Earliest bear ever. May 3rd

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tigrr

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Well his boar came up to my back door. Can't have that. Cut a tag. A tall skinny 4 year old. Hanging in my shop right now. Normally they don't come out till the middle of may. Will be processed tomorrow.(300wm)



 
What makes you think it is a 4 year old? Looks like every 2 year old I have ever seen. Nothing wrong with that, they make great sausage. Crank up the BBQ.
 
A 2 year old is 24 inches tall and a 4 year old is up to 40 inches tall. This one stood 8 inches shy of a 4'X8' sheet at my back door.
And it is illegal to shoot a 2 year old in BC.
But thanks for your stupid contribution to my posy hoyt.
 
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congrats on the bear. that will make some fine table fare. have you ever tried barbequing the bear ribs.
 
tigrr said:
Well his boar came up to my back door. Can't have that. Cut a tag. A tall skinny 4 year old. Hanging in my shop right now. Normally they don't come out till the middle of may. Will be processed tomorrow.(300wm)



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Congrats on the cut tag and soon to be meat in the freezer.
What grain bullet was that in the 300WM Bar ;)
Thanks for sharing,
Rob
 
tigrr said:
A 2 year old is 24 inches tall and a 4 year old is up to 40 inches tall. This one stood 8 inches shy of a 4'X8' sheet at my back door.
And it is illegal to shoot a 2 year old in BC.
But thanks for your stupid contribution to my posy hoyt.
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Yeah, I don't know much about bears... :rolleyes: ... So that is how you aged it at 4 years? Why don't you lay your rifle out on that carcass... you grow them mighty small in your area... don't really care... in this area a 2.5 year old bear is legal and tasty, and when I want BBQ meat, that is exactly what I target.
 
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hoytcanon said:
Yeah, I don't know much about bears... :rolleyes: ... So that is how you aged it at 4 years? Why don't you lay your rifle out on that carcass... you grow them mighty small in your area... don't really care... in this area a 2.5 year old bear is legal and tasty, and when I want BBQ meat, that is exactly what I target.
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I've hunted black bears for years and I have learned a lot about improving my bear baiting and hunting game through your posts. However you should know that I am extremely disappointed that in all your well thought out, informative, descriptive, educational, helpful posts and pm's regarding bear hunting, baiting and sizing you never mentioned that I could just hang a 4'x8' sheet of plywood behind my bait and know how old the bear that comes in is. N00B !!
 
doublelung said:
I've hunted black bears for years and I have learned a lot about improving my bear baiting and hunting game through your posts. However you should know that I am extremely disappointed that in all your well thought out, informative, descriptive, educational, helpful posts and pm's regarding bear hunting, baiting and sizing you never mentioned that I could just hang a 4'x8' sheet of plywood behind my bait and know how old the bear that comes in is. N00B !!
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Sorry, buddy... I dropped the ball on that one... I promise to do better in the future.
 
45lbs of just meat no bones.
From hoyt's 2 year old.
A 5+ year old gets 60 to 80 lbs of meat in the fall. But what do I know I have only shot 6 of them around here.
 
tigrr said:
45lbs of just meat no bones.
From hoyt's 2 year old.
A 5+ year old gets 60 to 80 lbs of meat in the fall. But what do I know I have only shot 6 of them around here.
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i m surprised by the little quantity for the meat. even our small northern ones once bones removed do better.
 
Average age of the bears I have taken up here has been 10 years old (a tooth is taken to be aged during the harvest report). Of those bears, not one has had a hide that squared greater than 5'6"
 
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