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Kodiak?.......yeah....Ill concur with a .338 mag. A .300 mag has
put down a lot too, but most will opt for more bullet weight. Where do you get off steering this back on topic? Not thinking it actually gets it back "on track" at all...
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Outstanding! I personally do not see it, but a guy with the tape in hand always has the upper hand!  You guys must be a bit taller than average is my only chance at an excuse! Again, congratulations! Thanks again Sitka. Update: Official measurement is 229-2/8. 1-3/4 pts lower than my guide measured a couple of months ago, but it beat the official record minimum by 5-1/4pts.
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Very cool. Thanks for updating.
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Outstanding! I personally do not see it, but a guy with the tape in hand always has the upper hand! You guys must be a bit taller than average is my only chance at an excuse! Again, congratulations! Thanks again Sitka. Update: Official measurement is 229-2/8. 1-3/4 pts lower than my guide measured a couple of months ago, but it beat the official record minimum by 5-1/4pts. OUTFRIGGINGSTANDING!!!!! Now, do yourself a favor and frame the official scoring sheet and smile every time you look at it! I entered a couple critters (of MANY eligible) in B&C and the absolutely disgusting response from pissant losers incapable of finding a Booner in the B&C Museum completely turned me off to ever entering another.
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Marine Hawk,
Thanks for your service! Just curious what your thoughts are concerning the FBI announcing that the 9mm is now the ideal handgun for their purposes.
I think this horse has been beat to death now.
whelennut
btw Nice swamp donkey!
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger!
There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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Outstanding! I personally do not see it, but a guy with the tape in hand always has the upper hand! You guys must be a bit taller than average is my only chance at an excuse! Again, congratulations! Thanks again Sitka. Update: Official measurement is 229-2/8. 1-3/4 pts lower than my guide measured a couple of months ago, but it beat the official record minimum by 5-1/4pts. OUTFRIGGINGSTANDING!!!!! Now, do yourself a favor and frame the official scoring sheet and smile every time you look at it! I entered a couple critters (of MANY eligible) in B&C and the absolutely disgusting response from pissant losers incapable of finding a Booner in the B&C Museum completely turned me off to ever entering another. Thanks Sikta. Congrats on all your great hunting experiences, which dwarf what I have done. The B&C thing just a little extra icing on the icing already on the cake to me. The cake is the experience and the last minute success after eight days of hard unfruitful hunting and the inspiration of the mount (yet to arrive) for my young boys. I was fortunate that Dennis put me in the right time at the right place, and even that involved a lot of luck. I also was lucky that I even go on that trip. I love every minute out in the remote wilderness, and am fortunate to get to do that when I can.
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Marine Hawk,
Thanks for your service! Just curious what your thoughts are concerning the FBI announcing that the 9mm is now the ideal handgun for their purposes.
I think this horse has been beat to death now.
whelennut
btw Nice swamp donkey! Thanks whelennut, though I probably got way more out of my service than the other way around. I'm no expert on the 9mm vs. XYZ debate. I have a tiny 9mm in my pocket right now, but I prefer two other cartridges for full-size combat guns. But that's just a personal preference. The Marines apparently prefer the .45. The FBI prefers the 9mm. Both are effective in their own way, and depending on what gun and who is using it. Again, I'm no authority on that. Just have my own preferences. I have a 17rd HK USP .40S&W Expert that doesn't really recoil a lot to me.
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The premise of the this topic is fundamentally wrong!
We should not select or suggest a "minimum" caliber for dangerous game let alone such a magnificent trophy such as the "Kodiak" bear.
The entire event and story later will be better told if if a large and powerful 'caliber' is selected.
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The premise of the this topic is fundamentally wrong!
We should not select or suggest a "minimum" caliber for dangerous game let alone such a magnificent trophy such as the "Kodiak" bear.
The entire event and story later will be better told if if a large and powerful 'caliber' is selected.
DumbassDon, What's your first-hand experience with hunting brown bear?
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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I read that as an attempt at humor.
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Well, he did claim to have saved a kid from a bear when he got off the cruise ship somewhere in SE AK...
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I read that as an attempt at humor. Same here! Cause he can't be serious?!?! 
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Well, he did claim to have saved a kid from a bear when he got off the cruise ship somewhere in SE AK... There was a baby in a carriage to the right of that bear. I moved between them and the bear left. ![[Linked Image]](https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/267x200q90/r/856/alaskabear.jpg)
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Well, he did claim to have saved a kid from a bear when he got off the cruise ship somewhere in SE AK... There was a baby in a carriage to the right of that bear. I moved between them and the bear left.
Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
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Well, he did claim to have saved a kid from a bear when he got off the cruise ship somewhere in SE AK... There was a baby in a carriage to the right of that bear. I moved between them and the bear left. Looks a lot like a rock.
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
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Don't you guys be so hard on Don. At least he had the presence of mind to snap a pic of the bear he thought was going to eat a baby. No need to save the baby till you get a pic! 
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Don't you guys be so hard on Don. At least he had the presence of mind to snap a pic of the bear he thought was going to eat a baby. No need to save the baby till you get a pic! Someone else took the pic. He was hiding in the grass behind the bear and pulling on its left-rear leg to keep it from causing harm. The bear kept trying to pull free, but could not do so.
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Don't you guys be so hard on Don. At least he had the presence of mind to snap a pic of the bear he thought was going to eat a baby. No need to save the baby till you get a pic! The baby was most likely Made in Japan 
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