Nice Grizz down

[Rob]

Buddy shot a nice Grizz this weekend, can post pic and story later if I can email pic to someone..
Cheers, Rob

[Blockcaver]

Rob, Congratulations to you and your buddy! Neat,
and early for that area!

[Darksith]

heck ya...I will post it, email me defensivecomp@gmail.com

[Piperdown]

Pictures or it didn't happen :)

[Rob]

Pictures or it didn't happen :)

just need someone who's online to post the pic....lol

[Darksith]

http://i66.tinypic.com/rmimx5.jpg

[Darksith]

beauty bear...what region did that come out of? Looks coastal so Im guessing 5?

[Surrey Boy]

Very nice bear.

[Ferenc]

That's a nice one Rob.... congrats to your buddy !!!

[REMINGTON JIM]

Congrats -Right ON ! Good Looking Bear ! :smile: RJ

[Rackmastr]

Said it already but what an awesome bear!

[Rob]

Region 4 bear outside of Revelstoke. I'll post story tomorrow. This was both our first Grizzly bear hunt. The bear was shot at 39 yds

[tigrr]

That's a once in a life time Bear. Congrats!

[Stone C. Killer]

That's a nice bear for sure. well done.

[HarryToolips]

Very nice G bear, congrats to you and your buddy...39 yards holy smokes you guys have balllzzz..

[Rob]

Thanks for posting Darksith!

[monasheemountainman]

Beauty friggin bear bud

[Husky7mm]

Wow!! Dandy!! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to the story.

[Stillhunt]

39yds! I don't know if I could keep my scope steady with my heart pounding that hard!
Look at the HEAD on that thing! Looks like a thick coat too.

[scoutlt1]

Nice!!! And at 39 yds!

Congrats, and looking forward to the story!

[Rotorwash]

Nice bear!

[ursus]

Well Done Rob and your buddy! That was quick! Cheers

[RackStar]

Beautiful beautiful bear.
Cant wait to hear the story.

[Blainer]

Great Bruin!

[gmachine19]

Great bear! Details on the rifle please.

[Jord1022]

Congrats to the both of you. Looking forward to the story and measurements of that beast!

[todbartell]

awesome bear looking forward to the story. thanks for posting

[srupp]

Very nice g bear indeed, well done Brother..
Appreciate the post with greenie weenies being so upset..and NDP threatening its very future of hunting...could be last legal successes.
Thanks Rob.
Srupp

[Budman]

Beauty ! That's a close shot.

[scotty30-06]

Wow...what a beast...nicely done gentlemen!!

[Norwestalta]

Congrats on a beauty of a hump back. 39 yards in thick bush by the looks of it. Betcha that made you feel alive?

[Boner]

Nice one! Congratulations to you and your buddy on a successful grizzly hunt. 39 yards is close enough!

[Stresd]

Really nice job Rob, on an early Griz.8-)8-)
Think it will be the end of the month before enough snow is gone that we can head in to find ours. Hoping it will be a lot farther away than 38 yds. Great work!

[bigredchev]

Level 12 awesome

[hardnocks]

nice bear......goldstream ??

[charlie_horse]

Awesome bear thanks for posting!

[Wild one]

Congrats to your buddy on a great bear

[325]

Great bear! Congratulations

[Timbow]

Awesome! Very nice looking boar. Looking forward to reading the story behind it, especially the 39 yard shot.

[chuckerb]

Great lookin bear ,congrats.

[ElliotMoose]

What a pig.. and the melon on him! Great work fellas, Cant wait to hear the story on this one! What did he square out at ? Has to be well over 7?

[Fisher-Dude]

Very nice!

Congrats on a hunt of a lifetime.

[bacon_overlord]

That's a beauty grizz! Congrats, and can't wait for the story

[DeepJeep]

very nice bear!

[Ride Red]

Great looking bear; can't wait for the story.

[bearvalley]

Nice bear!
There isn't a better hunt than a spot & stalk grizzly hunt.

[pappy]

Looks good, It should make a nice rug or mount with that cape. I am patiently waiting for the story.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Beauty grizz!!! Congrats to both of you!!

39 yards??!! Bet he wished he had a bow in his hand!!

