3 legged bear

[brew]

shot him yesterday afternoon...wife seen him and said she thought he was limping.  cabled him out to the road and saw his right front leg was missing below the knee.  It had been gone for some time as it had caloused over.  wish I had an exciting story to tell but sometimes better to be lucky than good.  this is the 4th bear i've killed and she has been with me for every one....have to take her more i guess.  looking to maybe have a 1/2 mount where his front legs are up to show off his missing leg.  some size comparison I'm 6'2" and she is 5'11"

[saylean]

My little bros first bear two years ago was a three legged bear! Sounds similar to yours, between the shoulder and the knee, all gone, caloused up, with hair on it. He had a mean left hook though! He got a half mount, its pretty sweet.

Congrats!

[piled-up]

nice size bear! congrats

[dirty24d]

Thats a nice bear. They are definitely survivors!!

[runamuk]

nice bear ...

[buckhorn2]

Nice bear. I can see how you get bears your both tall enough to see over the brush.

[Huntbear]

Was he castrated, blind, and half deaf and went by the name "Lucky"  ?   


Kidding aside, nice bear.  Way to go.

[bucklucky]

Nice looking Bear Brew, Congrats. Thats a pretty one!

[PacificNWhunter]

Cool bear!

[MuleySniper]

Nice bear and great field photos!
MS

[woodman]

Very nice bear and I hope you know how lucky you are to have a supportive partner like that.

[mulehunter]

I hope you know how lucky you are to have a supportive partner like that.

   Not many ladies like to hunt. I am very lucky to have my wife and daughter who are VERY IN TO HUNT with me! 

VERY COOL to both of ya.

Mulehunter 

[one-eyed Ross]

Good job on the bear, and good job having the lady with good eyes to spot them!

[carpsniperg2]

congrats! nice skull on that bear

[brew]

kudos to the wife for doing all that she does....she's shot a lot of deer with her bow but had eye surgery recently and feels she's not ready to hunt yet....want her to get a bear real bad.....hung him up in my cousins walk in cooler and skinned him last night-the amount of fat on his back was amazing...must have been 4" already...hope thats not an indicator of the winter to come.

[boneaddict]

They are tough critters.  Awesome looking bear.

[WonkyWapiti]

Thanks for sharing the photo.  Quick question tho for you and some of the others who have tagged bears recently.  What are the hides looking like this time of year?  Are they starting to pick up their fall/winter coats or are they pretty thin?

[woodman]

Thanks for sharing the photo.  Quick question tho for you and some of the others who have tagged bears recently.  What are the hides looking like this time of year?  Are they starting to pick up their fall/winter coats or are they pretty thin?

The bear that I got has a very full and soft coat, no rub marks.

[brew]

Thanks for sharing the photo.  Quick question tho for you and some of the others who have tagged bears recently.  What are the hides looking like this time of year?  Are they starting to pick up their fall/winter coats or are they pretty thin?

The bear that I got has a very full and soft coat, no rub marks.

  mine had really nice fur to it, no rubs....he got kinda dirty/dusty from the cable job

[beave]

Great bear

[Michelle_Nelson]

Thats a Nice looking Bear.  That 1/2 mount will look neat with that missing leg. 

[bowhunterforever]

Good looking bear congrats