Took my youngest to see the movie Brave, now he doesn't believe you can take a large Black Bear with a trad bow. And he is terrified of me going hunting where bears are.
Kip and UB with a decent bear;
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Jeff with a nice bear;
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My small bear
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Oh Peter, your son is gonna see some dandy bears taken by some of these trad gangers.
Bill
This isn't my bear, but here is a link to a nearly 400 pound bear over on the 2012 highlights forum; Had it been fall, I bet that bear would have been closer to 500 pounds!
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=179;t=000068
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First animal I killed with a traditional bow. Bottomed out a 300# scale after he was gutted. 57#@28" Widow MAIII, 2219 xx75 with a Magnus II w/bleeder blade. Double lung and top of heart. 30 yard recovery. Enjoy your hunt! Mike
That's what I'm hoping for Bill !!!
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432#
Not going to find many bigger than TallTine's bear from last year:
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Thanks Heardbull!!....how am i going to post mine after that??!! :notworthy:
This is my first bear in 5 trys, taken last month at Bear Quest 6. Taken with a Morrison Cheyenne, Cabelas stalker shafts and woodsman heads.
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Another nice one Steve O! congrats Talltines! I'll be at it again in Aug up in Maine.
Just click on my attached link and go to Photos. From there just scroll down and watch the videos. The first two are with Trad bows and the bears are not small.
Yep this thread is off 'da hook ;) The Mitten and Wessel bears are just bears of 2 lifetimes! Here is mine: Chocolate Thunder
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*Thank you Ryan (Stickflinger) for spoiling me rotten!
Mike, mine seems to have a longer nose :D
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Love the brown black bears. Expensive though!
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19 and 3/16 395 lbs
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Here's one from Hunter's Point last season.
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I have to say me and my son have been getting goosebumps looking at these pics,,,,,AWESOME !!!
Toelke Curlew with a 1963 Bear Razorhead.
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My best friend's son- 2008- Stony Rapids, SASK
19 9/16" or something like that- very very close to 20" bear if I recall.
Took four of us big burly types using a military stretcher to get it out to the road...a lot of hard-breathing stops along the way!
Robertson Stykbow- cedar shaft- Magnus head- first bowkill for this fine young man.
His Dad was in the tree with him, they watched this bear run a sow around the tree for over an hour before he gave the right shot op-
Down in four or five seconds, less than 30 yards from tree.
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Sorry about the poor quality, gotta fix my scanner.
This brute was HUGE. Its very tough to get a pic that really shows the sheer size of a bear laying on the ground, Bill's pic above is great!
.I dont give a hoot about scoring but my friend is a measurer and "HAD" to do the skull. It would be in the Boone and Crockett book with a Silvertip recurve. I wont give exact numbers, but over 21" net.It drives him insane that I wont enter it, and the guide I used wont even speak to me. Whatever.
When I skinned it and hung it up stretched between two trees like a rug, there was a foot over my head to its tail and from its ears forward were laying on the ground...I'm 6 feet.
Look at the width of the paw on that guy.
A quick pass through and it was over in about 45 seconds.
I've taken 5 bears with the recurve, tell your son no problem!
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Heres another from 1989.
Both bears from northern Alberta. Much smaller but still a great animal...my first trad kill!
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Ray\\'s bear (http://www.shrewbows.com/raylyonbear2008.html)
Here's the link to my biggest. Just over 18 1/2 inches. Not bad for a northern Michigan bear taken close to populated area.
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Spring 2012, Wyoming, 330 lb, 18 13/16"
QuoteOriginally posted by Sean B:
This is my first bear in 5 trys, taken last month at Bear Quest 6. Taken with a Morrison Cheyenne, Cabelas stalker shafts and woodsman heads.
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Congrats, Sean!!!!
Not a giant like many of those posted above but it sure was a pretty bear! Also getting to shoot it from the ground close up and personal made it special. Keep posting guys, I never get tired of seeing those pumpkin headed brutes!
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Thanks Brad! Didn't use my Widow on this one (shhhhhhhh), but I will be next month up at Squapan! Theres some awesome bears on this thread!!!
Taken a few years back in Manitoba, nice bear but not as big as the camera makes it look. RW
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Dan, that looks Grizz-like! Love it. Seems somewhere I read about that bear in a certain publication ;)
Great bears everyone. Tminus 255 days and counting to bear camp :campfire:
QuoteOriginally posted by YORNOC:
.I dont give a hoot about scoring but my friend is a measurer and "HAD" to do the skull. It would be in the Boone and Crockett book with a Silvertip recurve. I wont give exact numbers, but over 21" net.It drives him insane that I wont enter it, and the guide I used wont even speak to me. Whatever.
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I wasn't aware of adifference between net and gross scores on a bear.