SSS

[pg83]

Great looking Grizz. Congrats to you guys!

[Ohwildwon]

Incredibly beautiful Grizzly!

Love to here details of this hunt!

[Rob]

We left Merritt heading to Revelstoke at 05:00 Saturday morning, we had to be back Monday night as we both had to work first thing Tuesday morning. The weather forecast was calling for showers most of the weekend but we had rain gear and a positive attitude. We knew we would like be early on this hunt but being our first time in the area we figured we would get a good idea of the lay of the land and return in a couple weeks if schedules lined up.
My buddy's draw was on the East side of Revelstoke lake. The plan was to hit the valleys and glass the south facing slopes. We reluctantly spent the majority of the day in the truck hitting the main roads and trying to come up with a plan. It seemed the further north we went the more snow we had. We returned to one of the first main valleys which we knew had a road closure at the 15km mark. We planned on parking the truck at the road closure mark and hike in from there, the snow would keep the truck at the 3km mark. we pitched our shelters by the truck Saturday evening and came up with the next days plan.
Sunday morning we headed east along the road, we packed some basic food and supplies. over the next few hours we would be continuously taking off the snowshoes and putting them back on etc...this was the same with the rain gear..We had all types of weather hit us. If it wasnt raining then the sun would come out followed by mosquitos.
We picked up bear tracks in the snow around the 6-7 km area, they looked a day or two old and were on top of some snowshoe tracks that were also heading up the valley(sorry dude..:) ). The road we were heading up was on the North side of the river and we glassed both side along our way, we came across a couple separate med size black bears that were feeding and didnt even notice us. Around the 8-9 km mark we came across really fresh tracks which looked like the same ones we already saw but fresher.
Hard to describe the feeling I had when following tracks this size and this fresh, you definitely become more aware of your surroundings, daydreaming and wandering thoughts are put on the back burner. We had discussed where the best shot on a Grizz would as far as trying to anchor it or vital shot etc..the distance and situation we felt would dictate that.
We hit just past the 13 km mark just after 4pm We were on a dirt patch of the road and I was glassing the next section of snow 150 yds in front of us and saw the tracks which looked like they veered off the road to the left.I just started telling my hunting partner but realized his attention was focused on something in the bush to our left. He no sooner raised his rifle and quickly chambered a round, I followed suit and cleared my rifle of my gun bearer and chambered one as well, I could just see a black image inside the bush when suddenly he fired a round, I saw the massive head and right leg (claws) in the air. A second shot followed and the bear let out a loud moan/roar for a few seconds and all went quiet..this all happened in a few very short and heart pounding seconds. We both kept rifles pointed at the bears location but we couldnt see it now as it was in a small depression. We picked up and tossed some rocks towards its location to see if it was going to charge..nothing happened and after throwing a few more we decided to make an approach. He slowly headed up towards the bear while I covered from the road (hey its his draw...lol). I heard him shout some happy obscenities and I made my way up.
The Grizz was dead and we could start to relax a bit. I ranged the shot at 39 yds...Earlier when I was glassing ahead he heard a shwoosh or something to that effect to out left, thats when he raised his gun and chambered a round as he has about 10' in front of me to my left and had clear view of the bear which was broadside looking at him, where I saw just a bit from my spot. Even dead the size of the bear felt intimidating, I couldnt believe the size of its head and claws. the frist shot broke its spine which must of been the reason it collapsed. we were lucky with that shot as there wasn't a lot of room between us and the bear. We finished gutting and half the skinning just after 8pm.
We came up with a plan to start the 10 km hike back to camp and return in the morning. we kept the conversation loud on the hike back, the stars were out and the snow on the mountain tops was incredible. We even had an avalanche across the valley from us come down and could hear the rocks hitting each other clearly. We reached camp just before midnight and had a bite to eat and hit the sack, we were done.... We made the hour drive to town and grabbed chains for my truck. we were able to get the truck to the bear which saved us from having to worry about packing it all back. (He wanted and took all meat including the ribs). we wondered on the drive in if any animals would have bothered it but there wasnt even a bird around when we got to him. we finished the skinning and quartering and had it all loaded in my 3/4 ton. We made it back home around 10 that night.

Want to thank Colin and Trev for there in put and help on this hunt, really appreciate it guys.


afterthought: Whenever I come home from a successful deer hunt my dogs go crazy smelling my boots/pants, when I got home Monday night they greated me at the door with tails wagging and when they caught the scent their tails went down and they wanted nothing to do it..or be near me...

-Bear was shot with a 300 using 180 gr Partitions
-underwear was cleaned with baby wipes.......

thanks for reading...Rob

[todbartell]

great story, terrific hunt.

[elkrub]

Fantastic Story ....Thanks for posting it!

[Jord1022]

Awesome story. I'll be adding some wipes to my pack haha

[Rattler]

Beauty Grizz...love the dark colour to him. Some serious pucker factor shooting a big Grizz at 39 yards!! Congrats to you and your partner.
Any measurements?

[two-feet]

Love the grizz hunts. Kudos to your friend for eating that beast, he is almost guarenteed to gain super human strength.

[Stillhunt]

-underwear was cleaned with baby wipes.......

Guess you have a new lucky pair for you next hunt!

[Rob]

Beauty Grizz...love the dark colour to him. Some serious pucker factor shooting a big Grizz at 39 yards!! Congrats to you and your partner.
Any measurements?

He texted and said skull was close to 16"x9"..not sure what that means. Length was 6.5-7 foot. We did this on the pick up box. No tape with us.

[Chopper]

Congrats to your friend ... Very nice animal.

[HarryToolips]

Great writeup there Rob, sounds like a great experience...I'm going out this weekend for my griz draw north Thompson, any idea the elevation your griz was shot at??

[Rob]

Valley bottom..the black bears we saw were low where the green was as was the grizz.thank god too. Couldn't imagine packing that thing down a mountain with the meat and all..

[Rattler]

He texted and said skull was close to 16"x9"..not sure what that means. Length was 6.5-7 foot. We did this on the pick up box. No tape with us.

Big bear no doubt. If your buddy wants he can go to Boone and crocket website and use the scoring calculator to get the green score.

[Thunderstix]

Wow that thing is a real beaut!

[DartNorth]

Thanks for the story and the pic. Very nice bear!

[brownmancheng]

beautiful creature there! congrats and thanks for sharing.

[Backwoods]

Awesome bear Guys!!! Great pic and amazing storey!! Thanks for sharing man! I'm headed to the mnts Sunday in pursuit!! Hopefully I'll be 200 yards not 39!! Lol awesome!

[wideopenthrottle]

wow...what a good story...so glad you are gonna eat it as keeping the meat helps make anti's choke on their BS rhetoric about trophy hunting....

[boxhitch]

Great bruin, nice trophy for a good hunt
16x9, that guy must have some age on him, but looks clean ,not scarred up too bad
Worn teeth I bet

[GoatGuy]

Congrats on the bear, probably the one fisher-dude wouldn't get his feet wet on!!

[Kootenay Hunter]

Great story and a great bear.

[SaintSix]

Great job guys, I love seeing forum members getting tags and filling them! looks like a beauty bear and thanks for adding the cartridge and round used. For many reloader's like myself I'm always curious to what is working for others.

[markomoose]

Good stuff.Completely stoked to fill my grizz tag.

[kush]

Awesome pic and story

[landphil]

Excellent! Good looking beast!

[Brez]

Said it already but what an awesome bear!
X ?????. Congrats on a great looking bear

[RiverOtter]

Congrats to you boys, that's a beauty Mtn Grizz.

Guessing you're glad you didn't wait until June to get after it, hey. Haha.

[Bunner]

Congrats on the hunt and such a nice looking bear. Thanks for the story and pics. That's a hunt to always remember

[Vortex hunter]

nice bear very nice colours

[Wapiti5]

Wicked story Rob! What a hunt man! It was definitely a pinnacle on its own!

[Wapiti5]

He ended up being 8 ft square I was told by the taxidermist. Still awaiting the mount (lifesize)

[Wapiti5]

The skull was officially measured at 23 3/16 after cleaned, whitened and the drying period. I just have to send the papers and fees in

[Wapiti5]

Rifle is a Tikka T3 in 300 wsm. Zeiss Conquest 3-9x42 scope, Federal Premium ammo with 180 grain Nosler Partition