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That is FANTASTIC, and that bear is also MY dream coloration! Superb!
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man what a beautiful bear. Congrats!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!🎈🎊🎉🧨💯
The bear is outstanding, the pictures are great and the trip sounds like it was absolutely perfect.
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Darned pretty bear. Congratulations.
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I have never had a desire to shoot a brown/griz, so in my 53 years here, I never have (they have been cooperative in that respect), but if I ever get a chance at a silvertip, that sucker is going down!
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Awesome. Love that color.
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Thanks for sharing a great story and congratulations on an amazing trophy.
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That is FANTASTIC, and that bear is also MY dream coloration! Superb!
I took him into Monarch Taxidermy in Helena last Friday. They do excellent work, and I'm having them do a full mount with him standing on 3 legs and the left front leg raised. I hope to get him back by next spring.
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That is FANTASTIC, and that bear is also MY dream coloration! Superb!
I took him into Monarch Taxidermy in Helena last Friday. They do excellent work, and I'm having them do a full mount with him standing on 3 legs and the left front leg raised. I hope to get him back by next spring. Damn! you shoulda looked me up! I live less than a mile from them!
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Congratulations, nice bear.
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That sounded like a grand adventure on many fronts! I’m not ashamed to say I’m jealous!
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That’s the trip of a lifetime, congrats on the bear.
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That’s a beautiful bear! Well played!
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What an amazing bear. That one would work in anyone's book. Even if you never make it back, you had the trip of a lifetime. But I'll bet you go back.
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...But I'll bet you go back. This was my 3rd trip to Alaska. My 1st was back in 1980 when 4 friends and I did a DIY caribou hunt out of King Salmon, me 2nd was a couple of years ago when I went on a Sitka Blacktail hunt on Kodiak. Yes, I'd go back in a heartbeat, and the next time I'll bring some fishing tackle. The other day I went to a couple of sporting goods stores and bought some streamer fly tying materials.
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Nice Bear, congratulations.
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Sounds like a wonderful trip! Congrats on that dream bear!!
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...But I'll bet you go back. This was my 3rd trip to Alaska. My 1st was back in 1980 when 4 friends and I did a DIY caribou hunt out of King Salmon, me 2nd was a couple of years ago when I went on a Sitka Blacktail hunt on Kodiak. Yes, I'd go back in a heartbeat, and the next time I'll bring some fishing tackle. The other day I went to a couple of sporting goods stores and bought some streamer fly tying materials. They’ll work on Canyon Ferry, too!
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OUTSTANDING!
I'm glad that you spent more time there, fishing & such, after the bear hunt. Alaska is a special place.
Regards, Guy
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