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willyqbc
05-18-2010, 04:14 PM
sorry, not much of a story on this guy. A buddy of mine came up from the coast for a week-end of bear hunting last week-end. Put on lots of miles the first day and 3/4 but it just never came together for us. I was just thinking of starting to make my way back to town my usual route and for some reason decided to go a different way. Saw this guy crossing a field, buddy got set up where he thought the bear would come out and when he came out of the field to cross the road he made a great shot on him. Bear went 40 yds and piled up. bear was over 6' on the carcass and I think the the skull should easily go 19". his biggest bear to date, I'm gonna do a lifesize for him so he's pretty excited!http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/PIC_0352.JPG

Chris
chainsaw
05-18-2010, 04:21 PM
Ya thats a heck of a bear, congrats guys.
Brew
05-18-2010, 04:24 PM
Very nice bear. good job.
BlacktailStalker
05-18-2010, 04:27 PM
Sweet deal, post up the finished product :cool:
ThinAir
05-18-2010, 04:31 PM
That's a great bear Chris!

Can't wait to see the finished product.
308Lover
05-18-2010, 04:33 PM
Way to go Chris. This one's big enough! LOL
303Brit
05-18-2010, 04:33 PM
Nice bear, x2 on seeing the finished product

303
Derp
05-18-2010, 06:06 PM
wow, great bear! congrats
Caribou_lou
05-18-2010, 06:11 PM
Looks like a good sized bear to me. any more photos?
SteadyGirl
05-18-2010, 06:36 PM
wow, i would shoot that bear . one happy buddy you have for sure, good work
cavebear
05-18-2010, 07:18 PM
cant wait to see the mount, :-D congrats to the young hunter
Popove
05-18-2010, 07:29 PM
Nice Shot Boys.... Out in Hawaii looking on HBC everyday. Cant wait to get home and hunt some bears!!!!AHHHHHHH Nice job once again, very nice looking black.
GrandA
05-19-2010, 12:30 AM
awesome monster
hunter1947
05-19-2010, 03:49 AM
Chris that a dandy bear you got there will look http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon6.gif when you get a life size mount done on the bear ,can't wait to see the finished job on this bear ,congrats on getting this bear http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif..
Tikka270wsm
05-19-2010, 07:03 AM
Great bear! 6' on the carcass is a hog! Congrats to your buddy and looking forward to seeing the finished mount.
Elkhound
05-20-2010, 08:29 AM
very nice bear......man i need to get out
338 winmag
05-20-2010, 06:55 PM
Chris, which measurements do you take to get the correct size form for a life size mount ?
pg83
05-20-2010, 07:20 PM
beauty bear your bud got there.
willyqbc
05-21-2010, 01:00 PM
338, to get the right size form you usually use
A. eye to nose
B. Nose to tail
C. widest belly circumference

you order by a combination of all 3....eg. 7" X 72" X 46"

I think some manufacturers may use slightly different measurements such as adding a neck measurement or something, but just find out how a particular supplier defines their form and go with that.

Chris
Phil
05-21-2010, 01:54 PM
Sweet bear! Congrats!
BiG Boar
05-21-2010, 02:27 PM
Sweet looking animal man! Congrats on a trophy bear!
BigBanger
05-21-2010, 02:43 PM
Thats a nice bush pig, good work.
leadpillproductions
05-21-2010, 03:49 PM
nice lookin bear hopefully it stops raining so i can get the big one were after .
338 winmag
05-21-2010, 06:56 PM
338, to get the right size form you usually use
A. eye to nose
B. Nose to tail
C. widest belly circumference

you order by a combination of all 3....eg. 7" X 72" X 46"

I think some manufacturers may use slightly different measurements such as adding a neck measurement or something, but just find out how a particular supplier defines their form and go with that.

Chris

Thanks Chris, have added a tape measure to the pack.
tbear
05-21-2010, 08:13 PM
Hey Chris,
Thanks so much again. Sure glad we decided to try up north again and stay a little later. I Keep looking at the photos, and smile every time. Can't wait to see the finished product. Thanks again for all your help. Looking forward to seeing you guys at the Provincials in July.

Ted:-D
jessbennett
05-21-2010, 09:13 PM
congrads ted!!!! thats a beauty!!!!!!:mrgreen:
tbear
05-22-2010, 09:30 AM
Is there a rough rule for estimating live weight on this black bear. When I took him to my local meat cutter in the lower mainland. He said he was the biggest bear he had ever had in there by a long shot. He weighed in at 200lbs on the hook, the next largest he had in there was about 160. I know with deer it is about double the hook weight, is this similar for bears? I know a spring bear is going to weight less than a fall bear. Thanks.