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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Crunch14 on October 13, 2013, 10:48:59 AM

Title: Bear with a radio collar?
Post by: Crunch14 on October 13, 2013, 10:48:59 AM: So my dad just passed on a big bear because it's wearing a radio collar.

Would you do the same?
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Post by: Southpole on October 13, 2013, 10:54:29 AM: no
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Post by: blacktailcody on October 13, 2013, 10:57:14 AM: no
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 13, 2013, 11:13:48 AM: Nope.
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Post by: Huntboy on October 13, 2013, 11:14:40 AM: :mgun: :mgun: :twocents:
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Post by: coyotestalker22250 on October 13, 2013, 11:16:16 AM: :yeah:
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Post by: h20hunter on October 13, 2013, 11:19:12 AM: Nope. Boom city!
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 13, 2013, 11:22:30 AM: Has your Dad said why he didn't take the shot? Did he just not think it was legal because of the collar or was there some other concern?
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Post by: Smossy on October 13, 2013, 11:48:21 AM: I would of shot at the collarr :dunno:
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Post by: Hunterman on October 13, 2013, 11:59:01 AM: Dead bear, and a new decoration on my mantle..

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: dreamunelk on October 13, 2013, 12:24:00 PM: Just shows your dad is very observant. There fore a safe and ethical hunter. As for shooting it. I would in a heart beat. No laws against it. The reason it is not is most studies include a survival/ mortality estimate. Hunting is part of mortality. Making a law against it would bias information collected.
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Post by: mulehunter on October 13, 2013, 12:31:19 PM: :bfg:

:yeah:
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Post by: brew on October 13, 2013, 01:18:33 PM: boom...dead...done----with a butt ton of teriyaki summer sausage to follow
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Post by: Ripper on October 13, 2013, 06:09:52 PM: Dead bear!
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Post by: norsepeak on October 13, 2013, 06:12:15 PM: DRT!!!
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Post by: Eli346 on October 13, 2013, 07:30:29 PM: One of the largest bears I've ever seen had a blue collar on him. I tried to move in on him for a couple of hours 2 years ago and couldn't close the deal. The collars are on them because they're relocated and probably a nuisance bear elsewhere. This bear I saw was within 1/2 mile of a housing complex so he didn't learn much from his relocation. He had a larger body size than the one I got last year and that one measured 21 5/16. I'm still looking for the blue collared bear!
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Post by: D-Rock425 on October 14, 2013, 12:56:24 PM: I shot one a few years back with a collar. You do have to return collar to game department and may not be able to eat the meet if he's been collard in last 30 days.
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Post by: Southpole on October 14, 2013, 01:18:59 PM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 14, 2013, 12:56:24 PM
I shot one a few years back with a collar. You do have to return collar to game department and may not be able to eat the meet if he's been collard in last 30 days.
Why wouldn't you be able to eat the meat D-rock. Is it because of an injection the bear got from the game dept. or because the bear was eating something it shouldn't have been? Do you have to give them the bear or does the game dept. just strongly suggest you not eat the meat?
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Post by: D-Rock425 on October 14, 2013, 01:24:53 PM: Because of the chemical they get put to sleep with can stay in Their system for 30 days. I had to call butcher and get my meat put on hold until I heard back from game department. Mine was okay to eat but I would have been a little mad if I shot a bear for no reason.
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Post by: Southpole on October 14, 2013, 02:09:31 PM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 14, 2013, 01:24:53 PM
Because of the chemical they get put to sleep with can stay in Their system for 30 days. I had to call butcher and get my meat put on hold until I heard back from game department. Mine was okay to eat but I would have been a little mad if I shot a bear for no reason.
Very interesting
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Post by: h20hunter on October 14, 2013, 02:10:46 PM: I understand that in cases like this you may be able to get a replacement tag and keep the hide/head etc if the meat is found to be not safe for consumption......I could be wrong.
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Post by: The Big Game Hunter on October 21, 2013, 07:30:29 AM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 14, 2013, 01:24:53 PM
Because of the chemical they get put to sleep with can stay in Their system for 30 days. I had to call butcher and get my meat put on hold until I heard back from game department. Mine was okay to eat but I would have been a little mad if I shot a bear for no reason.

Very interesting; you learn something every day.

I'll be sure to keep this in mind on the off chance that I shoot a collared bear.
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Post by: Crunch14 on October 21, 2013, 11:33:27 AM: Quote from: Huntboy on October 13, 2013, 11:14:40 AM
:mgun: :mgun: :twocents:

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! He will never live this down! And apparently is was a chocolate one too!
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Post by: Crunch14 on October 21, 2013, 11:44:41 AM: So now that I'm back here's the whole story as I heard it...

My Dad (69 y/o) and his brother (60 y/o) were parking the truck to take a walk on an old skidder road. While parking the bear strolled out of the brush 30 feet away!

My Uncle said BEAR and sat there not reaching for his rifle, my Dad hopped out and was putting a round in when he noticed the collar. So they leaned against the truck and watched it feed on shrooms and tear apart a stump for 10 minutes.

I ended up hiking to that spot later in the day and when they told me the story I was DUMBFOUNDED! The paw prints were good sized too a bit wider than my palm. Needless to say he will never live it down.
:bdid:

We were up in the Stevens Pass/Lake Wenatchee area and believe it or not had a young Bull Moose walk through camp on Tuesday!
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 21, 2013, 02:52:10 PM: maybe it was a shapshifting bigfoots and he got mesmorized by it. :yike:
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Post by: Crunch14 on October 21, 2013, 03:17:01 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on October 21, 2013, 02:52:10 PM
maybe it was a shapshifting bigfoots and he got mesmorized by it. :yike:

Or a wolf in bears clothing?