That's one fine bear! I lightened up the pic to take the shadow out, and it looks even better.
If you notice, both lower canines are broken off. This ol' boy was on the decline. FWIW both the guides and my taxidermist said that he'd probably lost quite a few pounds due to the lack of bottom canines. Prolly' would not have made it through the winter.
But what the hey, being an 80%er, most everything I do is for fun and enjoyment, and at 64 I am glad I can still show up. This was a fun hunt with friends and my guides were government trappers/hunters. I had a ball running the roads of the Lincoln national Forest in NM chasin' the dogs and bears, Listening to tunes and talking hunting, trapping, reloading and all sorts of nonsense.......
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