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Old 04-30-2012, 07:56 PM
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Congrats on your first bear and first big game critter! I bet you can't wait until fall now !
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Old 04-30-2012, 08:17 PM
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Beauty colour phase bear! Congrats!!!!!! I'm still looking for one!
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Old 04-30-2012, 09:03 PM
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Awesome colored bear!!!
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Old 04-30-2012, 10:18 PM
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Success is success! Nice colour!
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Old 05-01-2012, 01:07 AM
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congrats on the first one, size isnt everything and i would not hesitate to take a smaller colour phased bear as they make a great rug and dont take up much space.
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Old 05-01-2012, 01:10 AM
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i dont really see bears as trophies....unless they are colored. sweet color on that one!
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Old 05-01-2012, 07:53 AM
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Was wondering when someone would get round to that.
Yeah, has to be me. I guess I wouldn't have a problem with it, if this was in Cat's neck of the woods, where they've got the critters coming out of the Yin Yang, but down here the densities are comparatively low, we should be giving them a bit of a break by not robbing the cradle. I guess what REALLY set me off, was The mighty Sheephunter giving his endorsement.

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Old 05-01-2012, 10:24 AM
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Congrats to you and your friend on his first bear. Small bears make great pillow cases.

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Old 05-01-2012, 10:36 AM
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nothing wrong with that bear ...great colored bear ..congrats on ur first one .
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Old 05-01-2012, 01:24 PM
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nothing wrong with that bear ...great colored bear ..congrats on ur first one .
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Old 05-01-2012, 02:07 PM
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shot my first bear as a rookie many years ago and did not know how to tell difference between young and mature bear. Killed one like OP (only black)about 5 feet long and felt bad although it was a learning experience.
It was the last day I could hunt for that season and nothing had come to my baits (in those days) so I went spot and stalk and had to take a long shot across a ravine with a 270 and got a one shot kill. Not only size dictates a memorable experience for a new hunter (I was pretty green in those days).
My next bear was over 500 pounds so redeemed me on the learning bear a couple years earlier.
My wifes favorite uncle came over from Germany for a visit and because he claimed to have always wanted to come to Canada to hunt bears when he was younger (he was nearly 70 then) I gave him the little bear rug to take back to Germany along with a quickly obtained export permit from a friend at Ontario MNR.
To him it was like I had given him a B & C bear he was so thrilled to have one in Germany. It is all in perspective.
BTW my first WT deer was no B & C deer either but he still hangs on the wall and is a trophy to me.
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