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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Salmonella
Great bear!
Curious, is the hide that much different from the bottom side in color or is it a photo deal? Looks like a totally different bear.
Will probably forget to check for an answer now that I have a question.....
Jeff
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Campfire Ranger
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Doh! Forgot to reveal my jealousy toward Salmonella as well.  Great bear!
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/X0n16mr.png) WWP53D
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Campfire Oracle
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Doh!..Me Too...
And I thought I had my " Bucket List" all crossed off...
Ingwe
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Campfire Outfitter
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All those bears are Awesome! My taxidermist, Jim August, has a 10' 4" bear mounted like Salmonella's bear in his showroom and the size of it never fails to humble me. You can't understand the size of one of these monsters until you see one up close standing like that... Personally, I'll take your collective word that the 300 WM will kill one, but after seeing one up close (mounted), I'm still thinking I'd feel undergunned with anything I could carry!  JBabcock, you are definitely on my list of people I am jealous of! LOL-- congrat on some truly fine bears. Bob
Never underestimate your ability to overestimate your ability.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Beautiful bears gents. I've never taken a brownie with one but I did take a nice blackie and about 14 head of African game with it. Somebody also alluded to Elgin Gates. He did it ALL with the 300 Weatherby. Arguably the best all around caliber ever--in my humble opinion anyway...jorge
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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This is a Montana Griz, shot with a 25-35. 1 shot kill, as you can see, and it measures 22 5/16 B&C. I would guess a 300 Weatherby would work. ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/100_0265.jpg) A 30-378 did work for me a few years later in Alaska. 200 grain Accubond at about 3250 FPS, here's the bullet: performed perfectly... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/200grainAccubond.jpg) Here's the bear... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/100_1294.jpg)
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Campfire Regular
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Just so's you all are clear, I didn't kill all of those Grizzlies. My brother Scott shot the 1st one listed just last month. Our good friend Joe Small shot the second. The 3rd is my brother's, the 4th is mine. 5th and 6th are Scott's, 7th is his son Jode. The last one is the bear I killed in September. I've killed 3, but Scott's been there on 46, and uses the 300 Weatherby exclusively.
I'd think after all of the Grizzlies he's killed, if the 300 Weatherby didn't work, he'd try something else.
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