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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: smartazz171 on March 02, 2011, 04:03:50 PM

Title: Grizzly...WOW!
Post by: smartazz171 on March 02, 2011, 04:03:50 PM: These pictures are from another site. But I had to share them. From Alberta..

Bear weighed in just under 1300 pounds and would have stood 11 ¾ feet tall on its hind legs
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Post by: h20hunter on March 02, 2011, 04:10:30 PM: Yep, I think I first saw that on Field and Stream for something. Neat story but kind of like the other post regarding the couger trail cam pics.
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Post by: Buckmark on March 02, 2011, 04:20:15 PM: If only it was true:

HERE IS THE TRUE STORY

The Bear was harvested through Afognak Wilderness Lodge on North Afognak Island and within the Kodiak Islands, Alaska.

The squared skin measurement of the bear was 9', 9"

The bear is #26 in the SCI record book

The bear was harvested May 5, 2007 by Jessie Wallace of California
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Post by: seth30 on March 02, 2011, 04:24:49 PM: notice how many times this bear is moved around for photos :dunno:
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Post by: h20hunter on March 02, 2011, 04:26:55 PM: Wasn't the story they were elk hunting? Soon we'll have a new post of a bear in a treestand saying "Look what was in MY stand!" Gosh I'm funny.

Hey Buckmark, wanna go sing some karoke?
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Post by: boneaddict on March 02, 2011, 04:29:19 PM: To think that was an interior bear is CRAZY.....also note the moss and surrounding background. Neat bear though.
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Post by: h20hunter on March 02, 2011, 04:31:21 PM: Here is the link from Outdoor Life where I saw it originally.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2011/01/grizzly-giant (http://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/hunting/2011/01/grizzly-giant)
Title: Re: Grizzly...WOW!
Post by: Buckmark on March 02, 2011, 04:47:01 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on March 02, 2011, 04:26:55 PM
Wasn't the story they were elk hunting? Soon we'll have a new post of a bear in a treestand saying "Look what was in MY stand!" Gosh I'm funny.

Hey Buckmark, wanna go sing some karoke?
Karoke i will have to pass, my mom always said i couldn't carry a tune in a paper bag.
But i'm pretty good at drinking beer... ;)
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Post by: smartazz171 on March 02, 2011, 05:09:16 PM: Alright... Guess i'm behind the times.... Sorry for the wasted post. :bash:
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Post by: jackelope on March 02, 2011, 05:18:07 PM: Its from the Selkirks in Idaho...high fenced grizz
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Post by: pjb3 on March 02, 2011, 06:35:02 PM: My brother told me his friend killed it in Arizona :dunno:
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Post by: superdown on March 02, 2011, 06:41:51 PM: That dude looks stoned in that last pic :chuckle:
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on March 02, 2011, 06:54:51 PM: man... I thought that was taken in the paseyten.... LOL
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Post by: h20hunter on March 03, 2011, 08:11:57 AM: Probably needed a little something something to take the edge off after almost being eaten by a pre-historic bear while hunting in Russia.
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Post by: huntnnw on March 04, 2011, 05:40:07 AM: Thinking a victory blunt was in store after that kill :chuckle:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 04, 2011, 05:44:10 AM: This has been circling around for some time.
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Post by: bearpaw on March 04, 2011, 05:44:44 AM: Grizzly poached in selkirks by unknowing hunter.... :chuckle:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 04, 2011, 05:49:06 AM: Hey that bear looks like a benchleg bear. Was that taken on Glacier Peak? :chuckle:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 10, 2011, 05:19:34 PM: Quote from: superdown on March 02, 2011, 06:41:51 PM
That dude looks stoned in that last pic :chuckle:
that was my first impression