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Great bear, guy. Great hunt..
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Did you carry a pistol or just the 30-06? By the way awesome bear, congratulations.
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In the interest of honesty, there was a fair bit of shooting going on. I made a fatal shot on the bear, breaking his right shoulder, and getting the bullet into his chest. This dropped and rolled him instantly. But he was quickly on his feet and headed for the willows.
Both rifles spoke, and soon he was done. A .30-06 and a .338 Win mag were involved in the kill. I'm fine with that.
Regards, Guy Dead in the open is ALWAYS better than close cover trailing.
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Did you carry a pistol or just the 30-06? By the way awesome bear, congratulations. Thanks! Just the rifle. Guy
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Congrats on a successful trip and a couple of great trophies! Nice pics............Thanks for sharing!
Made it to the Brooks a few times myself, it's a special place.
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Congrats! The memories should make you smile for a long time. You accomplished something that lots of us dream about. Pretty awesome all the way around!
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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Nice Bear. I can believe in a .30-06, but a M700, blasphemy . . . you do know the state rifle is a M70?
How'd the Conquest's work out? 8x42, I presume?
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Really nice bear. Well done!
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Looks like a great hunt. What a cool trip.
Thanks for the photos.
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Did I miss who the guide was? I saw someone ask...
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Did I miss who the guide was? I saw someone ask... Lyle Becker with Alaska Skookum Guides And Joey Klutsch with Aniakchak Guide Service These guys were great! Food was good. Our backpacking type tents were small but weather-tite, and they both worked hard. Tremendous knowledge. Nothing but good things to say about either of them. The scope is an old Redfield 2-7x that just seems to work real well for me. Regards, Guy
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That's a great bear !! I also just got back from AK. I took a 7'+ sow grizzly. She's a toklat. I'll get photos & post up in a day----need to catch up at work & home. Conglads on a dream hunt.
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That's a great bear !! I also just got back from AK. I took a 7'+ sow grizzly. She's a toklat. I'll get photos & post up in a day----need to catch up at work & home. Conglads on a dream hunt. Congrats on yours! Looking forward to the photos. A toklat! Cool. Guy
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I keep coming back to this thread, what a great bear!
The hunt of a lifetime.
I could die happy knowing I'd done that.
Mark
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Anytime anyone kicks cancers azz is a good day!
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Oh The Drama!
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Very cool.
Ahh, were I a younger man again.
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I keep coming back to this thread, what a great bear!
The hunt of a lifetime.
I could die happy knowing I'd done that.
Too true. What a bear and wolf! Living the dream.
The degree of my privacy is no business of yours.
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Very very cool hunt and bear! I'll probably never be able to afford that hunt but I'd love to do it. Thanks for posting.
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What a beautiful bear! Great story and pics. Thanks for letting us in on it.
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That's a great bear !! I also just got back from AK. I took a 7'+ sow grizzly. She's a toklat. I'll get photos & post up in a day----need to catch up at work & home. Conglads on a dream hunt. Congrats on yours! Looking forward to the photos. A toklat! Cool. Guy But I thought someone called yours a Toklat?!?! 
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