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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Grizzlykiller on May 19, 2009, 10:25:28 PM

Title: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: Grizzlykiller on May 19, 2009, 10:25:28 PM: Hey again.
was looking at the Grizzly track thread and put a couple pics of the feet of this bear up. Thought why not show the rest of him.
Killed Wednesday May 13 2009 on a solo hunt. 31 miles northeast of Nome. Left from the back door on the snowmachine at 5:15 am and told my wife I'd be back no later than 3:00 because I had to work at 4:00. Got home at 2:55 and made it to work on time and was basically worthless. Used to be it took a couple days to get sore but now it's almost immediately.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv69%2Fbandcgrizzly%2F60burst.gif&hash=f4b371bedeaae0c090af270bb19293eb812ca904)
Saw five bears and a wolverine. This being number 5.

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The bear was a male that had been up in the fog and cliffs and made the fatal mistake of coming down out of the fog and laying down to take a nap in the sun. Another bear most likely a female during a previous breeding season had gotten hold of him and bit the end of his nose off. Most peculiar.
Rifle was my .300 Weatherby Mark V. 200 grain Nosler partitions loaded by my brother. Two shots from about 80 yards, he never knew I was there till I started shooting.

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Measurements are front foot, 7 1/2 inches across the pad. Back foot 13 1/2 inches long.
Neck girth 29 inches without the hide. Hide without the skull 96" long nose to tail. 108" across from paw to paw. Square is 8' 5''. Weight I have no idea. It was a pain to move him around by myself trust me. A guess would be 500 at least. By the fall he'd put another 150-200 on. It was heavy I know that.
Green skull measurement at sealing by ADF&G was 25 11/16.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv69%2Fbandcgrizzly%2Fwah.gif&hash=232bee84b48bae5a727f5395815a9cff568a82ce)

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Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: littlebuf on May 19, 2009, 10:28:39 PM: i miss Alaska, they call um snow mobiles down here :DOH:
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on May 19, 2009, 10:32:22 PM: I am so with you, I miss Alaska also. I used to hunt all over around Kotz when i was there, grizz were every where
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: OneHorn on May 19, 2009, 10:42:00 PM: comgrates. thats a big ass bear. Hopefully i cankill one this year. i saw 9 black bears last year and was only able to get a shot off at one and hit a stump that poked above his back about and inch higher than his back
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: bucklucky on May 19, 2009, 10:47:45 PM: Congrats on the Grizz! Man I want to kill one something fierce. Id sure like to mount up a lifesize for my display! Those are some awesome critters!
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: Aneoakleaf on May 19, 2009, 11:33:48 PM: I'm with you charlie ! I want one at 20 yards :chuckle: :P
Congradulations on the great bear!
Thanks for sharing the pictures too. GOOD JOB!
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: PacificNWhunter on May 20, 2009, 12:20:41 AM: Great bears, thanks for posting them.
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 20, 2009, 01:08:46 AM: Congrats on the grizz! :tup: That would be awsome shooting one. :drool:
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: GoldTip on May 20, 2009, 07:58:12 AM: Dandy bear, congrats!
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: 10Key on May 20, 2009, 08:22:41 AM: Nice work! I have spent some time in Nome, I love it up there.
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: zackmioli on May 20, 2009, 08:26:30 AM: those sure are some huge animals! congrats! i wanna go to alaska so bad!
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: skybusterbo on May 20, 2009, 08:48:39 AM: Nice bear. Great job by yourself. That's a lot of work, but I'm sure it was worth it. AWESOME.
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: saylean on May 20, 2009, 10:23:31 AM: Now thats a bear...congrats on the hunt. What an animal! One day...one day... :'(
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: Huntbear on May 20, 2009, 12:47:48 PM: Quote from: saylean on May 20, 2009, 10:23:31 AM
Now thats a bear...congrats on the hunt. What an animal! One day...one day... :'(

:yeah:
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: TeacherMan on May 20, 2009, 01:01:03 PM: What do you do with the bear? I noticed you just skinned him. I've been told they are not worth eating. Once you shot it did the bear run?
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: Slider on May 20, 2009, 09:48:55 PM: He's got character!!! Congrats
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: TheHunt on May 20, 2009, 09:56:42 PM: Very nice... One of these days, I would love to wack one
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: Grizzly on May 21, 2009, 08:25:54 AM: Nice bear!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: joebear on May 29, 2009, 10:43:32 AM: gotta love nome I chased muskox with a freind north of teller he harvested a great bull.
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: huntnphool on June 02, 2009, 07:12:45 PM: Do they not gut them? :dunno:
Title: Re: Arctic Grizzly Bear from Nome.
Post by: joebear on June 02, 2009, 08:08:42 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on June 02, 2009, 07:12:45 PM
Do they not gut them? :dunno:
Hey huntnphool are you wondering how they are field dressed? If so no they are not gutted they are skinned
out whole and the carcus is left all in tact except for the skull.