I was very lucky last spring and hunted with Jim Shockey on Vancouver Island. Besides the hunt and time of my life, (we saw probably 100 total bears) I harvested two, the largest weighing probably 400 plus pounds. We dressed him the field so we guessed at weight, but the skull was 19 1/2.
This was my first Blackie hunt, took the big boy with my Winchester 300 WSM 180 grain, with a "Texas heart Shot", the second, slightly smaller bear I took with my new Marlin 45/70 Guide gun!
Hunts were both adrenaline rushes at warp speed! :grin: :grin: