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Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:12 am
by Optimax90
Got back this week from my black bear hunt out of witter AK, seen lots of cool stuff. Caught some fish, (halibutt, rockfish, flounder) more shrimp than we could possible eat...... And did end up getting a black bear!!! Wasn't a huge one, but sure was fun!!!
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Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:00 am
by bucksnbears
aewsome. looks like a nice hide??. caliber?? spot n stalk or bait??. W.T.F. is up with that hat?? santee claus???

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:11 am
by Optimax90
.280 rem, wingin 140gr. TTSX @ just under 3000!! All spot and stalk. Found this one feeding on the side of a mountain, in an area that has ALOT of traffic. In fact the bay we were in had two other boats anchored up in it. One family was tenting on an Island and was grilling and singing songs.... We came in and pull a rabbit right out of the hat :D Climbed up mountain about 1/4 mile and waited him out, he finally came out of the thickest shit i have ever seen, had about a 200yrd shot andtook his wheels out from under him, another shot to put him out and then the work started :D :D Long story on the HAT, but it was christmas that day :D :D

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:17 pm
by leadbiscuit
Congrats on the good hunt opti. I think the family grilling and singing songs would have made me barf on my shoes, but the rest of the trip sounds pretty sweet. I hope to see Alaska someday. That picture of the shrimp is incredible.

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:51 pm
by Prairie Ghost
Too cool man that will make a good christmas card next year!

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:16 pm
by Optimax90
Prairie Ghost wrote:Too cool man that will make a good christmas card next year!
And thats the "long story" in a nut shell..... The wife is a christmas card nut, and always trying to out do the year before......

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:42 am
by lyonch
Looks like you had one hell of and adventure!! Congrats on the bear and the fish! I know where i would put the santa hat if i were making christmas cards :twisted: :lol: :lol:

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:14 am
by Tbush
Merry Crittermas sounds like you did what you needed to do, to make it happen..... steak and shrimp... yumm

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:39 am
by Optimax90
lyonch wrote:Looks like you had one hell of and adventure!! Congrats on the bear and the fish! I know where i would put the santa hat if i were making christmas cards :twisted: :lol: :lol:
Ha!! That would be a thought..... Im still trying to convice the wife that the ultimate christmas card is her in a red and white furry two piece on a beach somewhere......:D :D I got a few more months to sway her!!!

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:48 am
by Optimax90
Few more pics that were kinda cool!!!
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Man I wanted to shoot one of these bad boys in the worst way :twisted:
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MMMMMM, shrimp!!!! This was one set of pot ( 5 pots max per boat) we pulled in the morning!!!!
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The two bears after we got back on dry land and layed them out!!!

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:42 pm
by bucksnbears
back-straps and shrimp and a few(lots) of cold schmitties. i have a vision :D

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:04 pm
by Optimax90
bucksnbears wrote:back-straps and shrimp and a few(lots) of cold schmitties. i have a vision :D
Lets just say $200.00 worth of beer for 5 guys ( and I only had a 12 pack) should last more than 5 days....... :shock: ohhh Yaaa I forgot about the 2 bootles of rum and the whisky :mrgreen:

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:24 am
by Dcoy
Hey Opti congrats!Just saw this,nice stuff,kind of puts me in the Xmas spirit. :D

Re: Alaska Black Bear.

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:58 pm
by Optimax90
Thanks Dcoy!!!!! hey it getting that time again so look out....