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Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... 2legit2quit #5732001 10/20/11 Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 289 Alaska S skudrunner Campfire Member skudrunner Campfire Member S Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 289 Alaska Love the video, love the bear, love the gun. Congrats.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... 2legit2quit #5733479 10/21/11 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,876 Seattle Brother Dave Campfire Tracker Brother Dave Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,876 Seattle Yep, life is good. Hope you guys are doing well also. Nice to look in on some familiar names once in a while. I'll PM you guys a couple Rut updates once we get rolling. Cheers!

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Brother Dave #5734355 10/21/11 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,355 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,355 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Are you still working the same dry place? If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... ironbender #5734564 10/21/11 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,876 Seattle Brother Dave Campfire Tracker Brother Dave Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,876 Seattle Yeah, but that could change by the end of the year...hoping for something different. May or may not be in same general location.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Brother Dave #5734834 10/21/11 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,355 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,355 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... Stay safe and watch your 6. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... ironbender #5735106 10/21/11 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,199 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,199 Northern California Nice Bear, looks like you had a great hunt. Stud of a Bear. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Brother_Bill #5735486 10/21/11 Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 21,959 Idaho 340boy Campfire Ranger 340boy Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 21,959 Idaho Very nice, Bro Bill. Congrats! "For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand." James Elroy Flecker

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... SKane #5745888 10/25/11 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,670 Likes: 6 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,670 Likes: 6 Midwest Originally Posted by SKane I must have watched that vid about 20 times. Came back for #21 this AM. #22 this AM. WWP53D

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... SKane #6133326 02/04/12 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 B Brother_Bill OP Campfire Regular OP Brother_Bill Campfire Regular B Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 Ordered the form last week. Haven't decided on what the habitat/scene will look like yet. Going with this.... Sounds like he may be done by end of summer. Skull is done with the 90 day dry, and I'm hoping to hear the results of the "official score" this next week.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Brother_Bill #6133336 02/04/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,670 Likes: 6 Midwest SKane Campfire Ranger SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,670 Likes: 6 Midwest Man, that was a BFB. Can't wait to see the final product. WWP53D

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... SKane #6133597 02/04/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,973 Alaska Maverick940 Campfire Regular Maverick940 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,973 Alaska Bill: Are you considering B&C or SCI? How come you waited ninety days? Maverick

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Maverick940 #6133641 02/04/12 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 B Brother_Bill OP Campfire Regular OP Brother_Bill Campfire Regular B Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 Shoulda said 60 days..... I've kicked around the idea, but have never given much thought to entering critters in the books. I might enter this one, just because.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Brother_Bill #6133710 02/04/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,973 Alaska Maverick940 Campfire Regular Maverick940 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,973 Alaska Yeah, it'll easily break the B&C awards minimum of 26 inches.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Maverick940 #6134786 02/05/12 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,674 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,674 Likes: 2 Anchorage, AK USA Yeah, shrinking from 28 8/16 green is not going to make more than 2 1/2" go away... Thinking 28 will be easy... Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Sitka deer #6134801 02/05/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden 2legit2quit Campfire Ranger 2legit2quit Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden evidently he's going with a different taxidermist than the last really memorable bear I saw posted here. I didn't see a banjo anywhere near that mount (grin, old times) lookin forward to seeing the finished product I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... 2legit2quit #6134821 02/05/12 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,355 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,355 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... which one did you have in mind? If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... ironbender #6135216 02/05/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,973 Alaska Maverick940 Campfire Regular Maverick940 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,973 Alaska Now that is REALLY hilarious. Holy Moses !!!!

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... rost495 #6135797 02/05/12 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 28,265 Likes: 3 Central CA Barkoff Campfire Ranger Barkoff Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 28,265 Likes: 3 Central CA Congrats Bill, I love the stock on that rifle, I plan to duplicate it someday for my 06. How many of those shots connected?

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Barkoff #6136543 02/05/12 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 B Brother_Bill OP Campfire Regular OP Brother_Bill Campfire Regular B Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 Barkoff, Connected 3 for 3..... Front left shoulder Behind the ribs driving forward Right side where the shoulder/neck meet

Re: Another Brown Bear hunt report.... Brother_Bill #6136577 02/05/12 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 B Brother_Bill OP Campfire Regular OP Brother_Bill Campfire Regular B Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,416 Just watched that video for the first time in a couple of months. I have picked up a really bad habit, that I never realized I had before. Going to have to work on that whole "shoot and look" thing....