M14 brings home some bear! 14th Biggest Overall for Yukon F&GA!

medvedqc said:
no drying period?
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Not for YFGA. If they submit upwards to Boone and Crocket then yes.

My understanding is they had too many complaints about guys missing cut-off dates for annual awards due to drying periods of 30 days or whatever, so YFGA doesn't do them. The annual dinner is Oct 29th and, of course, bear season is still open, so this way a fellow can shoot a late bear and still get in on the same calendar year.
 
Great bear in fine condition! Congratulations on the current No 1.

Eighteen inches plus is a remarkable black bear for the Yukon. Many grizzlies are not close to that size.
Ted
 
I've been eye balling a monster chocolate black bear by my place. I'm surprised no one has taken him yet but then again, he's been hanging out high up on the ridge line and other than one other guy I've seen walking, everyone is hunting on wheels LOL
I should go lug my LRB up there. I don't normally hunt bears , just not my thing, tho I have zero issues with those that do. However, this one is fricken huge and chocolate brown so would make for a nice harvest. I've seen him a dozen times now, last night was about 80 yards before I slipped away with the wind LOL
since I saw this thread, I haven't been able to stop thinking about that bear and shooting him with an m14 LOL
 
I wish they would bring back the autumn bear hunt out here in northern Quebec. Congratulations on the hunt. I grew up eating lots of bear despite the fact that Dad gave up on hunting long before I was born. He dosen't need to hunt, he's a taxidermist. :D
 
Thank you for the wonderful story and the terrific pictures!!! It was a great pleasure reading about the hunt and seeing the results!!
 
Why not? said:
Great bear in fine condition! Congratulations on the current No 1.

Eighteen inches plus is a remarkable black bear for the Yukon. Many grizzlies are not close to that size.
Ted
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Shocking!??!!

Anyways, nice bear, I've seen some thick fat but that's incredible!

I use the rendered lard for everything, not just pastry. Great for seasoning cast iron pans, frying eggs, onions etc. Wherever you might reach for some cooking oil, just use the lard.
 
45ACPKING said:
I've been eye balling a monster chocolate black bear by my place. I'm surprised no one has taken him yet but then again, he's been hanging out high up on the ridge line and other than one other guy I've seen walking, everyone is hunting on wheels LOL
I should go lug my LRB up there. I don't normally hunt bears , just not my thing, tho I have zero issues with those that do. However, this one is fricken huge and chocolate brown so would make for a nice harvest. I've seen him a dozen times now, last night was about 80 yards before I slipped away with the wind LOL
since I saw this thread, I haven't been able to stop thinking about that bear and shooting him with an m14 LOL
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M14 certainly worked great for me. Honestly, with a bolt rifle I would have only gotten off the heart shot, which was a good shot, but I would have spent half a day chainsawing a path to wherever he ran off to and hauling his fat ass out of there. I was very glad when the spine shot rolled him right to the water's edge for me!
 
Gatehouse said:
Shocking!??!!

Anyways, nice bear, I've seen some thick fat but that's incredible!

I use the rendered lard for everything, not just pastry. Great for seasoning cast iron pans, frying eggs, onions etc. Wherever you might reach for some cooking oil, just use the lard.
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Yup. I made some bannock for the family about a week after I got the bear, some done in olive oil and some in rendered bear fat. The boy and I definitely prefer the bear fat bannok; the wife wouldn't even try it, but what the heck, I gave her the chance at least!
 
That amount of fat is testament to the adaptative success of that bear, to amass and stockpile so many calories.

I hear a tub of grease from rendered bear fat also works well for waterproofing leather and keeping rust off knives.
 
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