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Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16119633 05/26/21
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AGL4now Campfire Regular A Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 909	Was a "great" read.....thanks. What a unique trophy the "Grey Ghost", Congratulations. The famous, "Grey Ghost, of Cinched Wader Creek". Last edited by AGL4now; 05/26/21. ALASKA is a "HARD COUNTRY for OLDMEN". (But if you live it wide'ass open, balls'to the wall, the pedal floored, full throttle, it is a delightful place, to finally just sit-back and savor those memories while sipping Tequila).

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Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16119725 05/27/21
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 23,506 Oregon Beaver10 Campfire Ranger
Beaver10 Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 23,506 Oregon	Awesome hunts ! Congrats. 🦫 Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog “Molon Labe”

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16120361 05/27/21
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 20,554 Alaska AkMtnHntr Campfire Ranger
AkMtnHntr Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 20,554 Alaska	Well done!! Congrats on a very successful bear season. That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink. Steelhead

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16120374 05/27/21
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,151 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter
MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,151 S.E. Alaska	A glacier bear AND cinnamon bear in the same year - not sure I've ever heard of that done before - pretty awesome. I've never seen a glacier bear south of town - a few north of town. Bummer about the taxidermy bill . . .

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! MuskegMan #16120479 05/27/21
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OP 907brass Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 684 Southeast Alaska	Originally Posted by MuskegMan A glacier bear AND cinnamon bear in the same year - not sure I've ever heard of that done before - pretty awesome. I've never seen a glacier bear south of town - a few north of town. Bummer about the taxidermy bill . . . Heeey what else is an emergency fund for?!? Last edited by 907brass; 05/27/21.

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Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16120528 05/27/21
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WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,775 Wyoming	Outstanding!!!!! What caliber rifle?? Molon Labe

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16120549 05/27/21
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,177 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,177 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Well done, Al! If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! WyoCoyoteHunter #16120597 05/27/21
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OP 907brass Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 684 Southeast Alaska	Originally Posted by WyoCoyoteHunter Outstanding!!!!! What caliber rifle?? I usually have brown and black bear tags with me for a mainland hunt, so I use a .300WSM with 180gr GMX bullets. If I was only targeting black bear I'd probably go a little smaller.

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16120655 05/27/21
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,177 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,177 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Originally Posted by 907brass Originally Posted by WyoCoyoteHunter Outstanding!!!!! What caliber rifle?? I usually have brown and black bear tags with me for a mainland hunt, so I use a .300WSM with 180gr GMX bullets. If I was only targeting black bear I'd probably go a little smaller. Bet that knocks the snot outta them! If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16120664 05/27/21
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Hudge Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,041 Alaska	Well done again! That glacier bear is awesome!

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Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! ironbender #16120666 05/27/21
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,041 Alaska Hudge Campfire Tracker
Hudge Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,041 Alaska	Originally Posted by ironbender Originally Posted by Hudge Good job! I decided not to bear hunt this year, I didn’t want to be called a racist for shooting a brown or black bear! 😅 Just kidding on that part. My son is deployed and he usually helps me bait. I’ve got so many projects to do and with my upcoming surgery and the wife’s I figured I’d sit this year out. The good news, once these projects are done, including the remodel I’m paying someone to do, I’m wide open for caribou hunting. I wish we could bait in the winter. So many things going on and to do in the spring. Tough to make the time. At least allow baiting in September and October maybe. The few times I’ve baited here, I haven’t gotten black bears until late in the season. I know in 2018, the last day of the season I had a nice blacky on it. I was at work though. When I went and pulled my barrel that evening and saw the pics, I wasn’t too happy.

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121016 05/27/21
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OP 907brass Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 684 Southeast Alaska	The cinnamon bear: Not as long as the glacier, but fatter. Last edited by 907brass; 05/27/21.

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121018 05/27/21
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OP 907brass Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 684 Southeast Alaska	The Glacier Bear:

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121136 05/27/21
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Morewood Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 16,961 N. California	Great read! Thanks for sharing and congrats!

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121216 05/27/21
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Sasha_and_Abby Campfire Tracker S Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 3,254 Columbia, South Carolina	awesome "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went" Will Rogers

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121335 05/27/21
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Leanwolf Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 13,363 Idaho	Thank you for your well told story and pictures. Those bears look like they'll make very handsome mounts/rugs. Congratulations. L.W. "Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121609 05/27/21
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hunter4623 Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,771 Gen X	Awesome story and sharing it with your family makes it even better. I’ve never seen or heard of a glacier bear. That’s definitely on the bucket list.

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121642 05/27/21
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Rooster7 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,662 Minnesota	Originally Posted by 907brass Sorry for all the installments here. I've been at work and I've been butchering. So 2.5 hours after stepping onto the beach we had my dad's bear in the inflatable canoe and we paddled down the river towards our skiff anchored in the salt water. I absolutely love canoeing on rivers but I don't get much of a chance to do that in this part of the state. After the tension of the stalk, the shooting and tracking of the bear, dragging, gutting, etc. the raft riding silently down a calm river is the perfect experience. The brown bear sow and cub had come back out onto the grass -- they didn't mind at all when we floated by. We were almost back to the boat when I noticed, in the opposite corner of the inlet from my dad's bear, there was a barrel shaped tree stump moving around the tree-line. As tired as I was I couldn't help but get a closer look. We turned the canoe around and paddled back into the inlet. We glided as close as we could get while still being hidden to the bear, and I stepped out of the canoe into the marshy bed of seaweed. Sneaking up the beach as quietly as I could, I turned the corner that would let me get a good look at this new bear. A nice boar, and a cinnamon color phase to boot. Okay -- time for this guy to come to dinner: The nice thing is that at this point we had the canoe really close, so while I gutted the cinnamon boar my dad paddled the canoe to essentially right up to me. I couldn't help but notice, 700 yards farther away, a third black bear had just emerged...lucky for them we were all pretty spent at that point. We rolled it into the boat on top of the other bear and finished paddling back to our boat. Really impressed with the SOAR inflatable canyon canoe by the way, it had close to 800 pounds on board with us and the bears, and it still had good floatation and handled well. Rated to 875lbs I believe. A fast skiff ride home on an abnormally calm night, and a couple hours of skinning and quartering! I'm stopping at this point because I have obligations but will pick the rest up later. Great thread so far!! The deer hunter does not notice the mountains "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! ironbender #16121664 05/27/21
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OP 907brass Campfire Regular Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 684 Southeast Alaska	Originally Posted by ironbender Bet that knocks the snot outta them! It sure does! What i like about the monolithic bullet is that the exit wound is usually only quarter sized (provided I've missed the shoulder), but the penetration and hydrostatic shock is just incredible.

Re: Spring bear hunt -- 2021! 907brass #16121971 05/27/21
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79S Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,499 Alaska valley trash	Originally Posted by 907brass Originally Posted by ironbender Bet that knocks the snot outta them! but the penetration and hydrostatic shock is just incredible. That’s what she said.. Originally Posted by Bricktop Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.

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