I for one have a policy. If we kill a moose we will kill a bear.
 Again the moose dig it.
So throw in the politics of the Puget Sound and King County. The folks who recount a Governors race over and over until they get the number they like and boy your in trouble.
 I think that the State of Washington will have wolves in abundance in ten years. Cats are already pounding ungulates and there are just too many green types on Mercer Island and thereabouts to reverse the trend.
You know I'd love to retire someday and move over to Winthrop where my mom is from but I'd have to deal with the politics of Olympia.

[boneaddict]

Yeah, I know.  I still think we should take a dozen wolves and turn them loose in WA DC, Seattle or Olympia and see what happens.

[Alchase]

BTW, Grizzlykiller, Love you spinning Zoso, I introduced my 16 year old son to what real guitar work was last year, now he is a Zepplin fanatic like Dad.

[boneaddict]

Don't encourage him, I lectured him about that elsewhere.

[bucklucky]

I would love to kill a grizz for my showroom! Cost to much money for a hunt though.I'm just a poor taxidermist

[saylean]

Thanks for the pics man. Loved it. I just got into bear hunting over the last year or so, cant wait to make it up to Alaska for a few...I might just have to move up there for a bit just so it is cheaper! ...but dont worry, I am not a typical Seattlite....Thanks for the pics again.

D~

[Intruder]

I luv that 1 photo of the real light colored bugger.  He's really pretty!

[Wea300mag]

Wow Grizzlykiller, those are awesome pics. You are really living the dream.

[washingtonmuley]

Nice job on the bears!!!! I lived on Kodiak island for six years and I was able to experience the big bear hunts. I was transferred to the Olympic peninsula. and I definitely see what you are talking about with western,wa. It sure is different than the last frontier.