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Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on June 01, 2011, 03:41 PM:
http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/stories/Black-bear-captured-near-Hidden-Valley-taken-to-the-Big-Horns,58788
Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on June 01, 2011, 03:43 PM:
Ok, so not really hero. but maybe it will add a little levity to the board. It needs it! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on June 01, 2011, 03:49 PM:
No shit !
BTW good job Cal. Whata you do if he wakes up?
Posted by lwilliams (Member # 3821) on June 01, 2011, 03:50 PM:
As close to a celebrity as we have around here I suppose, although the pictures add about 10 years in age. Or is that weight.
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on June 01, 2011, 03:53 PM:
Really an interesting read, Cal. Kudos to all concerned.
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on June 01, 2011, 03:54 PM:
Cool..
Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on June 01, 2011, 03:58 PM:
You pretty much covered it lwilliams! I am both old and fat! (well fatter than I used to be)
Posted by Rich (Member # 112) on June 01, 2011, 04:08 PM:
Wow! Hey Cal, would you autograph this pic for me?
Posted by Randy Roede (Member # 1273) on June 01, 2011, 04:15 PM:
I see you had all kinds of backup!!!!LOL!!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 01, 2011, 04:22 PM:
I'd say you did a fine job, Calvin. I have not messed with bears much, but that looks to be a pretty one.
I have killed a couple bobcat in trees. The claws, etc. snag on everything, it's amazing, at least those I have had experience with. You pretty much have to go after them. It definitely is not like the stories where a lion pitches out of a tree, hitting nothing on the way down.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by smithers (Member # 646) on June 01, 2011, 04:45 PM:
I would have preferred it if they called you 3Toes in the article... Good work.
Posted by kodiak61 (Member # 3255) on June 01, 2011, 05:29 PM:
Posted by lwilliams (Member # 3821) on June 01, 2011, 05:58 PM:
How old and how much did it end up weighing. Gotta go hunt me one of them one of these years.
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on June 01, 2011, 06:06 PM:
beautiful colored bear. i'd say bout 75 lber. enough to tear the crap outta somebody though. i like that size. easy to drag out ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on June 01, 2011, 07:38 PM:
Probably 2 or 3 years and 125 lbs is the guestimate. I do know that dead weight is hard to lower out of a tree by youself. I had a wrap around a limb and still was about too much weight. But there was plenty of armed gustapo about, and they were more than ready to shoot if something would have went wrong. 4 Police snipers I believe, and damnded sure some itchy trigger fingers. It would have been like the marine in Arizona for poor old Boo Boo.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 01, 2011, 07:44 PM:
One thing for sure, those cops love the action and the anticipation of action. Were they licking their lips, acting all nervous. Ha, they are sure funny to watch.
Save that stuff for your scrapbook, Cal.
gh/lb
Posted by nd coyote killer (Member # 40) on June 01, 2011, 09:42 PM:
OOOOHHH god we are never going to here the end of this one out here!!!.... The boys over there in that county get all the fun! Good work Cal looks like you got to sign autographs and all! LOLOLOL
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