Idaho Spring Bear hunt

• Aug 2, 2017

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fairchase

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I haven't been around in awhile but I thought share a real good bear hunt I had this past spring.
I chased this boar around for three years and I finally met up with him in person, with a muzzleloader in my hand last May.


After the drying period he taped out at 20 0/16th good enough for B&C and an inch bigger than the current state muzzleloader record.

 

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• Aug 2, 2017

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kansasdad

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Wow, not often that a state record falls with a 5% increase. Your persistence paid off with a beautiful success. Congratulations

 

• Aug 2, 2017

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LandDiver

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Awesome! Congrats on a very nice bear. This past spring was my first time chasing bears. Didn't see any but had a blast. How big was he?

 

• Aug 2, 2017

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ida homer

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Congrats, that's a beast. Any more photos or details?

 

• Aug 2, 2017

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fishing4sanity

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Congrats! That looks just like the bear I got a couple of years ago ..................... other than being a lot bigger than mine. Rug or mount? Definitely share some pics of the taxidermy once you have it back.

 

• Aug 2, 2017

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LCH

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Awesome bear!

 

• Aug 2, 2017

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Kiwi

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Far out! Amazing bear.

 

• Aug 2, 2017

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Thanks guys. I feel really lucky that this all worked out after so long. Let's see...more details?
I do euro work as a side business so I did the skull and I gave the hide (6.5 ft) to a friend in return for handmade holster. I used a 300 gr. Barnes bullet and got 100% weight retention. Then on impact the bear ran right up my trail and ran out of air right at the base of my tree! Crazy, I never did reload because I could see him dead and it all happened in like 2 seconds.

Here he is the night before

This him seconds before my shot

My bullet

6 in. paws

400 lb. bears are impossible to move or position for photos but here is a side angle that shows his size.
Thanks for looking.

 

• Aug 3, 2017

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Congrats once again

 

• Aug 3, 2017

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Bwana

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Well done!

 

• Aug 4, 2017

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Dandy bear! Congrats!