The black bear king of the internet thread.

Great bear Savagelh. Anything with a true stick and string is a phenomenal trophy. My hats off to you for the choice of gear as well as the obvious success that can only come with much practice.
 
Ardent said:
Took a hard look at this guy, closest was fifteen yards, not an exceptional bear but good and shootable. Kinda glad I didn't have my recurve as I would have had work to do if I was carrying it.

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I think you're being a little conservative, at least on weight. I'm always amazed how fat the coastal BC spring black bear are. That one looks like an engorged tick!

I suppose that's the reason for the "Island bear" classification on skull size. :nest:

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He was curiously proportioned, very good body and a rather unexceptional head. Ears hadn't fully spread like you'd expect for his body. He'd be the leader but I'm not sure I want another black bear, and I know where to find him down the road if his noggin catches up. Also have more fun not shooting them much of the time!

Plus, Douglas disqualified me... ��
 
bearkilr said:
I think you're being a little conservative, at least on weight. I'm always amazed how fat the coastal BC spring black bear are. That one looks like an engorged tick!

I suppose that's the reason for the "Island bear" classification on skull size. :nest:

:cheers:
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We had an easy last winter here. Many of the bears still have fat on them this spring. Many were out and feeding over a month earlier than they usually are. And the big males came out even earlier.
 
Here's my bear, I took him with my newly aquired Ruger m77 compact in .308. This hunt was special to me because I took my dad along with me. It was his first time bear hunting and he was with me when I shot this boy.

 
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Thanks, my old man didn't do too bad himself and managed to get some good meat for the freezer. A great father son trip that is worth more than any trophy. Pic isn't the best, there was a long tracking job on this guy and it was a wet miserable day and it was snapped with a cell phone after we dragged him out but you get the idea..
 
He was old and wormy with a head that outpaced his body, I fleshed the skull and plunked it straight into the maceration tank, it's pretty big and I'll update with a skull measurement when it's clean. Was just interesting as he was the opposite of the younger big bodied bear I posted earlier, this guy's head was twice the size but his body well behind the younger bear. His head was literally almost as wide as his shoulders.

His head looked more impressive in life as I stalked him, didn't bother playing the super close game I've been doing took him at 40 yards as his pumpkin sealed the deal, .308, frontal shot, he went ten yards.
 
Ardent said:
He was old and wormy with a head that outpaced his body, I fleshed the skull and plunked it straight into the maceration tank, it's pretty big and I'll update with a skull measurement when it's clean. Was just interesting as he was the opposite of the younger big bodied bear I posted earlier, this guy's head was twice the size but his body well behind the younger bear. His head was literally almost as wide as his shoulders.

His head looked more impressive in life as I stalked him, didn't bother playing the super close game I've been doing took him at 40 yards as his pumpkin sealed the deal, .308, frontal shot, he went ten yards.
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Sorry for the hijack, but what's in the maceration tank?.... Heading on a hog hunt shortly and I want to do likewise
 
I'm still learning, I'm using a black box with little holes in the top that let the flies in. It's my likely misguided belief that the fly gut enzymes speed it up, last fleshed out skull came out pristine in a month. The black box seems to help as the sun warms it and almost cooks off the meat, other than that just used pond water and let it do its thing. Skulls come out with perfectly fine intact nasal bones etc, and not a single bit of tissue that doesn't hose off. Be warned NOTHING smells quite like that box, you can catch wind of it from a hundred yards or more.
 
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