Originally posted by wapiti792:
Dan, that looks Grizz-like! Love it. Seems somewhere I read about that bear in a certain publication ;)
Thanks Mike, it definitely was a special bear and hunt for me!
QuoteOriginally posted by Vig:
QuoteOriginally posted by YORNOC:
.I dont give a hoot about scoring but my friend is a measurer and "HAD" to do the skull. It would be in the Boone and Crockett book with a Silvertip recurve. I wont give exact numbers, but over 21" net.It drives him insane that I wont enter it, and the guide I used wont even speak to me. Whatever.
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I wasn't aware of adifference between net and gross scores on a bear. [/b]
Gross is "green" scored after its first cleaned. It then has to go through a drying period to get the "net" score to be legit.This is what I'm told, I really dont know or care about scoring rules.
The #'s dont impress me . The pics and stories of all these bears...every one....impresses me. All of equal admiration! No matter the size!
I LOVE bear hunting, just seeing them gets me going every time.
He's not big but he is a black bear
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Hey I know that bear! ^
bohunter ,
Great looking bear!
Some dandy bears on this post.Bear huntin is addictive.
Quebec 2010 spring bear...329# so far the biggest one taken at Bear Quest. Didn't score him but his skull was bigger than my previous P&Y bear that was 19 3/8. I've been lucky enough to tag three P&Y qualifying bears...but All the rest of them were just as special! Been doing it for a dozen years now...tippit
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That was a good bear Jeff!! I'm glad you didn't impale yourself with that fall before you got him. LOL
Hey Jeff, that looks like a recurve??!! thought you were a long bow shooter??!!(I'm glad you gave up your Chinook!!) :goldtooth:
Had this guy in front of me for about 20 minutes before I shot. I'm a short guy and could lay my bow on the stand platform without stretching. He was 15 feet from the tree at the shot. Don't fret youngster, dad will be just fine.
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When comes to big black bears Ken Taylor is the man to watch. :notworthy:
He kills a GIANT black bear each year and it's not an accident. He scouts for them, hunts them and gets one every year...very impressive!
Look through these threads. It was last year that we discovered how successful Ken is when it comes to black bear hunting.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=105685;p=1
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=118145;p=1#000000
Keep them coming, a great thread!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Sean B:
Thanks Brad! Didn't use my Widow on this one (shhhhhhhh), but I will be next month up at Squapan! Theres some awesome bears on this thread!!!
Hope your luck continues!! Tell everyone howdy from Mo.!!!
Great pictures!! Only 55 days until season starts.....
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MB 2010 B&C
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NH 2010 P&Y
hope this guy shows up in 2012
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Cool thread.
This is my last bear taken 4 years ago. These bears are so special and this one was no different. At the time it felt too good to be true and it was because I cant kill another one for the life of me. :banghead:
Of course I'm pretty picky now as well and give some stalks to friends but still I do struggle to get real close to these awesome animals consitently while hunting on the ground. This bear was taken in wilderness via spot and stalk while still-hunting through the best bear habitat I can find. His skull grossed 19.0"
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Randy, EXCELLENT! This is why I dont care about #'s. Whether your bear scored 19 or 9, you had one heck of an experience, and pulled off something very difficult! Spot and stalk takes all the skills we trad guys can muster. Congrats to you and everyone else on these fine bears taken!
Agreed Yornoc! I tip my hat to the spot and stalk guys. Someday I am going to try that. Beautiful bear Randy!
2010 Idaho Bear
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=093743
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My best bear.
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7' 4' Score 19 1/16
Cool Randy! Gosh you look really young in that pic. Were you even driving age yet?
Man some nice bears in this thread. Thats a cool older pic Randy. That brute looks like a real behemoth.
It just occured to me that both of my spot and stalk bears have been killed the spring following the birth of my two kiddos. Hmmmm.
Oh....honey!!! Now wheres my wife hiding??? I need to talk to that girl. :D
QuoteOriginally posted by Shedrock:
Cool Randy! Gosh you look really young in that pic. Were you even driving age yet?
I was driving :biglaugh: I drove out and packed bait every day for weeks and weeks to get that bear.
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That is a sensational bear!
thanks, with a 21 inch and some change head I doubt I ever get a better bear although I have been looking and could have killed a bigger one on the Moose John River a few years back at 10 yards broadside, the outfitter had forgotten to pack our hide salt and since it was a DIY hunt we were alone with no salt and the hide would have surely slipped the hair as warm as it was so I decided to pass, frustrating but I am sure he was bigger he had a HUGE head but no sense killing such a fine animal only to have him spoil
anaconda what did that bear square? what an awesome blackie!
Up front for some more, Love this stuff! :thumbsup:
Great pics eveyone! Never been bear hunting, but seeing these great trophies gets me wanting too. Awesome job, guys.
Nice pics!!