Grizz at last!

[StoneChaser]

After 10 days of grizzly hunting over the last month I was finally able to connect Saturday night (my last day of hunting) with my buddy MooseKnuckler.

Hunted for 8 days without even a glimpse of a bear, and finally Friday night came across a great boar. Snuck up to ~80yds, but the wind wasn't in our favor. I had a shot, but not a perfect one so watched with fingers crossed hoping he'd feed into a decent position. The wind got the better of us and off he went.

Saw him again Saturday morning, and couldn't connect. Saturday evening we were heading to an area where I had seen a set of tracks a few weeks earlier, and came across this boar. While not a monster, he had a perfect coat with incredible hair and not a hint of a rub (even his armpits are fully haired), and fabulous claws!

He was quartering away at 131yds, and the 140gr TSX (280AI) went in the left rear ribs, broke the right shoulder, and kept on going. He didn't take a step...straight down.

A dying camera battery allowed for a few photos...this is the best of the bunch.


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/StoneChaser/P1010161A.jpg

[Gateholio]

Nice bear!!

Super cool looking claws!!8)

[bsa30-06]

congrats thats a nice lookin bear..those claws look like they could do some damage.

[Gnarly]

Gorgeous bear

[tufferthandug]

Well done on the Griz!

[Mr. Dean]

It's a fur-ball.

Nice look'n Bear. Whats going to happen w/ the pelt?

[BCLongshot]

I love it !!!

[hunter1947]

Good for you ,nice looking grizz ,http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[srupp]

Hmmm wonderful bera Stonechaser he's a beaut.

Steven

[Krico]

Nice hide, great claws, good job!

[Alpine85]

Great looking bear and claws forsure, good job on getting it done... whats your plans with the bear?

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Beauty Grizz there S/C!!8) Love those contrasting colors in his coat and those claws!!!

He'll be nice with whatever you do with him:)!

SSS

[tracker]

Way to hang in there!!

Congrats on a beauty grizz !!!8)

[quadrakid]

yabbadabba do! nice grizz,great story, thanks for the pic

[bigwhiteys]

Great Bear StoneChaser, Nice long claws... Kudos for waiting until the shot was right... even if it meant you might never see that bear again. Obviously it all worked out though and thats hunting!

Carl

[dana]

StoneChaser,
Congrats on a great looking grizz!!!! Nice to see your hard work paid off. Way to Go!!!!

[gary mok]

nice bear,congrats!!!

[Tarp Man]

That is unbelievably cool... Really nice picture too. I guess you won't be forgetting the extra batteries on your next hunt? And WHAT did you say? 280AI? No monster magnum? I bet that hunt was worth the discipline to wait for the right shot.
Jonathan
P.S. Measure those talons!

[Sitkaspruce]

Amazing bear. Got to love the colours of interior bears!!! And the claws...wow!!!

Great job SC!!

[BlacktailStalker]

Gorgeous bear, nice getting him before he really started digging and wearing back those claws ! Glad to see you never lost enthusiasm after not seeing a bear in 8 days !
As a friend was just saying yesterday, "The reason i have shot so many animals is I never give up hope, I keep going because, 'What might be around that corner, or over that hill' "
This proved true for you !

[Fisher-Dude]

Great bear Stoner! What a set of talons on that guy.

Way to go waiting for the right shot, it paid off big time! 8)

[CanAm500]

Nice grizz!!!

[Marc]

Awesome looking animal. I'm still undecided if I'd be willing to spend that kind of money for the trip to the mainland and then getting the rug done. It's a beautiful animal but I don't think I'd be able to sell it to my wife.

[BlacktailStalker]

Marc;
I am in the same boat as you. What I would do maybe is apply for a moose leh in an area where you can also get a grizz leh and hope to connect on one/both.
Or head to an area for open moose further north that offers a grizz LEH, which is usually an area you may need to shoot that grizz anyways, and in turn accomplishing a meat hunt and trophy hunt in one trip?

[Gateholio]

Awesome looking animal. I'm still undecided if I'd be willing to spend that kind of money for the trip to the mainland and then getting the rug done. It's a beautiful animal but I don't think I'd be able to sell it to my wife.


You have to ask your wifes permission?

Hee Hee

8)8)

[boxhitch]

Great bear, Stone. Good persistance too.
Thats the thing about having only one species tag in the pocket, theres nothing else to derail the effort.

[boxhitch]

Of course the claws look big !! They are the closest part to the camera. Perspective.

[Hank Hunter]

Forget perspective, nice bear bud

[daycort]

way to go. grizz hunting is probably the most exciting hunt i have ever been on.

[Phil]

It's a beauty!!! Nice work!!!

[GoatGuy]

Awesome looking animal. I'm still undecided if I'd be willing to spend that kind of money for the trip to the mainland and then getting the rug done. It's a beautiful animal but I don't think I'd be able to sell it to my wife.

Make it part of a moose hunting trip - you can hunt grizz in the fall too! :mrgreen:

Justify it by bringing back a year supply of meat.

[BCrams]

Awsome grizzly and glad to see you connected.

Love the black socks !!

[3kills]

nice bear congrats....

[Elkhound]

It's a beautiful animal but I don't think I'd be able to sell it to my wife.

It is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission:wink:


As for the Grizz.....it looks like a beauty....very nice....congrats from me too.

[Mik]

Congratulations, while you say he's not a monster, it's still a GRIZZLY! Beautiful colors. Excellent shooting.

[Brambles]

Beautiful grizz, nice to hear that the 280AI and 140 gr tsx did the job with authority.

[Rackmastr]

Congrats, and I agree that its great to hear the 280AI and 140TSX did the job so nicely.....

[steepNdeep]

Wow - awesome looking grizz! Too bad most of them lose that colouration after a few years...

[Will]

140gr TSX (280AI) went in the left rear ribs, broke the right shoulder, and kept on going. He didn't take a step...straight down.
Well its a dam good thing you had a humungous mangalum cartridge for the task...small bore, light grain bullets simply bounce clean off Grizzly Bears :mrgreen: :wink:

Nice.......Very nice & well done, Congrats 8)

[todbartell]

congrats on the grizzle bear, that will make a nice lil rug for the livin room floor :-D

[Jelvis]

I gotta say you grizzly hunters got more guts then I got to go into griz areas up against one of those monsters, you must have brass -----, or eat lots of ant-acids. good luck and nice pix.

[browning]

Nice bear!! Excellent shooting as usual. Can't wait to see it.

[houndogger]

Very nice looking grizz8)

[Fisher-Dude]

Well its a dam good thing you had a humungous mangalum cartridge for the task...small bore, light grain bullets simply bounce clean off Grizzly Bears :mrgreen: :wink:

Nice.......Very nice & well done, Congrats



Only Premium Bullets fired from a Gigantic Magnum will penetrate the thicker, Pollution enhanced hides of Modern Super Animals :lol:

You know it Will. :wink:

[twanger]

Richard, congrats on a good looking GRIZZ.