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Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 16, 2011, 09:15 AM:
I know some of you are hard-core and only hunt coyotes or smaller predators such as bobcat and fox. I have no problem with that. However I've also seen a few of you post some bigger critters as well (like Cal's mega antelope buck!) While coyote hunting takes up most of my hunting time I do manage to get a few other animals now and then. I thought I'd post a few in hopes that I can get some of you to post a few of your bigger than coyote critters as well. I love seeing hunting photos and hope a few of you will be brave enough to share. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Here is a pretty decent black bear I was lucky enough to kill in Alaska.
This is my favorite antelope buck (not my biggest, but my favorite) killed right here in good old Montana.
Got this muley down in Colorado. I've only hunted Colorado once and was super lucky to get this buck in the last minute of the last day I could hunt. He's no record book buck, but I was plenty happy with him.
I can honestly say that I am not much of an elk hunter. I've only killed a couple and I do not spend much time chasing them around the mountains. Heck, they ain't much fun once they hit the ground. Anyway this is the best bull I have ever killed. Got this one in Southwest Montana.
What would a thread like this be without at least one whitetail buck? Man, this was a brutally cold hunt. If I remember right the standing temp was -20. I don't recall what it was with the wind chill. Doesn't matter it was friggen cold!
Okay I got it started let's see what you boys have tipped over through the years.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 16, 2011, 09:38 AM:
That whitetail looks like the best of the bunch!
Thanks for sharing.
gh/lb
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on May 16, 2011, 09:46 AM:
Ursus21, thanks for sharing. All look good to this old possum.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 16, 2011, 09:50 AM:
Thanks Leonard. The whitetail was under the coldest conditions of the bunch anyway. The elk was the toughest to get out. Backpacked him out. Like I said they are no fun once they are on the ground.
Here is a photo of the absolutely most brutal conditions I've ever hunted under. According to the radio announcer on our way out it was -64 with the wind chill. It was STUPID COLD, blowing snow, and very limited visibility. T'was a lot of suffering for a few does. I promised myself after this doe hunt that I would never subject myself to such cold conditions again. I have no desire to hunt in colder temperatures EVER!
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on May 16, 2011, 10:36 AM:
Awesome photos Troy. That's a pig of a black bear. Anytime you want to come up and help me yard out a clydesdale....I mean moose, let me know. You're 100% right on the fun ending after the animal is down with the big critters.
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 16, 2011, 10:38 AM:
you've taken some dandy critters!! looks like a great bear
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 16, 2011, 10:53 AM:
I'm looking at the barrel accompanying the bear photo. Either the forearm is extra short, or that is an extremely looong barrel. I also notice it's just about the only gun displayed, has to be intentional?
gh/lb
edit: coldest hunt I ever endured was in extreme northwest Colorado. OMG! The condensate was so much it soaked everything in the tent. Everything!
Funny story. You always hear about cowboy dinners consisting of a plate of beans, right? So, we brought along a bag of pinto beans and soaked it all day long while we were gone. The pot froze solid and it never thawed out even leaving it over the fire most of every evening. After a week, those beans were still rock hard, didn't make it back in the truck for the trip home...in the snowstorm. Yikes, was that a trip across Utah in the middle of the night before the snowplowers woke up. Nobody on that Interstate but us dummies, 10MPH. LB
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Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on May 16, 2011, 10:56 AM:
How much did that bear weigh. I callead a 225# black bear in it looks like a kitten next to yours. Gerat trophys and great memories Troy!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 16, 2011, 11:08 AM:
Paul, did you ever see the rug that Fred (Dusty Hunter) has on his wall, California bear.
gh/lb
Posted by smithers (Member # 646) on May 16, 2011, 11:12 AM:
I suppose I need to get out more often... Nice animals.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 16, 2011, 11:15 AM:
Leonard extry long barrel on that rifle. It was a custom rifle with a wildcat caliber 30-8mmMag (Pre 300 RUM era), I borrowed from a friend. All the rest of the critters were taken with my trusty 30.06 except for the mule deer which I used a 300 Win Mag Remington AWR.
Paul I have no idea what that bear weighed. Kind'a tough to weigh them in "middle of nowhere" Alaska. His skull was 20 10/16" though.
Bearhunter, I wish you'd post a pic or two. Rumor has it that you've killed more than a few decent Yogi's...
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on May 16, 2011, 12:02 PM:
Paul, did you ever see the rug that Fred (Dusty Hunter) has on his wall, California bear.
gh/lb
Yup thats quite a bruin!
