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Post by Ken O'Neill on Apr 28, 2019 14:58:30 GMT -5
For our friend 45 Man: I know you've shot bears before, but in honor of your upcoming Alaska hunt with George Faerber, here's something to whet your appetite: 1999 SE Alaska, 7.5" FA .475 Linebaugh:  2000 White Mtn Apache Reservation, Az. 7.5" FA .475 L:  |
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Post by jfs on Apr 28, 2019 15:45:15 GMT -5
beautiful bears Ken....... I know Rey will do great with George...
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Post by 45MAN on Apr 28, 2019 16:58:29 GMT -5
BLACKBEARS GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HUNT DANGEROUS GAME, IN THE USA, AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE. KEN: NICE BEARS.
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Apr 28, 2019 22:13:07 GMT -5
Looks like you use scopes on your handguns. Seems an optic is the way to go for hunting with a handgun.
Nice looking bears. Where in Southeast did you hunt ?
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Apr 29, 2019 14:44:27 GMT -5
Kuiu Island. I also took one the previous year in the Nushagak Hills in Western Alaska, about 30 miles from Taylor Mountain.
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Apr 29, 2019 18:23:19 GMT -5
I logged all over Kuiu. What bay did you anchor up in ? Lived @ Rowan Bay camp 11 different times :-)
When I was packing for Jim Harrower Stone River Lodge we had a spike camp over near the Nushagak.
Kinda half way between Whitefish Lake and the Nush.
When I logged and fell timber on Kuiu. It was not uncommon to see 30 black bear a day just driving to and from work.
A stainless model 83 is right at home in Southeast.
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Post by 2 Dogs on Apr 29, 2019 23:34:02 GMT -5
Ken, have you met Rey? It gives me a headache to have lived so close to him for so long and never have met him. Of course S. Texas is a pretty big place but still..
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Apr 30, 2019 6:40:16 GMT -5
Ken, have you met Rey? It gives me a headache to have lived so close to him for so long and never have met him. Of course S. Texas is a pretty big place but still.. Fermin, Sure. I've known Rey since 1992. We met at an SCI Sportsmen Against Hunger hunt on the YO, and would also see each other from time to time at SCI conventions. We also both wrote hunting articles regularly for the HHI publication THE SIXGUNNER. Great guy ... I believe he still lives in Brownsville. You guys should meet. |
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Post by bula on Apr 30, 2019 7:57:45 GMT -5
Well, they say everyone has a look alike.. Sent the bear pics above to my young bear hunting buddy and he pointed out to me that the first pic looks like me ! That my beard the same at the moment and I lived in 2 fleece shirts of dark green and black plaid all winter helped,but...funny ! Oh, and congrats on the very nice trophies.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Apr 30, 2019 8:49:46 GMT -5
I logged all over Kuiu. What bay did you anchor up in ? Lived @ Rowan Bay camp 11 different times :-) When I was packing for Jim Harrower Stone River Lodge we had a spike camp over near the Nushagak. Kinda half way between Whitefish Lake and the Nush. When I logged and fell timber on Kuiu. It was not uncommon to see 30 black bear a day just driving to and from work. A stainless model 83 is right at home in Southeast. I don't remember, if I ever knew, the name of the bay. Here is a photo of Bruce Parker's boat the Nepenthe anchored there. Perhaps you recognize the bay from the rock slide and formations:  We took a skiff to land, then walked about 45 minutes inland, then down to a creek, and waded down it for a couple hours, taking a stand from time to time. As I recall, we saw 18 bears while wading down, then back up that stream. This bear squared 7' 2" You're right about stainless guns. I have only used, and would only use a stainless or hard chrome plated gun in Alaska. As to glass, only Leupold for me there. Others can use what they want. |
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Apr 30, 2019 21:09:55 GMT -5
That's Saginaw Bay. Bruce Parker is out of Sitka. He also guides brown bear. I know guys that know him.
NICE big black bear ! 7'2" is big !
Biggest black bear I ever saw was on the other side of Rocky Pass on Kuperanof Is. It was over 8' square. I had to look at it several times because due to its size I thot it was a brown bear.
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Post by sheriff on May 2, 2019 10:31:31 GMT -5
A couple of nice bears, Ken!
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Post by KRal on May 3, 2019 4:35:53 GMT -5
Great bears, Ken! That color phase really looks good!
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Post by bula on May 3, 2019 8:48:19 GMT -5
George Faerber..a memory tripped. Was a time I only bow hunted and recall I believe an article in a bow hunting magazine of a bow hunter hiding in an old cabin with a bow and watching a bear trail. He was successful but later found his back up gun, a Ruger 44mag carbine had failed to go into battery and would NOT have fired if needed. I've not been to Alaska, am really enjoying the pics and stories.
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