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Offline Gregory

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First bear
« on: November 24, 2009, 05:22:08 PM »
Took my first bear ever this afternoon.  WMU 3J.  This is the second bear off of this property in the last three years.  


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Re: First bear
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 03:54:26 PM »
Took my first bear ever this afternoon.  WMU 3J.  This is the second bear off of this property in the last three years.  


What, no pics? ???  Congrats.

Mine from 2 years ago.  Herkimer County.


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Re: First bear
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2009, 03:00:11 AM »
Pic added.   You took a real nice bear, congrats.
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Re: First bear
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2009, 01:34:48 PM »
Back at you!   ;)

Are you having a mount or rug done?

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Re: First bear
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2009, 01:50:25 PM »
Shoulder mount with this one, my buddy gave me his bear hide two years ago and I had a rug done.  What did you do with yours and what did it weigh?

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Re: First bear
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2009, 02:41:28 PM »
It was 312lb dressed (400 live?) and squared almost 7'.  I should get the rug in February or March.

The bad part was that we couldn't get a truck or 4wheeler to it and had to carry it on a stretcher for about a quarter mile before we could get it to a vehicle.  That sucked! :o

I'll post pics of the finished product if you will.


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Re: First bear
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2009, 01:10:13 PM »
nice bear.!!  congrats and good job

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Re: First bear
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2011, 08:30:19 AM »


Yes, I know this thread is ancient!

However, these are the pics of the rug from the bear of 2008.  I just got it back.








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Re: First bear
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2011, 08:52:11 AM »
That was a long wait guntech59.  Nice Bear though.  I can sympathize with you on the wait.   I had a Coon Hide Rug made from the 1st Racoon my Bluetick Hound treed.  Took forever to get it back.

BTW: Did you try the meat?
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Re: First bear
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2011, 01:12:42 PM »
That was a long wait guntech59.  Nice Bear though.  I can sympathize with you on the wait.   I had a Coon Hide Rug made from the 1st Racoon my Bluetick Hound treed.  Took forever to get it back.

BTW: Did you try the meat?

Yes, Sir!  We did eat it.  More sausage than anything else.  The backstraps were the best, of course.  We also got roasts (very good) and steaks (not so good).  Alot of camp chili was made from that bear.