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 16, 2011, 01:39 PM:
will do. i shot my 39th bear last year. never have shot a real monster. had an honest to God 600 at 6 yards 2 years ago but he busted me in the stand. i'll never forget that.
last years bear. about 340lbs
last years whitetail
about 4-5 years ago
08 whitetail
06 buck
2 years ago
i don't have any others of bear??
[ May 16, 2011, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: the bearhunter ]
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 16, 2011, 01:56 PM:
have to brag a bit on the wife.
last year she shot her 13th??bear. took an ugly 400+ chocolate but have no pics of it. she's quite a hunter and i'm DAMN proud of her
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 16, 2011, 02:00 PM:
Great bucks and bears! Even more impressive is that many were taken with a bow. I quit bowhunting about 15 years ago. Don't have anything against it just totally lost interest in it. You got a darn cute wife and the fact that she hunts is a HUGE bonus!!!
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 16, 2011, 02:40 PM:
thanks. she's the best huntin partner i've ever had. never bitches or whines about nothing EVER!!. can gut her own animals and drags them out if she can. i to like to look at good quality hunting photos. just been backing off on it cuz some think its a bragging thing.i don't think that at all. love seeing dead stuff. 1 more from about 25 years ago when i was young,long-haired and in good shape
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on May 16, 2011, 03:57 PM:
Your a lucky man bearhunter,good lookin and she hunts. I have taken my wife calling a few times and the first time a coyote came in from the junipers she starts laughing and says 'oh shit just like in the videos'. I was laughing so hard I could not have shot that coyote even if Id intended to ,we were just working the dog that day and were not killing anything.
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Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 16, 2011, 04:43 PM:
couple black bear, never killed a monster ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
this bear was called
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 16, 2011, 04:46 PM:
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 16, 2011, 05:38 PM:
nice George. that one on the tailgate looks like an older one???? you hunt canada in the spring???
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 16, 2011, 05:38 PM:
Tell her to join, bearhunter. I already have a custom title for her. SECOND PLACE REESE WITHERSPOON LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST.
gh/lb
Posted by Bofire (Member # 221) on May 16, 2011, 06:20 PM:
7' 2" inch bear and me. aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh I cannot make the pic work./
Carl 
and my sons first bear, called in shot at 21 feet. He was 17
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Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 16, 2011, 07:13 PM:
yes i hunt Ca in the spring in fact i am trying to get up there this spring again..
(pssport run around)
I hunt hear in PA also but different ball game here
we dont get many days and you cant bait and the season come in at the middle of the hunting season so bear are way spooked by then .
driving them with large groups of guy is the way to go in PA that time of year .
the one in the truck was called in after spotting him leaving a cut block i was able to move into the area and call him back out with my krusty call made with 2 offset voices he made me for cat hunting , it makes a interesting sounds. and the last photo was a spot and stalk in BC and all the others were over bait .
my dream is to find a good place to just spot and stalk in the lower 48.. Montana is on my list to hunt black bear . if I can get up next month I let yea now how I make out. my biggest bear is just over 400lb and my smallest is 135lb . i will have to get photos of the mounts up one of these days.
you hunting bear this year?
couple BC cats
And a 135lb called bc wolf
[ May 16, 2011, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: George Ackley ]
Posted by Kelly Jackson (Member # 977) on May 16, 2011, 07:47 PM:
I got to leave the center of the universe and travel more.
Nice bunch of critters guys.
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 16, 2011, 08:00 PM:
code:
center of the universe
Kelly you from PA ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 17, 2011, 06:28 AM:
Great stuff boys. Man, you guys have taken some great bears. Love the big kitty pic's as well. Mountain lion is way up on my "to do" list.
Posted by nd coyote killer (Member # 40) on May 17, 2011, 07:28 AM:
Very nice boys.
I have hunted with BNB's wife and she is first class thats for sure. If BNB let her shoot and wasn't such a game hog her photo album would be next to none!!!!
George a 135 lb wolf good work the one we got this year was only about 95lbs they sure come in hard.
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 17, 2011, 03:42 PM:
com'on everyone. lets see some dead critters
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 17, 2011, 03:54 PM:
nd coyote killer,
the hole time it was coming across the cut block we thought it was just a big coyote lol
what do you wont from 2 city boys
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Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 17, 2011, 03:59 PM:
ok couple predators bigger then a coyote,
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 17, 2011, 04:05 PM:
]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/G.ACKLEY/56.jpg[/IMG]
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Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 17, 2011, 05:18 PM:
George. your a well traveled hunter. i see Africa in your future.i had visions 10 years ago of taking a super slam with archery but those dreams are fading fast. have the time, just not the $$.
