One for the hunters

[XANDADA]

For all you hunters out they that think you have some good stories!!!
The following pictures are of a guy who works for the forest service in Alaska. He was out deer hunting. A large...large Griz charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded a 7mm Mag Semi-auto into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The thing was still alive so he reloaded and finished it in the head. It was over one thousand six hundred pounds, 12'6" high at the shoulder. It's a world record. The bear had killed a couple of other people. Of course, the game department did not let him keep it. Think about it. This thing on its hind legs could walk up
to the average single story house and rest his elbows on the roof.

[Pvt. Maggot]

:eek: :eek: :eek: that thing is huge!!!! i was hunting up someset county the first day of rifle and a couple doe run out maybe 20yrds in front of me then this pretty big black bear runs past it was crazy if it would have come closer i would have had a new rug :devil

thats a big griz:eek:

[EricB]

thats so nuts, i've seen some big bears up north but none that damn huge. i wonder if he took a break to clean his pants out after that?

:eek: It nose is almost the size of that guys head:eek:

[XANDADA]

Here's a shot of the paw! It's as wide as the guys torso.

I would have sh## my pants if i seen that thing in the woods:D

[MSL]

:eek:

I would have to for sure change my undies after that!

[Glamis400ex]

I understand the guy had to protect his own life but... bummer it had to be killed.:( I'm an animal lover...sorry.

Glamis

[tants]

thats a biggggg griz :eek:

[muff]

wow that thing is huge, Josh (the kid on the z and 300ex) would go nuts if he saw that

he's really into hunting, been to: Africa (even got a giraffe), New Zealand, Alaska, and more

him and his dad have a pretty big 3 door barn and the upstairs has a ton of animals up there

[Tommy 17]

i'd hate to see the bill to mount it!!!!!! its like 100$ a ft with my cuz doin my lil black bear for me at family discount... it would be well over 5 to 7g to mount that thing!!!

[flyin#5]

makes me feel good that I have semi-auto when in the woods too:D

[Rip_Tear]

That is a big griz, lucky that he got it down before it got him! I dont ever want to me the bears around here again... They are getting way to big, last one I saw I almost rear ended it in the trails... real scary! Glad I ride a Honda, I didnt stop to see where he went but he didnt follow me, or he couldnt keep up anways :p

I woulda cuttled up with it like a baby teddy bear if I walked up on it..:huh

[quadman22]

it dropped dead only 10 yards away from him. all the shots hit the bear in the head too!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[LapTraffic]

Is there a link to the article?

I believe if you kill a bear in defense of life you get to retain the animal. They may be holding it pending an investigation. That is one large dude there

I wonder how many arrows I could have hit him with before I had to draw the knife?? :huh :eek:

Ill be hunting Prince of Wales or Kodiac late this summer for Sitka black tail

[HondaEXer]

that thing is huge ....i hunt in somerset pa and havnt seen a bear yet but everyone i talk to who hunts there seen them

[jsjs97]

Found some info if anybody wants the real story.
www.washtimes.com/sports/20030119-17064007.htm

[Scott]

I've had those same 2 pics for over a year now, and the story back then was that he was an Airman in the USAF. I just checked out the above link and if you look towards the bottom of that article, it says "what really happened" and it turns out the original story was true. He was in the Air Force, he was deer hunting but he also had a bear permit, and this thing did surprise him. No it hadn't killed anyone previously. The weight was estimated at 1000-1200lbs since it was field dressed and quartered in order to get it out of the back country.

He took the bear legally, and yes it was his to keep. But the internet story is pretty entertaining.

[Ketch]

Mr. Traffic, Go to Kodiac Island the deer hunting was good when i
was there few years back.And you well see a lot of bears too.
How are you doing this hunt drop camp or charter boat or on your own. I did know some guys that had a tug a war with a bear
on kodiac while harvesting a deer can you say dinner bell. If you need names of Outtfitters PM me. Jimmy

[VooDuu Child]

An animal like that is incredible, I'm speechless.

[LapTraffic]

The guy that builds my bows and I are going, hes got a lot more experience on Prince of Whales so we may end up going there. Havent nailed that down. It will be on our own.

my wife REALLY wants to do the chartered trip on the boat in early winter during the rut. That trip sounds like the perfect vacation :)

[EricB]

well on Kodaik the weather is always terrible but the black tail there are huge =) same with everything else that has 4 legs and fur.

[ZMAN]

thats a big bear but around here we hunt deer i shot one with my muzzleloader that was 27 inside spread and over 17 inches tall:blah