Post by: Fishpimp on January 20, 2009, 05:33:44 PM
the first one i shot was small,just over 5' from nose to tail. the second was alot bigger,i haven't measured it yet{it is at my taxidermist being made into a rug} but i had the small one tanned and i got him back tonight. the big bear had a 19+" skull. he was a donger!
anyway i just didn't know exactly how to measure a bear skin. thanks
pardon the poor picture of the big one, it was raining like hell and my flash quit on my camera
Post by: billythekidrock on January 20, 2009, 06:22:09 PM
Congrats on the bears.
Post by: fc2038 on January 20, 2009, 06:54:18 PM
Post by: saylean on January 20, 2009, 07:47:25 PM
Post by: Fishpimp on January 20, 2009, 08:12:07 PM
If the skull is 19+ inches, think about getting it officially scored. Grats on the bears, nice work.any idea where i could get that done? sorry to sound like a newbie but i have hunted since i was 10 , mostly duck and blacktail so this bear thing is very foreign to me. not to change the subject but i have a blacktail i would like to have scored too. any ideas?
thanks
Post by: billythekidrock on January 20, 2009, 08:13:31 PM
If the skull is 19+ inches, think about getting it officially scored. Grats on the bears, nice work.and idea where i could get that done? sorry to sound like a newbie but i have hunted since i was 10 , mostly duck and blacktail so this bear thing is very foreign to me. not to change the subject but i have a blacktail i would like to have scored too. any ideas?
thanks
The sportsman show this weekend.
Post by: Fishpimp on January 20, 2009, 08:17:44 PM
Post by: Airnip on January 21, 2009, 07:45:56 AM
Curious about the hunt story on these? Chance opportunities when hunting something else? Spot and stalk? Ambush?
Congratulations on your success.
Post by: GoldTip on January 21, 2009, 07:58:34 AM
Congrats on a couple nice bears.
Post by: billythekidrock on January 21, 2009, 09:19:46 AM
Nose to tail with no stretch for an honest measurement. If you wanna make it sound like it's 3-4" bigger than that, then you "square it". :twocents:
Hhmm. Not sure how that works. I have shot bears who's claw to claw measurement was shorter then nose to tail and thus made the square measurement smaller. :dunno:
Post by: cohoho on January 21, 2009, 04:25:26 PM
Nose to tail with no stretch for an honest measurement. If you wanna make it sound like it's 3-4" bigger than that, then you "square it". :twocents:
Hhmm. Not sure how that works. I have shot bears who's claw to claw measurement was shorter then nose to tail and thus made the square measurement smaller. :dunno:
Have to agree with you Billy, don't understand that one, squared is squared no matter what. Curious to ask why that way, don't get offended just wondering is all. Everything I have read, seen and done for bear measurement is squared not just length???
Post by: muzzleman on January 21, 2009, 05:05:01 PM
Post by: Airnip on January 21, 2009, 06:16:10 PM