Leonard, Denise looks purdy good for 52. That Reese Witherspoon is cute as hell. would'nt know how to handle myself with sumthing like that anymore
Posted by nd coyote killer (Member # 40) on May 17, 2011, 08:55 PM:
good work george just make sure not to carry a gun around town! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 18, 2011, 07:06 AM:
George you are quickly becoming my hunting hero. I'm really diggin' the wolf and shark!
Here's a few more pic's of some of my adventures.
Impala in South Africa
My first bear. Actually was able to weigh this one on a scale. He topped out at exactly 400 lbs. Pretty darn heavy for a spring bear.
Here's a critter that I wanted for a long time. Went to Texas a couple years ago and got this black buck.
While in Texas we also went after wild pigs for my first time. Did pretty good in a day and a half. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 18, 2011, 07:45 AM:
You need to do something about that belt, Man!
gh/lb
PS nice Impala
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 07:59 AM:
thats one hell of a bear and I love the full bed of hogs .
i will never make it to Africa just to much money . I do hunt around the country and lucky to have friends that share there places with me and I do the same for them.
there is reason i drive a 13 year old truck and 16 year old 4 wheeler. priority's, and they are
to take care of my family first then HUNT my extra cash go's into the hunt fund but Africa I would have to hit the lotto the same for moose and elk ,brown bear and monster white tail . just out of my price range .
but this year I do plain on starting my elk hunting, Colorado for a do it your self elk hunt
as for the sharks I am just lucky to live close to the ocean 45 min and I am at the Atlantic
love them hogs
one of my biggest hogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9Fd1I4oA0
some hog and javelina fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QxkARcxjFk
[ May 19, 2011, 12:26 PM: Message edited by: George Ackley ]
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 18, 2011, 08:40 AM:
George your priorities sound just like mine. I drive a 1990 Toyota pick up. Don't own a 4 wheeler...use my legs to get anywhere the Toyota can't. The only reason I was able to get to Africa is because I traded original art work for it. Like you, most of the opportunities were because friends and I exchange hunting opportunities. The only guided hunts I've paid money for were to hunt bears in Canada, and that is only because the law required it in the provinces I hunted. Canada has become to expensive and I don't see myself getting back up there anytime soon.
Leonard, I can't give the belt up. It's my good luck belt, although, it didn't bring the alligator much luck that owned it before me.
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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 18, 2011, 08:45 AM:
I ain't buying none of it. You guys are unquestionably our two richest members behind Dan, (the man).
gh/lb ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 08:52 AM:
ursus21
when your ready i have the hook up for CA bears.
LB i am rich in many ways pal but cash flow ant one of them ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on May 18, 2011, 09:45 AM:
we figured this big girl went ~900...
me holding her massive dorsal upright while two buds have her bill & resuscitate her with the boat in gear...
Sorry for the lowsy scanned pics & cropped images. She was too big to fit in one photo...
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 18, 2011, 10:09 AM:
George, methinks I will email you. I would like to know more about what you have going on in CA for bears.
knockemdown, catching fish like that and the big shark of George's just blow my mind. I've never done anything like and can only imagine what it thrill it must be to pit one's self against that much power. Biggest fish I've ever caught is this ugly thing.
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Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 10:17 AM:
FRED she looks like a hand full
ursus21
thats a good fish i have never seen one other then on the tv show the wardens.
REM223PA@AOL.COM
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Posted by knockemdown (Member # 3588) on May 18, 2011, 11:28 AM:
Cool paddlefish, Ursus!!!
George, she was a beast. Much like your wolf, ya lucky sunamabisket! Not many guys can claim one of those. OR all those bear, for that matter. Good on ya, big man!!!
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Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 18, 2011, 12:05 PM:
One more bear for good measure. I've only killed one colored bear. All the rest have been black despite a ton of effort to find otherwise. I've hunted in areas where everyone says that that black phased are rare, and that most are colored, yet I still seem to only find the black phased. I sure would like to get another colored phased bear or two before I'm too old to enjoy the effort that goes into hunting bears.
Posted by Nikonut (Member # 188) on May 18, 2011, 12:13 PM:
LOL!
George, everyone knows Okieland is where it all starts and stops.
