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Bucket list check off
Check color phase bear off my bucket list,got me a nice chocolate boar this evening.....’bout a 5 ‘n a half foot 300 pounder?
I’ve been packing unpunched bear tags around for several years now,not really bear hunting but hoping to tag a nice color phase or a giant black if the opportunity presented itself.Watching some does and a small buck in canola this eve when this fella strolled out.....there’s my color bear,gonna make a nice rug/couldn’t resist!😝
175-ish yard shot in the boiler room with the ol’ meatslayer 30-06 Remi pump,piled him up within 50 yards.🤗
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Big ones or colored ones a little extra special. Congrats!
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10-07-2018, 12:19 AM
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Big ones or colored ones a little extra special. Congrats!
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Yea no kidding....like I said,been hoping for a GIANT black or a decent size color phase for some time now,eating bear tags for several years...,probably passed on a couple dozen decent blacks and a couple smallish color bears last few years....not this time.took me about 3 seconds to decide he’s a shooter,ha!😝
Not a monster by any measure,but a pretty decent size color bear with a good pumpkin,I’ll take it. 🙂
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10-07-2018, 06:18 AM
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Very nice bear, never seen too many five-and-a-half footers 300 Pounders though. 1 bearcamp I worked at we weighed the Bears 1 season it's very surprising how much they really weigh.
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10-07-2018, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 35 whelen
Very nice bear, never seen too many five-and-a-half footers 300 Pounders though. 1 bearcamp I worked at we weighed the Bears 1 season it's very surprising how much they really weigh.
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Well I was just guessing at the weight(and square size too) but he felt like 700 lbs dragging him out 50yards and loading up on a Gator,haha.
I also guide bear hunters and well aware how hunters almost always overestimate weight,so I guessed 300 instead of 700,lol 😝
Gotta be a solid 250+ anyway?Ive only ever weighed Spring bears so I figgered in a few extra pounds for a fat fall bear?
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Hes a good one. I got few of them tags myself
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10-07-2018, 07:18 AM
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Right on still a nice bear
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10-07-2018, 07:29 AM
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Wonderful looking bear. Very nice.
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Nice looking bear! I'm the same way bear tag soup but you never know!!!
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Beauty pic!
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10-07-2018, 09:56 AM
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Awesome bear, I too always carry a bear tag in my pocket, you never know when one will present itself, and the only thing I know for sure is Murphy’s law will taunt you the year you forget to buy one.
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What a beautiful colour on him I got mine two years ago took over ten years and countless bear to find just the right one. Congratulations
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10-07-2018, 10:11 AM
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Nice bear! The last two bears I’ve seen while fishing out in the foothills have been colour phase. Lately I’ve seen more colour phase then black, saw a real nice big momma bear that was blonde with a black cub strolling behind her.
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10-07-2018, 10:31 AM
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Nice bear! The last two bears I’ve seen while fishing out in the foothills have been colour phase. Lately I’ve seen more colour phase then black, saw a real nice big momma bear that was blonde with a black cub strolling behind her.
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Nice....I see a lot of color bears around here,I’d guess close to 20% f the bears I see are color phase,chocolates/blondes/reds/cinnamon got em all....next goal is try to collect the whole set,lol
I’m in a no bait unit though so it won’t be easy.
Check off black,black w/white chevron,and now chocolate.....next!!🙃
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10-07-2018, 03:30 PM
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This is one of the most beautiful bears I’ve ever seen and the one that gave me bear fever. I hope to see you post you rug when you get it made
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That's an awesome lookin bear West, nice work!!
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Congrats on the chocolate bear. Nice size. I like the fact that you weren't hunting over bait when the bear presented itself.
There are a few good sized bears west of the 5th. Not that long ago a gal shot a 6.5 foot jet black bear west of the 5th by Buck mountain. She was in Big Buck magazine with it.
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10-07-2018, 05:57 PM
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Congrats on the nice colour phase! Huge paws on him! Post a pic of your rug when it’s done please!
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Very nice colour will make a beautiful rug.
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10-08-2018, 04:21 AM
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Nice fur. Congrats
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10-08-2018, 10:18 AM
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Super bear! Nice choice of rifle as well. I've had the same model 760 for 30 years now, in .270, and it has taken the majority of my animals.
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10-08-2018, 11:05 AM
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Congrats
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10-08-2018, 09:46 PM
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Congrats! Really nice looking bear.
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10-09-2018, 08:50 AM
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This is one of the most beautiful bears I’ve ever seen and the one that gave me bear fever. I hope to see you post you rug when you get it made
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I think maybe I shot your bear,lol(mine looked just like that 3 days ago)
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Super bear! Nice choice of rifle as well. I've had the same model 760 for 30 years now, in .270, and it has taken the majority of my animals.
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32 years for me with the ol Remi pump,it’s accounted for the majority of my animals as well,probably a reefer van or two full if I added up all the deer/moose/elk/bears/coyotes/grouse it’s shot,lol
So now I’m looking for a bear rug taxidermist,any suggestions?
FWIW,I travel quite regularly between Slave Lake-Calgary so location is not a big concern.
Just an update,I guessed him Friday nite at 5 1/2 footer and put the tape on him skinned out Saturday morn exactly 5’6” nose to tail and 5’4” wingspan.🙃
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Give arnie a call at hidden creek taxidermy near Edson he did a beautiful job on the on I took two years ago.
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What a nice-looking bear! Great job!
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Congrats on the chocolate bear. Nice size. I like the fact that you weren't hunting over bait when the bear presented itself.
There are a few good sized bears west of the 5th. Not that long ago a gal shot a 6.5 foot jet black bear west of the 5th by Buck mountain. She was in Big Buck magazine with it.
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Yea you know it,the biggest blackie I’ve ever seen was a few years ago north of Hinton up in the Willow.
I was driving along late summer and seen this “grizzly” sitting on his haunches eating berries 100y out in a cutblock so I stopped to get a pic and I’m like “OH...MY....GAWD...that’s a #@&$n BLACK BEAR!!
He was absolutely enormous,600lbs if he was an ounce and a head like a medicine ball!!😳😱
It was pretty close to where I would be elk hunting in another month so I bought my bear tag specifically for him....never did see him again,but I’ve been packing bear tags for 5 years since.
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