01-20-2013, 04:07 PM | #1 |
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These two gents were calling elk in the Saddle Hills south of Woking , Alberta when this big guy slipped in on the caller. The Shooter spotted the bear about 8 yards from the caller and dropped him with 5 shots out of his 338 Win Mag.. Farmers in the area knew about the bear but weren’t able to track after it had killed 3 horses, 5 cows, 13 sheep and a pen full of chickens on several different homesteads in the area. Fish and wildlife had bear traps set up in the area but noticed on surveillance video that whenever he would enter a trap, his hump would hit the top of the culvert trap slowing him enough that the trap door would whack him on the head before he was all the way in the rear. Check out the scar tissue on his face….. Bear weighed in just under 1300 pounds and would have stood 11 ¾ feet tall on its hind legs….. |
01-20-2013, 04:12 PM | #2 |
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Cute little fella. I dont think id feel save just carrying a 44 mag. Might bounce off him.
Googled it and found this Shot in Kodiak, Alaska, May, 2007, 330 Dakota and .375 Ackley http://www.blackbearheaven.com/monst...earalberta.htm
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01-20-2013, 04:21 PM | #3 |
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11 ¾ feet tall on its hind legs, and my ceiling, where I have the fan, is only 9 feet.
Allmost three feet above THAT? Damned good thing the shooter had something capable of taking it down. |
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Still, one hell of a bear story! |
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01-20-2013, 05:46 PM | #5 |
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That's a pretty big guy.
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01-20-2013, 06:28 PM | #6 |
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still took some heavy hardware to bring him down.
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01-20-2013, 08:44 PM | #7 |
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Bear ham is tasty.
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