Fantastic hunt Bryan! Ryan does such a great job of giving hunters opportunities at bears of their dreams. Congrats!!! What a bear!!!

Awesome bear Bryan! Congrats on your harvest.

Great stuff.......      

A great guy to share a camp with too- doesn't snore or anything.  Congratulations again Bryan.

Congratulations to all.

Bryan that is a special animal. I'm sure the life size mount will look fabulous in your memory room.

Then there's this guy! Saw 102 bears in 6 days his first time to camp but managed to see this monster his 1st night out this year.

       yes that's a whopper   now that my ankles are done I'll be watching for cancellations next season ...

Ryan runs a great camp

Oh yeah,, and Darryl (previous pic) is the only guy at Stickflingers to have a fist fight with a bear!!

Darryl is such a little guy the bears must not be afraid of him!

What great bear.  I knew it had to be a good one to get him as excited as he was when I talked to him.

D.P.

Nicely done towards all the hunters.  Thank you for taking us along on this adventure.

It ain't bear hunting if you haven't kicked or punched a bear!

Well....in my case.... it was only about a 40 pound cub. Not very manly I suppose, but necessary at the time! LOL!

   

Let's hear more about this man vs. bear fight!

Not the best pic of D's bear but gives a better idea of the size this one was a hoss

Incredible, that's the size of bear that dreams are made of..... Well done to all involved! :-)

Yikes! what did that thing weigh in at?  Any guesses at the head measurement?

Talk about saving the best for last.  Wow.

That pic of the bear on the table is ... epic.

What's that about a "fist fight" with a bear? I must have missed something. Sounds like one got a little close. Please expand. Thanks for sharing.  

Good bear trophy photos are very tough to take. You see so many guys with little bears sitting way back from them to make them look big you get desensitized to what a big bear looks like in a proper picture. Bryan and Daryl are sitting right next to BIG bears. Nothing is more over estimated than bear live weight. We did not have a scale in camp this year unfortunately. Ryan would be a much better estimator than I but I'd guess Daryls bear close to 350 and Bryan's close to 400. They had completely different body shapes; one short and round and one long and lean.

The wonderful thing about Stickflingers is Ryan manages it for big bears. He has MANY bears, tries to educate his hunters on shooting only boars, and has a large percentage of hunters who will not shoot small bears. It's a lot easier not shooting an average bear knowing there are a large number of mature bears roaming around.

There is nothing like seeing a BIG black bear; one that takes your breath away at first sight. Thank goodness I found a place to do it every trip    

My goodness, that bear on the table is definitely epic. That's a big boy right there. Doesn't even matter what the weight is, he's a hoss.

Just catching up on all the stories but it looks like a great time was had by all,        Congrats guys!

Great stories come about from a great guide. Keep em coming.