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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2009, 12:12:50 AM »
Congrats. Great write up.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2009, 06:14:04 AM »
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Quote from: arees on May 17, 2009, 08:28:16 PM
I took him to the butcher today and he weighed 157 lbs without his head, hide and guts.  I haven't weight the head and hide which is folded up in my chest freezer right now.  Given that I have never shot a bear before, does anyone have a guess what he would have weighed in the field?

Depends on how full the stomach was. Right now they are still small so with the weight of a hide decent between 45 and 65 (lets call it 55) and 20 for guts your talking around 225-235# which is a good bear. Too bad you didn't have help with the pics. They don't do it justice.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2009, 08:31:46 AM »
congrats!
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2009, 04:07:12 PM »
I just wanted to say thanks to all those from this site that gave me tips and pointers.  It let me get my first bear while hunting on my own without a guide.

Tonight I am heading up to Canada for a spring bear hunt outside of Ft St James BC that my wife bought for me a year and a half ago at an auction.  She was getting tired of me talking about wanting to hunt for bears and never putting serious time into it.  I like her practical solution to my problem but I also like doing the hunting on my own two feet.  Now I get the best of both.

BTKR, I just want to point out that those are the best trophy photos of any mamal I have shot in Washington.  I usually find myself with an animal down an no camera in sight.  This time I actually had a camera in hand and was only half way through the gutting before it occurred to me to take pictures.  I'll try for better pictures in Canada.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2009, 04:16:47 PM »
Good luck and take a ton of photos..or have someone else take them so you can be in it. :chuckle:
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2009, 09:05:38 AM »
nice bear bro
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2009, 09:18:48 AM »
Good lookin bear, congrats.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2009, 12:05:58 PM »
Really nice bear, good job! Sounds like you were in a spot with lots 'o action.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2009, 12:43:48 PM »
well done
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2009, 02:55:23 PM »
Canada?! Lucky!

Great bear again man,...have fun in the Great White North..Im jealous...looking forward to the pics.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2009, 05:27:09 PM »
Nice congrats!
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #26 on: May 19, 2009, 05:36:32 PM »
Nice bear.  appreciate the story.
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2009, 05:37:26 PM »
Very nice bear, good luck in Canada take a lot of pictures...
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Re: Arees's 2009 Spring Bear
« Reply #28 on: May 20, 2009, 08:07:29 PM »
Nice bear :) I like the bear pic in the tree
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