My first Grizz

[j270wsm]

Last night I shot my first Grizz, he is about 6 1/2 feet. There isnt much of a story, I spotted him in a cut block about 300yds from the road, and decided top let him live, then a couple of days later my dad and I were out and I decided to make a new hunting memory with dad. I ranged him at 269yds and one shot through the heart and he managed to go another 30yds before collapsing.
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[moosinaround]

Nice Bruin!! Not much green around there. What MU were you in? Moosin

[Marc]

Nice looking bear! Always nice to share some memories and put your dad to work :D

[leadpillproductions]

nice pics they are a ton of fun to hunt

[KB90]

Congrats on the Grizz!

Man I hope I draw a tag next year.

[Vanman1985]

Nice bear!!! Love the colour!

[Blainer]

Good looking bear!
I leave next Sunday and you have got me pumped.

[j270wsm]

The old man was there to help move and hold bear parts while I tried to skin the bear before dark, we finished skinning by fire light, after that he carried the rifles.
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I am in the Elk valley in a town called Elkford, region 4-23. I was about 10km north of my house, there has been no snow in that cut block for about 1 month, but we havent had very nice weather, it has rained or snowed off and on for the last month and a half. Now I have to help my friend get his bear, he has the other tag for our zone, hopefully he can get a bigger one.

[SHAKER]

Nice.... I've had my opertunities with a tag but have regreted not pulling the trigger since I havn't pulled a tag in 5 years now. Cherish that critter you don't know when you'll get the chance again. Good on ya!

[bayou]

Congrats beautiful colour and looks to be a perfect hide.

[Rattler]

Congrats to you and your Dad. That is a beauty g-bear!

[Tikka270wsm]

Nice bear! Congrats!

[OutWest]

Great to see you got to share this one with your dad. Awesome memories for sure. Congrats!

[killman]

Congrats on the Grizz.

[JDR]

Congratulations!!! Beautiful color and pretty face.

[Phil]

A great looking bear! Congrats!

[Caveman]

Nice first Grizz, Congrats!

[d6dan]

Congrats on a Fine Grizzly. Sure has that silvertip colour!. Good pics j270wsm..Thanks for sharing:)..

[pupper]

good for you mate! that is a pretty coat on that bruin!

[kwasky]

way to go! Sure a nice lookin bear ya got there.

[mark]

Absolutely love the hide on that bear! very nice!

[gbear]

Congrats on a nice looking bear

[shaner338]

Nice grizz! Congrats on your first!
Hope to get my first in a little over a week.

[whitetailsheds]

Congrats! Fine looking grizzly! Awesome country...thanks for posting!

[X-man]

Looks like a gorgeous very honest 6-1/2 foot bear with a great looking head....Size doesn't mean chit.

I've seen a lot of "7-1/2" foot bears that looked an awful lot like a 6 footer.
Don't believe half of what you hear, that is a very respectable mountain bear.

Nothing like hunting with your Dad is there?

Congratulations!

[Gateholio]

Gorgeous looking bear!:-D

[ydouask]

Well done, very pretty bear.

[Krico]

Beautiful rug on that one. I would have thumped him the first time out!

[Beaver Trap]

congrats on a great trophy. nice that you got to share it with your father, thats what hunting is about.

[Bear Chaser]

Congratulations to you on a great looking bear. Good job on the pictures as well.

[sillybear]

Well done!! Gorgeous looking Kootney bear!!

[Rackmastr]

Congrats on the grizz!! Great pics!

[Brambles]

Real nice looking grizz, you did well! now go help your buddy rid the world of another one.

[325]

Beautiful! Nothing wrong with the size of that bear. I'd take him.

[gunpower]

j270wsm is my son, I really enjoy hunting with him!
When I first saw the grizzly, I knew that he was keeper, judging by the beautiful colored hide. It only took j270wsm a few seconds to get out of the truck and load up. After talking and ranging him we decided that he was a smaller bear than what he wanted, but I told him that he might never get to find another bear again this year or for life as draws go!
It was a few tense minutes after the shot as the griz ran over the small hump and we could no longer see him, took about 20 minutes of looking when I see J270wsm throwing log size branches at the bear, after two or three throws he calls out and said he's done. After that is was skinning time, had to do the last 30 minutes by firelight as we didn't bring flashlights with us. Walking thru the cut block after dark was fun, shins will never be the same again!!
Congrats once again my son.

