Got Me a Bear!!

[Jeremy K]

Did you see the picture i posted in the trail cam photos page , taken from the friendship/cuba border , maybe the same bear ?

[G-Man]

I doubt it , i have 3 different bears on trail cam from this year, there are a lot of them in the area now. Have been for last 5 years or so. this is 3nd from cuba area i know of this year one was taken during archery. the other was destroyed by dec due to its breaking in to a homes porch several times this spring.

[clayshooter25]

Congrats!!! Great bear and an even better story... One for a lifetime... Really nice job. I hope to stumble onto a bear, but a little further out please!

[Makwa]

Congrats. Nice bear. Life size mount will look great.

[G-Man]

Thanks everyone!

[burmjohn]

Nice bear and crazy story G-Man!

[Jennifer]

Well done! I've hunted in Cuba pretty often, was it the Reg 9 DEC folks that weighed it for you?

[BizCT]

Great decision on the full mount. Just make sure your taxidermist takes all the correct measurements. I know a guy who shot a 516lb black bear and it came back life-size looking like a typical 250-275 bear. After 2-3 of disgust when looking at his mount, he sold it. I felt really bad for him.

[BizCT]

ps- what type of mold are you getting, standing, walking?

[Five Seasons]

f'n awesome. how do you even get a beast like that onto a quad or truck?

[rob1114]

Very Cool!

[G-Man]

Its going to be a walking mount, yes you need to find a good taxidermist that has done bear and knows how to do them properly. 2 biologists came to examine it from region 9. Estimated it at 400 lbs and 5 plus years(need to wait for tooth to be accurate. Had to take it to weigh station for trucks at scrap yard as biggest scale i could find only went to 350 weight (and those scales are accurate they don't like to pay for stuff that isn't there) was 408.

[jusputtn]

Holy shirt! Quite a story and quite a bear. Nice job.

[G-Man]

Drying time done.. now to get skull measured officially and entered...

[Lawdwaz]

Did you rough score it yourself, if so how she come out?

Who will do the official scoring and when?

[ny hunter]

Hope it makes the books Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!

[G-Man]

it should make it no problem, i came up with very conserveative 19 1/8. book is suppose to be 18. i have 2 bucks i have had scored and scored them myself and have been very close to actuall official scores. i just never paid to enter them not sure if i'll enter this as well, only compition i have is between me and the animals i hunt, but nice to know what they officially score none the less.

[G-Man]

Ill probably have kevin schilling do it i grew up down the street from him. he did my gun buck in 2000, or pete labushesky did a buck for me awhile ago as well. just need to get back in town and make apptment.

[Lawdwaz]

Kevin did my buck from two years ago. I've also known him for a long time. I'd see him in the bush off Campbell Blvd 25 years while we were both shed hunting.

Let us know.

[hunter49]

Ill probably have kevin schilling do it i grew up down the street from him. he did my gun buck in 2000, or pete labushesky did a buck for me awhile ago as well. just need to get back in town and make apptment.

I live down the st. from Kevin now. He has scored a few of my bucks for me. Nice bear by the way!

Edited January 27, 2013 by hunter49

[G-Man]

Well taxidermist called and full mount is started, hope to have by 2nd week in august!! getting excited! not so excited as two others seem to have taken up residence close by and getting bear damage again around house and barn. someone elses turn this time ..ones enough for me right now.

[First-light]

I can't wait to see the pictures of the mount. I have a problem with the bears also. They are now raiding my neighbors feed

for his pigs. We have been spotting them closer and closer to the cabin. I had my chance at bow last year to get one and blew it. Hope lady luck is on my side this year! 

[NFA-ADK]

WOW awesome story!!!  Makes me second guess hunting Roscoe a few years back with two adults that liked to brake into the back shed and steel the land owners corn!  The cubs where 200 lbs!  My upgrade from a Mathews MQ1 to a Heli-M now seems slightly inadequate, lol.  Again great story and congrats on really nice bear!!!  Can't wait to see the mount!  Hope it meets all your expectations! 

[BizCT]

Well taxidermist called and full mount is started, hope to have by 2nd week in august!! getting excited! not so excited as two others seem to have taken up residence close by and getting bear damage again around house and barn. someone elses turn this time ..ones enough for me right now.

I'll take one out for you lol

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[Witty]

Well taxidermist called and full mount is started, hope to have by 2nd week in august!! getting excited! not so excited as two others seem to have taken up residence close by and getting bear damage again around house and barn. someone elses turn this time ..ones enough for me right now.

Great story and congrats on a monster bear! I you need help with the two new ones let me know lol