First Grizzly tag ever!
- Thread starter Gatehouse
- Start date
Republic of Alberta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- ,location, location
Whoopie do
Hooray for Gatehousie
Hooray for Gatehousie
I've been applying for grizzly tags for years. Never got one...
I've hunted grizzlies a couple of times with buddies that had tags, but this will be the first time for me with a tag in the pocket.
Can't wait to get the Mighty .375 Ruger back from Guntech, so I can start load development for 270gr TSX bullets.
Why the little puny bullets?
I've been applying for grizzly tags for years. Never got one...
I've hunted grizzlies a couple of times with buddies that had tags, but this will be the first time for me with a tag in the pocket.
Can't wait to get the Mighty .375 Ruger back from Guntech, so I can start load development for 270gr TSX bullets.
Gonna eat him?
Get F'n real, "for the experience"
......I've hunted most animals you can eat (well on land in NA anyway), I've had to kill a bear because some douche stuck an arrow in it "for the experience".
There is no thrill or difficulty in blowing a hole in an animal with a rifle and IF it gives you an adrenaline rush, well, what can I say, maybe you should try something that is REALLY exciting and dangerous.
Of course, this is all just my take on things, everyone has their own version of what is "fun", mine just doesn't include killing an animal "just for fun"(sorry - "experience"). I'm one of those you probably consider to be a "bleeding heart" or some other derogatory thing as I believe the only reasons for killing animals are for safety, mercy or food.
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- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
Get F'n real, "for the experience"
...I've hunted most animals you can eat (well on land in NA anyway), I've had to kill a bear because some douche stuck an arrow in it "for the experience".
There is no thrill or difficulty in blowing a hole in an animal with a rifle and IF it gives you an adrenaline rush, well, what can I say, maybe you should try something that is REALLY exciting and dangerous.
Of course, this is all just my take on things, everyone has their own version of what is "fun", mine just doesn't include killing an animal "just for fun"(sorry - "experience"). I'm one of those you probably consider to be a "bleeding heart" or some other derogatory thing as I believe the only reasons for killing animals are for safety, mercy or food.
and a hush fell over the lands... who was this intruder... this outsider...
Congrats Gate house on getting the draw...have lots of fun and remember...when your hair stands up on end as you walk down a cutline,you feel a tingling all over your body and you feel like something is watching you,its probably a grizz and not some good lookin women who followed you into the bush...
Oh ya and we need lots of pics after your hunt also...are you sure that .375 is up to the task??? I can send ya a .460 wby so as to whomp the bear real good....
Oh ya and we need lots of pics after your hunt also...are you sure that .375 is up to the task??? I can send ya a .460 wby so as to whomp the bear real good....
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Congratulations old man.
I guess your spear and loincloth are out of the question eh?
I guess your spear and loincloth are out of the question eh?
BC Bigbore
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- BC's Peace Country
Congrats on the draw, GH I'm already looking forward to the story of the hunt & pic's you're sure to provide us with.
PS
Ya gonna invite that lil Bartell character along? Could always use him like a little goat to attract ol' Ephram with his whimpers (hold out on offering him beers)
I'm already looking forward to the story of the hunt & pic's you're sure to provide us with. PS
Ya gonna invite that lil Bartell character along? Could always use him like a little goat to attract ol' Ephram with his whimpers (hold out on offering him beers
)Maybe, if he tastes good. Some bears taste good, some taste bad. The meat is not a priority, though.
Get F'n real, "for the experience"
...I've hunted most animals you can eat (well on land in NA anyway), I've had to kill a bear because some douche stuck an arrow in it "for the experience".
There is no thrill or difficulty in blowing a hole in an animal with a rifle and IF it gives you an adrenaline rush, well, what can I say, maybe you should try something that is REALLY exciting and dangerous.
Of course, this is all just my take on things, everyone has their own version of what is "fun", mine just doesn't include killing an animal "just for fun"(sorry - "experience"). I'm one of those you probably consider to be a "bleeding heart" or some other derogatory thing as I believe the only reasons for killing animals are for safety, mercy or food.
Tell us about your grizzly bear hunting experiences, I'm interested in them.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Get F'n real, "for the experience"
...I've hunted most animals you can eat (well on land in NA anyway), I've had to kill a bear because some douche stuck an arrow in it "for the experience".
There is no thrill or difficulty in blowing a hole in an animal with a rifle and IF it gives you an adrenaline rush, well, what can I say, maybe you should try something that is REALLY exciting and dangerous.
Of course, this is all just my take on things, everyone has their own version of what is "fun", mine just doesn't include killing an animal "just for fun"(sorry - "experience"). I'm one of those you probably consider to be a "bleeding heart" or some other derogatory thing as I believe the only reasons for killing animals are for safety, mercy or food.
Well tell you what Bud, go into the willows with a big bear and your attitude will change. There are many reasons to hunt, but there is only one reason to hunt dangerous game. That reason is to experience life. It is unfortunate you will probably never have any idea of what the hell I'm talking about, but then that leaves more for those of us who do.
Edited to add . . .
I would ask you though, how is it that you as a hunter of wild game believes that an old bear that dies naturally and rots away is ethically superior to the old bear whose hide adorns a wall and whose skull rests on a book shelf?
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Didn't think so. It doesn't sound like you know anything about it.
I'd agree with you if you use a spear or knife to take the bear, that would be scary as sh*t and I'd give anyone doing alone it less than 50% chance of coming back...
...but using a .30 cal. or larger not too impressive IMO.
Yes I've been camping and/or hunting several times in BC when grizzlies were about and yes I could have killed one or more of them, but they didn't bother me so why the hell should I shoot and kill one of them? I don't care what you say - I've never found it difficult or challenging to kill an animal with a rifle.
But I will admit that the first time I killed an animal it was "for fun" - I shot a brown chickadee when I was 7 with my crossman pump air rifle. Also the first time I shot a moose it was "exciting" but then I was 15, it was the first time hunting anything larger than myself. Like I said - I was 15, I still thought it was "cool" to kill something.
Every hunt after that though was nothing exciting and the outcome was never in doubt, well there were a few times we came home with nothing but when an animal was deemed to be worth killing we shot it. We hauled it out, butchered it and ate it for the rest of the year.
Like I said everyone has their own things that give them the "jollies", killing for "excitement" just doesn't work for me. I hunt for food and admittedly, for the time spent outdoors with family and friends.
Hunting Grizzly bears? - guess I don't...
...but are you trying to tell me you can't kill a Grizzly bear from 75+ yards using something .30 or larger?
I've killed moose like that and much closer...
...now if you tell me that it says in the "Grizzly hunting code" that one has to stalk to within 25' of one before shooting, well then I will concede that you are correct, it would be dangerous and scary.