[Schutzen]

gunpower
Thats the stuff, eh.
Beauty the two of u got to pull that off.
Congrats guys.

[chinookkiller]

congrats! but where is photo?

[Mtn Wonderer]

No photo's now,, Bummer!!!

[Paulyman]

Nice claws!

[bigben]

where are the pictures thanxs

[.308win]

Guessing buy all the comments it was a beauty G-Bear!!:confused::wink: Wish I had seen the pics!!! Awesome shootin none the less!!!:wink:

Perry

[hunter1947]

Very nice bear you got there ,can't ask much more then the one you got ,congrats..

[Camp Cook]

I can't see the pics either...

[j270wsm]

Sorry guys I dont know why the photo's arent there any more. Does phototbucket only allow photos to be displayed for a certain amount of time?

I will post them again.

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[stitch]

Well done...great pics! Thanks for reposting. Nothing like having that oppourtunity with your dad with you.

[Derp]

Nice bear! Congrats

[BCbillies]

Beauty . . . the claws and colour make him a shooter.

[BlacktailStalker]

Photobucket is turning into a bunch of rank BO granola munching tree huggers.
Very ignorant of them to delete peoples pics without notifying them first incase they may need to recover pics from the site.

[jml11]

Glad you reposted the photos!

Nice Bear for sure, for once the animal actually looks bigger than the hunter says it was instead of the other way around!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Photobucket is turning into a bunch of rank BO granola munching tree huggers.
Very ignorant of them to delete peoples pics without notifying them first incase they may need to recover pics from the site.


Have you noticed that before?? Technical glitch??? I only use photobucket for my video clips which, so far, have only contained live animals.

SSS

[BlacktailStalker]

Yeah I had a lot of harvested game photos removed and I take all my photos in good taste, no blood or tongues or draped over a vehicle :confused:

[Mik]

Great Bear, you made the right call, you never know if you're going to get another tag! Congrats

[BiG Boar]

nice pics! Thanks for the repost! What a beauty! I still have to read the story.

[DevilDog77]

Thanks for reposting these photos...

Nice size and beautiful coat. Congrats!

[Maxx]

Awesome bear, thanks for sharing!

[yama49]

nice looking color on your bear, thx for reposting the pics.

[.308win]

Awesome lookin G-Bear!!! Congrats!!!.......So.....you going with the G-Bear Jacket!!.......or you rugging it!!??:mrgreen::wink: Awesome pics!!

Perry

[j270wsm]

Awesome lookin G-Bear!!! Congrats!!!.......So.....you going with the G-Bear Jacket!!.......or you rugging it!!??:mrgreen::wink: Awesome pics!!

Perry

No I wont be getting the G bear jacket, it was the easiest way to carry the hide, since I forgot the pack frame at home. I have washed that sweater 3 times and it still stinks like bear.

[Caribou_lou]

I wouldn't pass up that bear if I saw him. Beauty of a bear!

[ramcam]

Nice bear Joe, way to go. Mice to see you had the old man with you.

[j270wsm]

Another grizz down. My friend(Scott) was drawn for the same area that I was, we hunted together a couple of times and told each other where we seen bears or sign. Scott shot his bear on may 18th. I dont have any pics yet.
Aparrently they (Scott, Darrell, and Cody - Darrell's 12yr old son) were watching a couple of bore's and a sow, decided to hike in and see what would happen. After hiking for a while they got to a point where they were able to see the sow and one of the bore's,( I am not too sure what happened next or why it happened) and decided to make a couple of cow calls or a varmint calls, but one of the bores showed up close to 100yds away and charged. Darrell was getting video footage while Cody ( 12yrs old) and scott were left to shoot, In the end there was a dead bear with 8 slugs in it, 2 adults and a 12yr old that was scared S**T less.
I was told the bear is around the 7' mark but will know more in the next couple of days, I will post pics when I get them.

[Barracuda]

Beautifull looking bear.
congrats on a very fine animal.

[hawkdog]

how did it taste?

[Barracuda]

how did it taste?


I am gonna say like success :mrgreen: