danaJr's 2009 7 Foot Monster

[dana]

Seems the kid is on a roll and can't be stopped. Here's some pics of Cody's monster 7 footer that he hammered this morning. This is his 3rd bear in 3 years and all have been 6 foot plus bears. The skull is well over 19 inches green. We'll see if it'll make BC Book once it dries.

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[dana]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Hunting%20Pics/Codys2009BlackBear001a.jpg

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[hunterofthedeer]

That is quite the bear for Dana JR congrats.

[branthunter]

A boy to be proud of Dana...well done on getting him started so early. That bear looks big enough to be mistaken for a grizzly.

[Bow Walker]

He's certainly growing into a fine young man, Dana. Congrats to him - and to you 'n the missus.

[rand]

Good shooting,nice bear

[gr8d8b8]

good bear, sure its 7ft though? doesn't look like a 7 ftr with the kid there?
Anyhow nice bear.

[kennyj]

Way to go guys! thats a wopper !
kenny

[quackquackbang]

Nice bear! Congrats to you both!!!!

[Caveman]

Great looking bear Cody, Congrats on another great hunt!!..........Oh and to Dad as well, Keep it up Dana!

[frenchbar]

Congrats Cody on your Blackie,thats Awesome!

[tracker]

Right on Cody ,they sure create a pucker factor for ya when they get that big hey lol :eek::eek:. How close was it to you? congrats guys!!!

[Fisher-Dude]

Congrats to Cody! That's a dandy b'ar!

Good to see the 300 Savage!

[SUAFOYT]

Great bruin. We've seen some nice ones all week and a couple today including one that walked right through my shop area this AM around 6:30. I don't hunt the animals myself, but I gave a coworker in Kamloops some solid info about a beauty but he wasn't interested. They're out there in force right now for sure.

[dana]

good bear, sure its 7ft though? doesn't look like a 7 ftr with the kid there?
Anyhow nice bear.

Sorry, it's actually 6 foot 11 6/8's inches nose to tail hide off, head in, with no stretching. Close enough to 7 foot to me. :cool:

[NaStY]

Great job Cody. Looks like a nice hide as well...

[BC30cal]

dana;
Thanks for putting up the photos.

Please pass along congratulations to the young man on that fine bear. I like his rifle choice as well, it shows character! ;)

I'd like to send a tip of the hat your way for taking the time to take your son out doing what we love. I believe we'd have a better world if more parents took their kids out with them, so well done sir.

Thanks again,
Dwayne

[Steeleco]

Well done guys, nice looking brute for sure.

[pupper]

Nice Job! he sure is blessed to have an experienced father take him out and show him how to be an ethical, responsible, and successful hunter!

Good for you both!

[Blainer]

The kid's on fire!
Good on ya Cody.
Bet ya can't wait for deer season?

[Springer]

Beauty of a Bear Cody and Steve. Great Bear and great memories shared by both of you. Congrats !!

[rock]

Great job Cody looks like your dad has competition in the hunting field being that young can only get better. Great Bear

[6616]

Way to go Cody, that old Savage and you seem to make a deadly combination.

[dana]

Way to go Cody, that old Savage and you seem to make a deadly combination.

That ol' 99 has a lot of history. The amount of critters that have fallen by her in the hands of 4 generations of our family is simply amazing. If she could talk just think of the stories she would tell.

[Kody94]

Congrats big time to DanaJr (Cody)!! Nice bear!

[6616]

That ol' 99 has a lot of history. The amount of critters that have fallen by her in the hands of 4 generations of our family is simply amazing. If she could talk just think of the stories she would tell.

Yup, I believe it, just like my old 250/3000 M99, four generations now and still goin' strong. My dad said he survivied the great depression (1929) shooting coyotes for bounty and white tails for the table with it (might come to that again in 2009).

[houndogger]

Awesome!

It seems to be the year of the big bears. Heard of another absolute monster dropping this week. Zipper mouth for now:biggrin:

[mntbowhunter]

congrats Dana JR. That is a great trophy

[EvanG]

jeez the kids got me beat again... awseome bear! Keep it up.

[bearhunter338-06]

Hmmmm thinking of changing name to noluckbearhunter338-06

[leadpillproductions]

holy crap a great bear for anyone congrads

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Awesome bear Cody!!
Congrats to you and your Dad! Another great family memory for the books8-).

SSS

[hunter1947]

Way to go young man ,your turning into quit the hunter with the big help of dad of course ,it won't be long till you will be out on your own pounding the mountains in search of mister big with dad tagging on behind you ,LOL http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif,congrats to the both of you on getting this hog of a black bear http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[Elkaholic]

Good job and if things keep going this way you will be out hunting your ol man in no time.

[7mag700]

Way to go! Congratulations to you both :-D

7m7

[870]

nice lookin bear!

one big old lookin face.

[d6dan]

Now thats a big Yogi!. Way to go Dana Jr. Is that 99 a 308 or 300?. I hope it makes the book for ya.

[guest]

Good on you and your family of hunters Dana !

Way to go CODY!

Congrats!

CT

Thanks for sharing.

[.308win]

Way to go Cody!! Looks like your getn er done again this year eh!!?? Awesome start buddy!! Congrats!!!

