Author Topic: 2009 Bear hunt comes full circle (Read 7424 times)

littlemac · « **on:** June 22, 2010, 05:28:10 PM »

Some time ago I wrote about my Vancouver Island trip for bears with a good buddy of mine from Iowa that I hunt with most every year.

For a number of years (since we hunted in Alaska for brown bear) he has wanted to go to Vancouver Island for black bear. when in the Yukon hunting moose in 2008 we found out that a guide we enjoyed hunting with was a guide on Vancouver Island and we booked a hunt with his outfitter Sean Lingl.

Without retracing all the details, we had a great hunt and both took nice black bears. Well, I took a nice one and my buddy took a HOG!!!!

It is always hard to judge a bear, especially one you haven't seen on the hoof, but it was a BIG bear by any standard.

Here's a refresher if you haven't seen the pics. It even put a pretty good load on the one ton.

littlemac · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:28:23 PM »

So it has been over a year that we both have waited with anticipation for his full mount of his bruin.

I have had my rug for a few months now and while it was nice it left me with a bit of an empty feeling as it really wasn't a huge bear like my buddy hammered.

On the way home last night talking on the phone he told me his bear was arriving today by freight. The wait was nearly over.

Somehow in my mind I figured he got a full mount of the bear climbing a log or in some ground pose.

He is not very adept at emailing pics so I told him to make sure his brother got a couple when they uncrated it.

Holy smokes, was I in for a suprise when I opened the email from his brother today and saw the pics below:

littlemac · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:33:17 PM »

Now those are some nice shots of a bear in a box. Not very good to see how big the darn thing is. Well it wasn't long until I had a real comparison to judge one gall darn big azz bear, when I opened the last pic.

My buddy is 5'10" and his bear was roughly seven feet. Put that beast on a bit of a pedestal and do a very nice job of mounting it and look what you get.

(He asked for a non-scarey pose so the grand kids wouldn't get scared and not want to come in his man cave) I think it's really 'cause his wife wouldn't let him bring it in the house if it was open mouthed.

So the wait is over and the circle of the hunt is closed except for the telling and retelling of the story of the hunt. Anyway, here you go:

rb2506 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:35:38 PM »

thats a big bear

littlemac · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:40:32 PM »

Turned out it was the biggest bear of the season out of Sean's camp.

I thought I was done travelling north for bears but that darn standing mount has me cranked up and ready to sign up for another crack at a monster bruin.

ponyboy156 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:55:06 PM »

NWWABOWHNTR · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:00:48 PM »

That is huge!

PacificNWhunter · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:23:22 PM »

Looks awesome!

littlemac · « **Reply #8 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:27:27 PM »

I'll be talkin' with him tonight. He has to be one happy camper the way it turned out. I'll find out if they got it down to his room.

rasbo · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:44:58 PM »

nice bear there foresure,,,lots o smiles that day I bet...Closed mouth mounts always look best,,more natural

runamuk · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:52:51 PM »

that is awesome cool...and I prefer closed mouth it looks better to me...I really like that....nice bear

mkcj · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2010, 07:36:02 PM »

That would be a center piece in any trophy room! Thanks for sharing.

markts · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2010, 07:48:38 PM »

Holy smokes thats an awesome bruin. Closed mouth looks more realistic to me too. Mark

machine · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2010, 07:50:35 PM »

That bears a monster.

saylean · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2010, 08:18:52 PM »

Very cool mount and bear. Had a knarly gash on the snout.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2010, 08:35:25 PM »

looks nice, fine bear

littlemac · « **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2010, 06:01:31 AM »

Quote from: saylean on June 22, 2010, 08:18:52 PM

Very cool mount and bear. Had a knarly gash on the snout.

Yes, when the bear was down, the guide thought he needed to take a finishing shot and caught it on the snout. Just another part of the story.

Rufous · « **Reply #17 on:** June 23, 2010, 07:14:00 AM »

I like that mount. A sure enough monster bear.

Bearhunter · « **Reply #18 on:** June 23, 2010, 07:15:47 AM »

What a pig, I want a full mount so bad I just havent killed one worthy yet. Congrats to your buddy. We were just up on the island last weekend fishing, but didnt see any bears.

littlemac · « **Reply #19 on:** June 23, 2010, 08:02:19 AM »

I talked with him last night, said it is still to be moved downstairs but he needs some manpower to do it.

He couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.

I never have seen bears like we did on the island. We would be glassing and have 3 to 5 bears in our field of view at times. Just incredible habitat up there for the bears.

Dustin07 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 23, 2010, 09:37:58 AM »

holy smokes.

robb92 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 23, 2010, 01:38:46 PM »

Very nice bear!!!! Thanks for posting the pics!!!

10Key · « **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2010, 04:39:51 PM »

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I talked with him last night, said it is still to be moved downstairs but he needs some manpower to do it.

Let me know if you need a hand, my schedule is quite flexible these days

littlemac · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2010, 04:42:54 PM »

Quote from: 10Key on June 23, 2010, 04:39:51 PM

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I talked with him last night, said it is still to be moved downstairs but he needs some manpower to do it.

Let me know if you need a hand, my schedule is quite flexible these days

I'm not sure Chukar would be much help on the bears

If you are up for the trip though you're in

Austrian Hunter · « **Reply #24 on:** June 23, 2010, 04:47:27 PM »

Wow, that is an amazing mount, I am speechless!

littlemac · « **Reply #25 on:** June 23, 2010, 04:53:39 PM »

I just got an email from the outfitter and he says they did much better than average on the island this spring and took a lot of older boars in new areas as they branch out to unhunted area in their territory.

I'm gettting closer to sending in a deposit everyday.

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