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Well, that's about it, boys. I went out to take a stand over the bear carcasses the next 2 nights in hope of getting a shot at a coyote or a wolf, but they were apparently doing their work by moonlight. And they worked pretty efficiently, too. This is all that was left of my big black bear's carcass 36 hours after we dumped him at the edge of the woods:



The wolves had dragged his carcass about 60 yards back into the woods, too. This tells me quite a bit about the size and power of those Northern timberwolves, which may weigh up to 175 pounds. Massive beasts! Wish I'd seen one, I'd love to have a North woods wolf pelt to hang with my bear rugs.

The old Model 99 did its work well and truly for me. I like to think that Bob Sears would be pleased by the work that it did for me, and that it vindicated his opinion of it as the ultimate North woods rifle.