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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: tony04 on August 31, 2009, 08:44:20 PM

Title: i got some meat and a hide and the freezer
Post by: tony04 on August 31, 2009, 08:44:20 PM: i rode my bike up to where i got my bear last year. sure enough, i spotted a bear feeding about 100 yrds below me. i was hesitant to shoot it because its a very steep hill and i was by myself. also, there was only a couple hours left of day light. i decided to check out some other area's nearby but i didnt see anything. i went back up to seen the bear and decided to take him. i drug him for a while but at the rate i was going i wouldnt beable to get him to the road before dark. so i thought that maybe cutting out the rib cage would help make him lighter. it did, but not by much. anyways, long story short. i got him to the bike. i tied his front legs around the front of the bike by the head light, and the back legs to the rear fender. and all i had to tie him up with was 2 pillow cases i keep in my pack. so i then sat on his back and road him home! which sucked... he wasnt very big. probably 175-200..
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Post by: actionshooter on August 31, 2009, 08:46:27 PM: Congrats!!
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Post by: Kain on August 31, 2009, 08:47:32 PM: That is awesome. Congrats. I would have shot also. :chuckle: :chuckle: What did you shoot him with and how far did he go after the shot?
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Post by: Ray on August 31, 2009, 08:48:14 PM: Congratulations.

I never understood why people haul entire carcasses around. It's a free country though so do what you like best ! Meat in the freezer is a good way to go.
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Post by: Maligator on August 31, 2009, 08:50:04 PM: Congrats! Very nice job on the improvisation to get him outta there! 8)
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 31, 2009, 08:51:37 PM: Congrats!!! I am jealous!
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on August 31, 2009, 08:53:40 PM: Congrats on the bear, sounds like you had a fun time.
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Post by: nw_bowhunter on August 31, 2009, 08:54:58 PM: cool bear...good job. I can totally picture the bear on the bike..made me laugh :)
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Post by: robb92 on August 31, 2009, 08:57:15 PM: Congrats!!!! From your post I had a Pat McManus flash back.
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Post by: Fishhunt223 on August 31, 2009, 08:58:14 PM: Congrats. That is an awesome story about getting the bear out. I used to have a chevy tracker and I shot a big bodied buck one year that was way to big to fit on the back of it. I wrapped the deer up in a tarp and sat in the back holding on to his antlers and dragging him back through the wheat fields while my buddy drove.
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Post by: saylean on August 31, 2009, 09:09:40 PM: :tup:

There we go. I was wondering about our bear hunters...havent seen many posts of bearskies recently.

Congrats!
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Post by: Huntbear on August 31, 2009, 09:15:51 PM: Congrats on the bear... still looking for mine...
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Post by: runamuk on August 31, 2009, 09:30:08 PM: nice story nice bear congrats
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Post by: Machias on August 31, 2009, 09:35:14 PM: Great job on a nice bear, congrats.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 31, 2009, 11:10:32 PM: Thats a nice looking Bear. Shoot him up high? Looks like he has a nice coat to!
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Post by: LongTatLaw on September 01, 2009, 01:51:06 PM: Congrats on the bear!

Man Id like to see a pic of you riding that bear!

;)
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Post by: Woodchuck on September 01, 2009, 01:54:04 PM: I want to see the bear on a bike to
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Post by: croix on September 01, 2009, 01:57:12 PM: Quote from: robb92 on August 31, 2009, 08:57:15 PM
From your post I had a Pat McManus flash back.

That's exactly what I thought. Good lookin bear, but a pic of you riding your bear/bike would have really been somethin.

Congratulations!
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Post by: Curly on September 01, 2009, 02:11:06 PM: Here's the pic I thought of when reading the post. The bear would have been better though......
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Post by: lewy on September 01, 2009, 02:14:56 PM: Nice work! 200lbs is a nice bear!
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Post by: Rob on September 01, 2009, 02:22:59 PM: I think Pat McManus wrote a similar story about a deer and a bicycle... As I recall it woke up and started pedaling!

Glad your bear did not wake up.
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Post by: strutnrut1984 on September 01, 2009, 03:30:56 PM: nice job and nice bear, still trying to get mine ive been close seen a few. but nothing yet
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Post by: Big10gauge on September 01, 2009, 03:37:13 PM: Congrats, I would have been "bearly" able to ride the bike
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Post by: tony04 on September 01, 2009, 08:42:30 PM: well i acually have a pic of it on the bike. my mother inlaw e-mailed it to me today. its not very good though.

i shot him with a 300 win mag and it droped him right then and there. right through lungs and shoulder. with the mid section being gone it acually made a nice saddle to sit in. i had to ride about 20 miles out. and about 3/4 of the way down, the "rope" i had his back legs tied together with, got caught in the sprocket. it damn near pulled the bear and me off of the bike!
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Post by: zackmioli on September 03, 2009, 08:54:00 AM: Quote from: LongTatLaw on September 01, 2009, 01:51:06 PM
Man Id like to see a pic of you riding that bear!

;)
whoa! i do not want to see that! better keep that picture private! :chuckle:
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Post by: KimberRich on September 03, 2009, 01:58:50 PM: Nice work man. Great pictures.