Thread: Bear hunt pics

Guys,here's some photos of the hunting trip. I posted the fishing part soon after I got home,but been " slacking" as Hunting Slabs has posted. Here goes, Heres my bear,he is my biggest bear I've killed (almost a seven footer) 323 lb and the only one that is not solid black,got the big white patch on his chest. He was the boss bear at my bait. I saw at least 8 different bears,with one being a dark chocolate colored and two more that had white patches. Bears are hard to judge size...Here's my uncles chocolate colored one.Now, Steves bear,look close at it.,here's a closer look at its snout. It had been shot before by a bow hunter and hit in the nose,it was 100% healed. you can see bout a half inch or so of the arrow. This bear was eating good,it had 4 to 5 inches of fat on it. Here's the mechanical broad head after we skint the head out and removed it.a bears skull is like a deer,no bones right at the end,the arrow was in the sinus cavity area. There's no telling how many seasons this bear had the arrow..The hunt was in Manitoba.Now I may have to sell some fishing equipment to help pay the taxidermy bill. We have already got the hides back from the tannery.

Originally Posted by bioguy

That's a good one. What you shoot him with? They all come off bait or treeing them with dogs?

Bait hunts.you get to see and watch bears on the bait( hopefully) but the hound hunts are exciting also. I carry the biggest gun I have which is a .270, I'd like to have a bigger one but don't go enough to talk myself into purchasing something bigger. My .270 has fired 6 times on bears and killed six. Shot placement is the key. I have a cousin that killed one with a .243 . Rogers bear was killed with a 7 mm stw which Is a big gun, it's a 8 mm necked down to the 7. Steves was shot with a .300 mag.heres a pic of the .270 and the 7 mm STW I've always used a partition bullet 150 grain factory load.