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JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
in Hunting #1
Today was the first day.
I worked until 2. Afterward swung home grabbed the guns and my son and headed up to my BIL.house. The plan was for a quick evening hunt then a few full days after.
Today was his first day ever hunting. 
Think it was memorable.
He used my interarms in 7mm mag.

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  • sakodudesakodude Senior Member Posts: 4,572 Senior Member
    #2
    Well done!!! Congrats to the BIL and his guide!
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  • earlyagainearlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member
    #3
    Nice!
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  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 27,561 Senior Member
    #4
    I’d say!

    Info…..man!  Info!!
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Moderator Posts: 12,080 Senior Member
    #5
    Congrats!
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
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  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 3,233 Senior Member
    #6
    Wow, that’s how you start a hunting career!!! 😁
    I’m baaaaaaaaack… 😬
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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    #7
    Some details.
    Dressed weight was 270.
    The 7 was shooting winchester 175 grain power points.
    He blew the heart in half.
     I went with the heavy bullet because he saw a really big one there.
    He doesn't think this was it.
    Shot was 30 40 yards.
    I was close enough to hear the death moan well.

    Bear was old enough to have the elongated back feet. They get more like a humans feet.
    He was pretty scarred up.
    Not sure if road rash or that potential bigger bear.

    This sucked to drag.
    Even down hill.
    Getting old it seems.



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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    #8
    I'd have liked to do the zee autopsy on him. His head was huge with broken canines but even pictures were tough. It was about 1/2 hour before dusk and we had to dress him drag him and get him in a cooler.


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  • earlyagainearlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member
    #9
    The real adventure often begins after the successful shot.
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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,289 Senior Member
    #10
    Dang, you realize you just set the bar pretty high as a guide and a gun-picker-outer? Hope he has enough wall to display the hide.
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    #11
    The hide was rough.
    If you look at the first picture by the shoulder and his face. He either got road rash or was tangling out if his weight class now.




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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,289 Senior Member
    #12
    Hide has character, tells a story, but, not a cheap thing to do if it is not pretty enough for the wall.
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 27,561 Senior Member
    #13
    Skull for sure!
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    #14
    Zee said:
    Skull for sure!
    For sure...old bear,big head, broken or worn cannine teeth= pretty cool to me.

    Going out again in about 15 minutes now.

    Hoping the boy shoots one.
    Maybe just a bit smaller.
    Legs are still sore :smile:

    I'll buck up if I have to but please not a huge one.
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  • Diver43Diver43 Senior Member Posts: 12,190 Senior Member
    #15
    Well done all around 👍
    Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,289 Senior Member
    #16
    JunkCollector said:
    Zee said:
    Skull for sure!
    For sure...old bear,big head, broken or worn cannine teeth= pretty cool to me.

    Going out again in about 15 minutes now.

    Hoping the boy shoots one.
    Maybe just a bit smaller.
    Legs are still sore :smile:

    I'll buck up if I have to but please not a huge one.
    Whiney guides don't get tipped as well :D
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    #17
    CHIRO1989 said:
    JunkCollector said:
    Zee said:
    Skull for sure!
    For sure...old bear,big head, broken or worn cannine teeth= pretty cool to me.

    Going out again in about 15 minutes now.

    Hoping the boy shoots one.
    Maybe just a bit smaller.
    Legs are still sore :smile:

    I'll buck up if I have to but please not a huge one.
    Whiney guides don't get tipped as well :D
    Wow.
    He used my gun.
    My ammo.
    I gutted.
    I helped drag and my poor truck hauled the smelly thing around.

    I'm going to be rich :)
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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,289 Senior Member
    #18
    JunkCollector said:
    CHIRO1989 said:
    JunkCollector said:
    Zee said:
    Skull for sure!
    For sure...old bear,big head, broken or worn cannine teeth= pretty cool to me.

    Going out again in about 15 minutes now.

    Hoping the boy shoots one.
    Maybe just a bit smaller.
    Legs are still sore :smile:

    I'll buck up if I have to but please not a huge one.
    Whiney guides don't get tipped as well :D
    Wow.
    He used my gun.
    My ammo.
    I gutted.
    I helped drag and my poor truck hauled the smelly thing around.

    I'm going to be rich :)
    No money replaces the smiles you put on faces hey, nothing beats helping folks do something you love and they are successful at it, it was my attempt at absurdist humor, probably should wait a day when you are less tired ;)
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    #19
    I had my smile on.

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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,289 Senior Member
    #20
    How did you get it out of the woods?
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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  • Jeff in TXJeff in TX Senior Member Posts: 2,438 Senior Member
    #21
    Very well done!  Congrats!
    Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!

    John 3: 1-21
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  • JunkCollectorJunkCollector Posts: 1,090 Senior Member
    edited September 2021 #22
    CHIRO1989 said:
    How did you get it out of the woods?
    It was a pain....even on the downhill beginning.

    All in all just a straight line. straight through the middle of the swamp even.

    We flipped him on his back and thankfully he stayed that way all the way out.
    Hooked a rope to each back leg and it was one two three pull.
    Go 3 feet and repeat and repeat until out.

    He did stay incredibly clean doing so.
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  • JayJay Senior Member Posts: 4,369 Senior Member
    edited September 2021 #23
    That bear will poop in the woods no more...

    Well done.  B)
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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Senior Member Posts: 14,289 Senior Member
    edited September 2021 #24
    JunkCollector said:
    CHIRO1989 said:
    How did you get it out of the woods?
    It was a pain....even on the downhill beginning.

    All in all just a straight line. straight through the middle of the swamp even.

    We flipped him on his back and thankfully he stayed that way all the way out.
    Hooked a rope to each back leg and it was one two three pull.
    Go 3 feet and repeat and repeat until out.

    He did stay incredibly clean doing so.
    We need the "worthy" emoji back, last time my friends got one it took all they had to get it on the 4 wheeler, they drove the wheeler up some spruce boughs so it was doing a "wheelie", rolled the bear to the rear rack, strapped him to the rack and carefully backed the wheeler off the boughs, got him to stay put and tied him down some more, loaded the wheeler into the truck and then hoisted the bear off in the shed and then disassembled, kind of put them off bear hunting after that much effort. 
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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