Perry

[dana]

Now thats a big Yogi!. Way to go Dana Jr. Is that 99 a 308 or 300?. I hope it makes the book for ya.

d6dan
The 99 is a 300.

We haven't had much time for bear hunting this spring. The spring was very late getting here with snow hampering any ideas of early bear hunting. With some major house renos on the honeydo list, both shed hunting and bear hunting have taken the back seat. We got out a couple weekends ago for the first time and I got Cody on 2 seperate bears but both were misses. The one was pretty justified as we stalked it in the timber and it made us and bailed. I decided to squeal a spur of the moment 'wounded rabbit' call and turned that bear right around and he came charging back towards us. Freehand shooting, charging bear and tight shooting lanes means I wasn't surprised by the miss. Nothing like the ol' man making things a little exciting for the kid eh? :roll: All I can say is I'm glad he missed, cause the bear he took yesterday is nothing short of a Monster. I have only killed one 7 foot+ bear in my lifetime and that was only a couple years ago. While it took me 24 years of bear hunting to acheive that, it only took Cody 3 years. Somehow I doubt it'll be his last either. I know I'll have my work cut out for me as Bear Guide Dad. When we got home my daughter said to me that she wants a bigger one next year when she starts bear hunting. 8-)

[martyonthewater]

congrats too you and the boy, a great looking bear to be sure

[Fixit]

nice claws on that one!

[mark]

Jeez 1 week away from the forum and this thread is 9 pages back????
By chance did I miss a shed thread from you..... or did you find any this year?? ;)
BTW congrads on a nice bear for Cody!

[yukon john]

Congrats to the kid thats a great bear!!!

[riflebuilder]

congrats on the bear keep going kid.

[dana]

Jeez 1 week away from the forum and this thread is 9 pages back????
By chance did I miss a shed thread from you..... or did you find any this year?? ;)
BTW congrads on a nice bear for Cody!

Mark,
No shed thread from me. Barely got out this year. When I had the time there was way too much snow. Then when the snow finally melted, the house renos were on the go. So you did indeed kick my ass this year. My shed pile needs to be trimmed down anyways. It was kinda taking over the house. :tongue:

[Bowtime]

going to be hard to out do that one. Nice bear kid.

[Elkhound]

Nice job boys.....thats a hell of a bear.

[Kitimat Killer]

wow what a wopper whats next 8ft grizz for the guy looks like your teaching him the right way dana congrats all the way

kk

[ibehuntin]

Way to go! Thats a real pig!

[dana]

wow what a wopper whats next 8ft grizz for the guy looks like your teaching him the right way dana congrats all the way

kk

Told him we'll start putting him in for grizz as soon as he can shoot his ol' man's 300 Win. With how fast he's growing, I'd say it might just be next year's draw.

[Kitimat Killer]

Told him we'll start putting him in for grizz as soon as he can shoot his ol' man's 300 Win. With how fast he's growing, I'd say it might just be next year's draw.

i bet now that you told him that he'll be working on shooting that gun bad like i said before way to go on showing the wonderfull out door world i still remeber all the days with my dad in the past

kk

[Ron.C]

Nice bear guys, great job

Oh ya, Love that lever action Savage

[dana]

Bump for IronHead. Dude, when you post up a monster, post up some decent pics with a positive attude and look at how nice the thread goes. Even at that, one guy did question the size. WTF cares? Everyone else liked it. Can't please everyone right? ;)

BTW,
My good camera was broken at the time so I was using a real cheap digital for these pics. Wish I had of had my new camera then, so I could have had way better pics, but oh well, the little camera did a decent job.

[300wsmXboltKiller]

congrats on the big bear i wish i could get 6 feet lmao nice job on the pics aswell ill be taking alot of photos this year keep up the good work cody always nice having someone to show you the ways of hunting :) good on you dad :)

[5 spike]

good going you guys that is a great bear congrats to you both.

[peashooter]

good bear, sure its 7ft though? doesn't look like a 7 ftr with the kid there?
Anyhow nice bear.


dude, do everyone a favor and unplug your keyboard.


nice bear guys.

schooled IH in photography.

[bear buster]

[quote=BC30cal;465312]dana;


Please pass along congratulations to the young man on that fine bear. I like his rifle choice as well, it shows character! ;) x2 is that a savage 99c in 308? I have my old mans, it does not fair to well any more. really nice bear, congrats

[smoothbor]

great bear cody, my son just passed up his first bear just this morning, would have been his first big game animal, he was about a 51/2 footer, crazy though he shoots the same 300 savage that your son has, was my first gun given to me by my grandfather when i was 9. I am heading to nakusp next weekend to start looking for my LEH grizz. good on ya young fella.

[dutchie]

Bump for IronHead. Dude, when you post up a monster, post up some decent pics with a positive attude and look at how nice the thread goes. Even at that, one guy did question the size. WTF cares? Everyone else liked it. Can't please everyone right? ;)

BTW,
My good camera was broken at the time so I was using a real cheap digital for these pics. Wish I had of had my new camera then, so I could have had way better pics, but oh well, the little camera did a decent job.


Sorry Dana, I got alot of respect for you as a hunter but taking a shot at Ironhead like this is pretty low.

There is no comparison of your photo's to his but he did say it was from a cell phone.

I do not know Ironhead, just like I do not know you... But Congrats to Both Ironhead and your son for Shootin' really nice bears!

Dutchie