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Nice! I hope I'm not too old when they finally let us have a season here.

He's got a head on him. How much did he weigh Mark?

Bears ain't tough to kill is they...


Though I've seen a bunch of them drop at the shot but get right back up and run 20-40 yards. Don't see that with deer.

Thanks for telling me that. I'll shoot my first one twice.

To be fair, I have shot a few with a 35 Whelen also.

For our pre-WWII friend, did the 35 Whelen bear die quicker due to the "killing power" advantage?

Yes, but only because it's a slower bullet and had time to expand.

JM-that bruin was 335 lbs, 6'8" square, 20 3/16 on the beaner and best of all 5.5 years old. That wasn't a very good pic of it and it didn't give a good idea as to the real size. Here's another pic of the same bruin but a much more idea as to his size.

Give me a 2nd




Dober

And,,,one from an 06 Improved...grin

Dober

Yep a toad

And one from an 06 with a 180 mag tip, hard to believe an o6 would do it eh...

This one was 416 lbs, 7'1" square and a beaner of 20 something if I recall right..?

All Montana bruins, we can't compete with the volumes of bruins in Alaska and or the size that they get there but we do get some good ones from time to time

Dober

dat I am...not a bad bruin either if i do say so myself..grin

Dober

I'm not a good judge of bears but that one is a record compared to what I have seen.

I have only been seeing them down here for the last 7-8 yrs. and really only started seeing enough to compare over the last 3 yrs.

There is alot of cropland down here and they have plenty to eat but I haven't seen anything that looks like that or Steely's bear for that matter.

Depends on where in AK. On the island I was on it was the odd bear that would make 21", with most of the big ones going 19". One of the bears above couldn't be aged the other two were 17 and 18 years old respectively.

Go a few miles away to another island and 21"+ weren't that uncommon.

Better pic

this one is the oldest I've personally taken he went 19 yrs, also hunted with a bud who took a sow that went 22 and another friend took a sow that went 29..

Dober

Do you have to draw a tag or is there an open season with a limit on them?

How long can one live in the wild?

I know for sure that they can live to 18. Like Mark said I think they can make 30.

Where I was in Alaska black bear was only closed July/August and there was a 2 bear per season limit for residents, 1 for non I believe.

Here's a 15 year old




And some live ones

Do you spot an stalk? Set up on berry bushes? I don't have the foggiest idea of how they are hunted other than bait can hunts I've seen on TV.

That is a nice one in the 2nd pic and the 3rd pic is crazy. That bear didn't mind you getting that close to his grub?

Spot and stalk and lots of beach hunting also in SE but I've never personally shot one doing the beach hunt.