I'm not so sure about that pic with the cats head in the snow... what's going on there???
Nice pics Bearhunter... I sure wouldn't call posting those bragging, just being proud of your accomplishments! You are also a very lucky man to have a woman like that in your life!
Nikonut
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 18, 2011, 12:51 PM:
thanks Niko. i'm a blessed man for sure!!. nice pic's everone.
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on May 18, 2011, 01:11 PM:
I really appreciate those of you that have posted pictures. Hope a few more guys will jump in. I don't consider it bragging either, just sharing. I love seeing what others have been fortunate enough to take in the field.
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 01:19 PM:
I'm not so sure about that pic with the cats head in the snow... what's going on there???
after 14 days away from home i am ready to put something face in the snow ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
after 14 days of hunting my arms where just not able to hold it up .
look hard at that photo and you can see i am struggling and it was female cat that only went about 120 lb I would say.
ps
why a fat guy loves bear camp
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Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 18, 2011, 02:06 PM:
i'll try to dig a few more up. fairly new to computers so i don't have a large inventory. have stacks and stacks of regular pics.
have ta throw in one coyote pic.
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 02:57 PM:
you 2 get it done .
the 2 one is a hell of a photo.
congrats
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 03:02 PM:
my best hunts and my best photos
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 18, 2011, 03:05 PM:
Great photos, George. You are a lucky man.
gh/lb
Posted by George Ackley (Member # 898) on May 18, 2011, 03:05 PM:
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 18, 2011, 04:11 PM:
any of you guys eat bear meat??. i had a hard time when i first started shooting them because of the mis-conseption of them but when i met Denise she said she would not shoot one if she could'nt eat it!. so i finally decided to try it. now its my favorite. i'd throw away all the venison to eat bear. matter of fact, i have a pack of bear straps soon to go on the grill. she takes it to work and feeds the nusrse's and doc's bear. they LOVE IT. hopefully they won't vote against any measure that tries to restrict bear hunting. get em gutted and cooled immediatly and its some fine eating.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on May 18, 2011, 04:20 PM:
I have only taken one bear and he was delicious he was cared for right away and the meat was very good. I always attributed that fact to him being around an apple orchard for some time prior to harvest. I have some meat given to me by a friend and not nearly as palatable. Dont know why maybe the meat was not handled properly.
although my smoker can make damn near anything taste good.
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Posted by MI VHNTR (Member # 3370) on May 18, 2011, 06:21 PM:
These photos show animals that are all bigger than a coyote, but were only shot with a camera. No moose hunting allowed in Michigan.
Added on edit. The game camera photos are taken at the gate on the road into the camp. The first bear photo was taken by an older game camera and I took the photo of the three moose on the pond on camp property.
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Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on May 18, 2011, 06:52 PM:
just fininshed my plate of medeium rare chops,steamed tators and carrots with saut'et shrooms. i'm a happy man
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on May 18, 2011, 08:56 PM:
8# and something
Shot this one in the back of the head, kinda hard to score..
Bird hunting in Kansas was always fun
More Kansas fun
My bestest deer
This lil critter takes up most of my free time now
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Posted by Patterson (Member # 3304) on May 19, 2011, 07:43 AM:
Awesome pictures guys!! I find it fun looking at others photos especially during this time of year. I have only shot one deer in my life. Most of my other hunting is waterfowl. I think this next season I will start to get into the big game a little more. Dont know where I will squeeze it in. George cudos to you for getting the youth involved as well as your own hunting success.
Bearhunter, I am jealous and have heard some great stuff about bears. My girlfriend is big into big game and bears/cougars. She has many stories of rendering lard from bears and using it for cooking. She swears its the best. You ever use it in that way?? Im intrigued and looking forward to trying it.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 19, 2011, 09:17 AM:
Tom, that's quite an assembly of okie hicks. Thanks for sharing.
gh/lb
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on May 19, 2011, 11:05 AM:
You're really digging my Carhart overalls ain't ya?
They'd go good with your Stormy Kromer...
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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 19, 2011, 12:21 PM:
I got the Carhart bibs now, myself. Insulated, even. I blend in pretty good, until I open my mouth. I even learned to stick my tongue against my lip to fake a chew, I'm workin' on the spitting.
gh/lb
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on May 19, 2011, 04:56 PM:
Yep, once you prune pickers open your trap, we just sit back and smile... God ya'll have an accent.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 19, 2011, 06:54 PM:
Maybe I should have said, I even lernt to stick my tongue, etc.
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