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Offline tony04

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i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« on: August 31, 2009, 08:44:20 PM »
i rode my bike up to where i got my bear last year. sure enough, i spotted a bear feeding about 100 yrds below me. i was hesitant to shoot it because its a very steep hill and i was by myself. also, there was only a couple hours left of day light. i decided to check out some other area's nearby but i didnt see anything. i went back up to seen the bear and decided to take him. i drug him for a while but at the rate i was going i wouldnt beable to get him to the road before dark. so i thought that maybe cutting out the rib cage would help make him lighter. it did, but not by much. anyways, long story short. i got him to the bike. i tied his front legs around the front of the bike by the head light, and the back legs to the rear fender. and all i had to tie him up with was 2 pillow cases i keep in my pack. so i then sat on his back and road him home! which sucked... he wasnt very big. probably 175-200..

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2009, 08:46:27 PM »
Congrats!!

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 08:47:32 PM »
That is awesome.  Congrats.  I would have shot also.   :chuckle: :chuckle:  What did you shoot him with and how far did he go after the shot?

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 08:48:14 PM »
Congratulations.

I never understood why people haul entire carcasses around. It's a free country though so do what you like best ! Meat in the freezer is a good way to go.

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 08:50:04 PM »
Congrats! Very nice job on the improvisation to get him outta there!  8)
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 08:51:37 PM »
Congrats!!! I am jealous!
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2009, 08:53:40 PM »
Congrats on the bear, sounds like you had a fun time.
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2009, 08:54:58 PM »
cool bear...good job. I can totally picture the bear on the bike..made me laugh :)

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2009, 08:57:15 PM »
Congrats!!!! From your post I had a Pat McManus flash back.
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2009, 08:58:14 PM »
Congrats.  That is an awesome story about getting the bear out.  I used to have a chevy tracker and I shot a big bodied buck one year that was way to big to fit on the back of it.  I wrapped the deer up in a tarp and sat in the back holding on to his antlers and dragging him back through the wheat fields while my buddy drove.

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2009, 09:09:40 PM »
 :tup:

There we go. I was wondering about our bear hunters...havent seen many posts of bearskies recently.

Congrats!

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2009, 09:15:51 PM »
Congrats on the bear... still looking for mine...
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2009, 09:30:08 PM »
nice story nice bear congrats

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2009, 09:35:14 PM »
Great job on a nice bear, congrats.
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2009, 11:10:32 PM »
Thats a nice looking Bear.  Shoot him up high?  Looks like he has a nice coat to!

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2009, 01:51:06 PM »
Congrats on the bear! 

Man Id like to see a pic of you riding that bear!

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2009, 01:54:04 PM »
I want to see the bear on a bike to
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2009, 01:57:12 PM »
From your post I had a Pat McManus flash back.

That's exactly what I thought. Good lookin bear, but a pic of you riding your bear/bike would have really been somethin.

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2009, 02:11:06 PM »
Here's the pic I thought of when reading the post.  The bear would have been better though......
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2009, 02:14:56 PM »
Nice work! 200lbs is a nice bear!
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2009, 02:22:59 PM »
I think Pat McManus wrote a similar story about a deer and a bicycle...  As I recall it woke up and started pedaling!

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2009, 03:30:56 PM »
nice job and nice bear, still trying to get mine ive been close seen a few. but nothing yet

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2009, 03:37:13 PM »
Congrats, I would have been "bearly" able to ride the bike
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2009, 08:42:30 PM »
well i acually have a pic of it on the bike. my mother inlaw e-mailed it to me today. its not very good though.

i shot him with a 300 win mag and it droped him right then and there. right through lungs and shoulder. with the mid section being gone it acually made a nice saddle to sit in. i had to ride about 20 miles out. and about 3/4 of the way down, the "rope" i had his back legs tied together with, got caught in the sprocket. it damn near pulled the bear and me off of the bike!
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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2009, 08:54:00 AM »
Man Id like to see a pic of you riding that bear!

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whoa! i do not want to see that! better keep that picture private!  :chuckle:

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Re: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2009, 01:58:50 PM »
Nice work man.  Great pictures.

 


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