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    Monster black bear

    in General Chit Chat

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    Outstanding bear!!!! I hope you have a huge floor  or wall to put him on. What did you take him with? What are your plans?
    I love spring bear hunting, and havent been in a number of years. I have only hunted Eastern Canada, but would love to do a coastal black bear hunt out west. 
    Bs sure to do some shopping for a taxidermist...you want to be sure to get good measurements of his head size (not skull size) and pictures so the taxidermist understands what you want him to reflect...otherwise you might end up with a mount that shows a typical sized bear, not the hog you shot.
    Shot him with a TC Pro Hunter with my 338WM barrel. Recovered the slug to boot. Doing a half body pedestal mount to show off the body size. 2e2375d8c8e970ad8c30801405c74718.jpg

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    Monster black bear

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    Congratulations Grizz!!! What a huge bear! Be great to hear the story of the hunt!
    Ok. Here's what I posted.

    An AMAZING night last night on stand. Everyone knew when I shot a bear 2 hours into the hunt it was either a color phase or a monster black. Well. I shot a monster black!! Heard him coming from behind me. When he looked thru my brush blind at 3 feet I thought "Whoa" but when he put his head up over the log at 2 feet I about " you know what almost happened in my shorts" He knew something was wrong and ran 10 yards, turned broadside and I dropped him where he stood. Biggest bear ever taken at this outfitter. No scale but being told 450 to 500lbs. Over 80" nose to tail. I'm still in shock and feeling so blessed. Truly enjoying camp, bunch of great guys I'm with and having a ball.

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    Monster black bear

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    Had a great hunt with Beaver City Bear Hunts in Denare Beech Saskatchewan. Shot an absolute giant black bear 2 hours into the hunt. Trail cam pic is from the week before. 9dc9a9a175d2e2ec69feea01e770b1a6.jpg5e0f33db0b1f00e304cfd01bb91d2f86.jpg1a7d458df4b6da984946f6549259e22e.jpg538fddfde214b531ca4a473d31289589.jpg925554e6f4cd8177db5dc348a13ceb17.jpg

     

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    Is this the modern day turkey poacher?

    in Turkey Hunting

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    Maybe Remington is embracing bear hunting here.  Is there anything else one can hunt with a rifle in the woods during springtime.  Just wondering if Remington is hitting the mark with these ads.
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    Speaking of that. I leave for Saskatchewan on June 3rd for bears with my 338.

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    Turkeys in NY

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    Below is a text I received from the dec earlier in the week. The wild turkeys have been in decline for the last 8 to 10 years, across a lot of states and across multiple species meaning easterns, rios, merriams, and Osceola. There have been many ideas talked about as far as cause.
    Certainly bird flu is a factor, predation is a factor, habitat is factor, changes in pesticide in farming seeds. What is being discusses now is that inbreeding could be causing a weekend genetic line in the turkeys thus causing them to be more susceptible to disease. As is well known when we did alot of trap and transfer back in the 70s and 80s the numbers exploded and it was a huge success. But turkeys don't migrate 100s of miles to disperse so the belief is that the blood lines over a 20,30 year period are too close.
    They want the upper leg section, so cut the spur off like normal where tou cut the leg off just above the spur and then send in that part which would be between the knee joint and just above the spur. They want the bone marrow to do the DNA analysis.
    As far as trying to farm raise birds like the ringnecks,, that was tried in the past and was a complete failure both survival and financially.


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    I just got off the phone with Dr. Mike Schummer and it sounds like this research may aid in sorting out the wild turkey population decline.

    He indicated that he doesn't need the spur, just a section of scaly leg above or below the spur (the foot, for example). Put it in a ziplock bag, write the county and town of harvest on the bag with a sharpie and store it in your freezer.

    You can coordinate with him directly for more details and where to send samples.

    Anything you guys can do to get the word out would be greatly appreciated!d636ab48661790aef4811d132cb983e4.jpg

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    I've been involved with the NWTF for 30 plus years. That part about inbreeding is new to me but Damn that makes a ton of sense. All the trap and transferring we did back in the day spread genetics huge but we don't do that much any More. Damn that's a great point!! Thanks.

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    Links to lease land

    in General Hunting

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    Hoping you guys can help me. Looking to lease some hunting property. Any help in links or if you know a place looking to lease would be appreciated. No more than 4 guys, not really setting a min on acres or max on cost yet. Want to see what's out there. Thanks in advance.

     

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    This past Sundays hunt.

    in Turkey Hunting

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    Awesome day in the woods this morning. At sunrise/fly down I called in a VERY vocal hen to 10 yards. Her and I worked in 2 BIG long beards and 3 Jake's. The plan was for her to stay with me till the long beards got close. She forgot the plan and when they got 60 yards she couldn't help herself, she ran to them. Lol. The Jake's came over to about 20yds but I don't shoot Jake's. My choice, if you do that's fine. So. I swing around trying to get ahead but caught the tail end of the flock. Set up again. Put my patience cap on and waited. I called every 10 to 15 minutes and 1 hour later BOOM! Long beard gobble behind me. I swing around the tree, set up, see him crossing a Greenfield towards me. Hit him with a cluck n purr and he roars at me. Swings to my left, got up on a hill, in the sun and decided he looked beautiful there. He spent the next hour plus on that hill, spitting, drumming and gobbling. Closest I got him was 48 yds. Yes. My gun and I can kill turkeys at that range but I wanted him at a certain point and I never feel the "need" to squeeze the trigger. That's me. Well. He's being stubborn so my plan is let him walk off. I move in and call him back. Plan starts off great. He leaves gobbling. I let him go. Then. The Jake gang came. You would think the LB would run but NOPE. The Jake's are yelping and gobbling and he turns and goes right at them. Cue HUGE Gobbler/Jake fight!!! Fighting purrs, aggressive yelps, clicks and gobbles. I think my diaphragm call almost fell out of my open mouth staring in awe. Lol. If I'm not mistaken those Jake's are still chasing him further off the property. Lol. Great day, one of the best I've had in years. Trigger squeeze not required. Lol.

     

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    Turkey woods has been quiet

    in Turkey Hunting

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    Hit or miss. Shot a nice 3 year old opening weekend. Text book hunt. Buddy hunting same farm never heard a bird. Last weekend we switched. Here's his 2 year. Hoping this weekend we both kill. Good luck to all still hunting. 19a4e62314453087265f2ecd3bdbe879.jpg

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    On the board.

    in Turkey Hunting

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    1st time out this spring hunting, May 2nd. Called in this 2-3year old. Great hunt. He got lonely about 730. Worked him the 150 yds to a load of 5s. 21lbs plus. 9" beard. 14/16 and 15/16 spurs. Hammered at every call I made. Was enjoying every gobble but had to force myself to stop calling to much so he would stop strutting and come to me. Lol. 35 minutes from start to boom. I used a Fiddlehead pot call and he just couldn't resist. e4f996e854dcea02ae580129062d19a5.jpg36328dcecfc1f3ff1b04016eb8af96f6.jpgd97796b094a4142240184a4268a4c688.jpg

     

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