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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #45 on: May 03, 2009, 06:51:41 PM »
Congrats on the nice bear Saylean! Kudos to you for searching all day long for him! Awesome story and pics! :tup:
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #46 on: May 03, 2009, 06:59:27 PM »
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Congrats on the nice bear Saylean! Kudos to you for searching all day long for him! Awesome story and pics!
                        :yeah:

Two big  :tup:  :tup:  for going the extra mlle to find him! Great job!

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #47 on: May 03, 2009, 07:53:15 PM »
Way to go Saylean! That's a big bear. It was just a matter of time before you connected. And good job with the tracking!!

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #48 on: May 03, 2009, 08:16:00 PM »
Nice Bear...Good job on the follow up..way to show how it is done!!
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #49 on: May 04, 2009, 08:38:55 AM »
Updated...

wet skull measurement was 18 1/4 inches.

measured 6' 2" from nose to tail.




An odd note....while skinning his back, I found a small hole in his hide on his back bone area...underneath the hide, he had obviously been wounded not long ago (fight) or perhaps cancer? It looked stange so I cut around that section...looked like it was wearing away or something.

Thanks to all again.

Douglas~

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #50 on: May 04, 2009, 08:43:51 AM »
Outstanding, too often we hear of guys not putting in near enough effort to find game they may or may not have hit.  My hats off to you and congrats on a really nice looking bear!
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #51 on: May 04, 2009, 09:25:31 AM »
good looking bear and good size too...way to stick with him.
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #52 on: May 04, 2009, 09:58:42 AM »
Bad@$$! Thanks for sharing the story with us!
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #53 on: May 04, 2009, 12:10:27 PM »
Just out of curiosity how far did the bear go after you shot it?


probably a 1/4 mile. On a side note as well, he was living in a very heavily damaged (peeled trees) area, so I think I did what was expected of a "spring bear" hunter.

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #54 on: May 04, 2009, 12:38:54 PM »
Looks like that bear has a really nice hide on him.  Was he rubbed at all anywhere?  Now I am looking forward to Fall Bear opening up.

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #55 on: May 04, 2009, 12:40:23 PM »
He had just started to rub his paws slightly..only broken hairs there...other than that, nothing.

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #56 on: May 04, 2009, 12:42:52 PM »
are you rugging him? did i miss that part?
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #57 on: May 04, 2009, 12:46:14 PM »
leaning heavily towards a full body....

just not sure where to put him.

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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #58 on: May 04, 2009, 12:47:53 PM »
worry about that later.
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Re: Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt
« Reply #59 on: May 04, 2009, 12:59:56 PM »
worry about that later.


 :yeah:  You will always find a place to put him once you get him back, lol.

 


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