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While an extremely good guess it is actually a washed-out photo of a piece of cherry crotch wood table top.
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Cool! Nice bear. How about that bullet. Makes you wonder just what happened.Congrats and thanks for the story. Enjoyed it and the pics.
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Thanks for the great story and pictures. And congrats all the way around.
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Well done, Riley! I think we saw forty some-odd bears in our few days in there! We only saw one big one and that was way up high on top the first day! Some day I will have to go back with a bear tag in hand!
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Didn't we have a really big bear swim right in front of the boat from Hellgeson's to Uganik Island?
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I don't remember that. Maybe, but we saw a really big one up on the top that first day that we went out. Obvious big boar. We saw tons on the beach I remember.
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Klik Thinking you just pierced the void... ![[Linked Image]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/24quarts/Rileys%20Kodiak%20Bear/bulletbutt.jpg) Those regular marks I was asking about which still show plainly on the lead were likely part of the inside surface of the jacket to keep them together??? art My vote is for a 357 Mag fired 180 JSP or JHP. More of a JSP thought being I've seen hollow points slammed into fairly hard object and they splatter and almost mushroom right through themselves. JSP's will deform more but not peel back as violently. A lot separate from the jackets though when hitting hard things like bear skulls. Great story and pics... congrats and the extra bullet adds some fun and character to the story.
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I don't remember that. Maybe, but we saw a really big one up on the top that first day that we went out. Obvious big boar. We saw tons on the beach I remember. Must have been a different group... We usually see a LOT of bears through there. Terror Bay is not a bad choice for a Kodiak bear hunt... and being a nonresident you do not even have to wait to draw like we do...
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Klik Thinking you just pierced the void... Those regular marks I was asking about which still show plainly on the lead were likely part of the inside surface of the jacket to keep them together??? art My vote is for a 357 Mag fired 180 JSP or JHP. More of a JSP thought being I've seen hollow points slammed into fairly hard object and they splatter and almost mushroom right through themselves. JSP's will deform more but not peel back as violently. A lot separate from the jackets though when hitting hard things like bear skulls. Great story and pics... congrats and the extra bullet adds some fun and character to the story. Thanks for the comments. We did not find extra metal in the vicinity of the lead so I assumed there was none. That was almost surely a mistake on my part.
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You kinda looked like you peed on the electric fence...
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Had to register just to say thank you for sharing the story. I enjoy living vicariously though the memory you've laid out so nicely. I can smell the salt air, feel a bit of the chill in the air, and the warmth of skinning that bear out. Well done, and congratulations to you and your son!
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You kinda looked like you peed on the electric fence... There's a good chance I did......
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Got the hide back from the tannery yesterday and mentioned the bullet to the tannery guy... The scar from the event is quite visible on the leather side... But Riley then matched it to the outside and found a blonde streak around the bare patch where the scar is.
The tannery did a great job and the leather is very stretchy and the hair is combed out as well as can be expected. Late in the season bears have hair that is starting to matt. Combing it out is too brutal and will pull out most of the hair. All they can do is gently tease it apart and it looks fine.
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You mean they didn't shave all the hair off this time?
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What is a cast-on in the stock? By the way awesome bear and great story.
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You mean they didn't shave all the hair off this time? Interestingly enough they did not... Same place the taxidermist claimed the first one went, but I am not thinking it was. Tannery wants to see the shaved bear just out of curiosity... I still send hides to Alpha because they do a reasonable job quickly and reasonably.
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What is a cast-on in the stock? By the way awesome bear and great story. Thanks! When viewed from above the stock is bent toward a right-handed shooter's face. It does not take a lot. This stock is bent about 5/16" at the heel and 1/4" at the toe. It is surprisingly gentle...
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Riley having that one rugged? Glad it came back from the tannery alright.
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