Post by: boneaddict on June 29, 2007, 04:07:17 PM
An old indian family friend with his 200th bear. I wish I hd his gun!
Post by: boneaddict on June 29, 2007, 04:15:34 PM
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Post by: Idabooner on June 29, 2007, 09:17:07 PM
One sunny afternoon Dad and Roy were going out for an evening hunt and allowed me to tag along, we were walking across this big opening with one big old pine tree, there was a magpie sitting in the top, all of a sudden Roy threw up his rifle, boom, the magpie started tumbling through the limbs, boom Dad hit it with the 32 special, boom Roy got it again, boom Dad finished it off before it hit the ground. Neither one of these guys were show off's, just got a funny bug I guess, sure impressed a 10 year old boy.
I'm not sure but I think bear were like varmints in those days, you could get them any time.
Post by: Idabooner on June 29, 2007, 09:43:02 PM
Post by: boneaddict on June 29, 2007, 11:15:57 PM
Post by: Idabooner on June 30, 2007, 10:14:14 AM
When he was a small boy he was in the woods with his grandfather, they become aware of a grizzly following them, the only weapon they had was a hatchet. They kept traveling at the same pace, they went across the top of a rock out cropping and circled around under it. Back from the rocks grandfather cut a stout 10 foot pole and sharpened one end, he handed the hatchet to the boy and told him to stay back, knowing the bear was watching them from cover at the top of the ledge. If the grizzly was going to attack he would be ready with the sharp pole. He then walked up under the rocks and after a short while the bear leaped down on him only to land on the sharp end of the pole he was holding with one end against the ground, the bear thrashed around but died very quickly.
Post by: boneaddict on June 30, 2007, 10:45:19 AM
Good pic Otto.
Post by: Idabooner on June 30, 2007, 12:47:13 PM
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Post by: Hornseeker on October 15, 2009, 07:00:31 AM
That is a great pic....
Post by: Idabooner on October 15, 2009, 07:08:36 AM
Did Roy's 35 have the end of the shell case on the side of the receiver(it looks as if the end of the 35 case was cut off and attached to the receiver)? My father has a 35 rem that looks the same as Roy's, what an excellent brush and bear gun! Haven't heard many stories about it but many with the old 300 savage.
Far to long ago for me to remember if it had the shell base, but when I read your post it sounded familiar so could be.
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Post by: robb92 on January 09, 2010, 04:56:54 AM
Glad I got to catch this thread this time around. Loved the stories and pics. Looks like a tough old bird...
I agree!!!!
Post by: saylean on January 09, 2010, 05:35:22 PM
Post by: Dmanmastertracker on January 09, 2010, 07:42:09 PM
I have this picture on my wall. Here was an old family friend that used to come visit my Grandfather and family(Idabooner). I'm hoping Idabooner will log on here with one or two stories about him. I can think of two (a shooting contest with a magpie) and how he used to use one bullet a year to harvest his deer. They are classic and to be shared. Anyhow this picture is also important to me because I once carried out a bear out of a canyon in Naches with the backpack method. Its a little bloody and a little stinky, but one heck of a way to get a small bear out. No three hundred pounders here.
An old indian family friend with his 200th bear. I wish I hd his gun!
This is a great topic, was your friend's last name Hornshuh by any chance? I hunt every couple years with my uncle who is now 74, two years ago we went to Montana and he hiked a 7,000' peak about three days in a row, many miles of vertical in zero temps and in the snow, he complained his knee was bothering him after several days and I said *censored* Loyd, my whole body aches, your doing great up there!! I hope I'm in that kind of shape at that age.
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