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What a beautiful bear!! The good Lord willing, maybe I'll get to do it one time in my life. Any idea of what an estimated weight would be for a bear that size?
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Beautiful mount. Very nice
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Dandy Bear,,, we would refer to him as a Toad here on the Penisula!
I tend to use more than enough gun
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I don't think that monster needs a pedestal to look huge. We all have our favorites in the animal kingdom, but to me nothing is as impressive as a large bear mount. A big moose or bison mount is impressive, but if you go into a trophy room it is the carnivore that grabs ones attention. He has the ability to quickly make you look like a train ran you over.
One of my fondest memories is what we guessed to be over an 8' interior grizzly that we blew the sneak on running up hill through the alders. The long blonde spring coat and him stretching it out like and Olympic sprinter for what had to be a half mile steep uphill run. I hope I never forget it and I am at the age now where I am glad he got away. But, at the time I was cussing my impatience for not looking around more on the last 100 yards of the approach.
Congrats on a magnificent trophy bear!
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Just caught up on this and the hunt thread. Having lived in Kodiak for 3 years, I can relate. Good onya brother.
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What a beautiful bear!! The good Lord willing, maybe I'll get to do it one time in my life. Any idea of what an estimated weight would be for a bear that size? Bears are not weighed. Skull size is the determining metric, often with the hide square.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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What a beautiful bear!! The good Lord willing, maybe I'll get to do it one time in my life. Any idea of what an estimated weight would be for a bear that size? A large boar can eclipse 1000 pounds. In extreme cases they can get up to 1500. https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=brownbear.trivia#:~:text=Kodiak%20bears%20are%20the%20largest,and%2030%25%20lighter%20than%
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“When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty”
Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version) "And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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I don't think that monster needs a pedestal to look huge. We all have our favorites in the animal kingdom, but to me nothing is as impressive as a large bear mount. A big moose or bison mount is impressive, but if you go into a trophy room it is the carnivore that grabs ones attention. He has the ability to quickly make you look like a train ran you over.
One of my fondest memories is what we guessed to be over an 8' interior grizzly that we blew the sneak on running up hill through the alders. The long blonde spring coat and him stretching it out like and Olympic sprinter for what had to be a half mile steep uphill run. I hope I never forget it and I am at the age now where I am glad he got away. But, at the time I was cussing my impatience for not looking around more on the last 100 yards of the approach.
Congrats on a magnificent trophy bear! I was hunting in Nome and watched a big Interior Grizzly run away from us through some Willow. It would have taken me all day to get through what he went through in 5 minutes. They are powerful animals. I’ll never forget it. Very impressive.
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WOW! That bear is huge...what a monster. Thanks for sharing your pics and story. What clothing do you recommend for hunting in weather like that?
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