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Derp

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Bear Down!
« on: May 20, 2008, 11:17:38 AM »

I went to Vancouver Island this weekend along with two other friends and we each managed to harvest a bear. Here is mine:



This blackie was feeding in a ditch along a FSR and me and my friend put a stalk on him, right before I was ready to shoot a car shows up out of nowhere and scares the bear which runs out of the ditch and up to hill into the cutblock! I then jumped the hill and dumped him with my ruger mkII 30-06 right in the heart as he was walking/running away at roughly 75yds.

He is about 5'7 but and has a big noggin on him. This is my first black bear of many more to come!!
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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 12:05:20 PM »

Good job!!! Nice looking bear.
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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2008, 12:29:03 PM »

great looking bear, congrats
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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2008, 02:23:24 PM »

thanks guys!  :)
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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2008, 09:04:58 PM »

What would a bear like that taste like?  I've never eaten bear.

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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2008, 10:18:35 PM »

I've heard alot of good things from many people and yes some bad reports aswell. I will find out very soon as its already butcherd and sitting in my freezer.I will let you know :)
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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2008, 10:59:17 PM »

Nice bruin and nice shooting too.

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Re: Bear Down!
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2008, 09:55:41 PM »

very nice, dad just got back from revelstoke, some photo's of a massive bruin, couldn't connect, the bear was across a raging river that he wasn't willing to cross

here are the photos. they were taken with a camera phone, photos of the bear were taken through a spotting scope, the bear was at 1023 yards on the range finder.





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