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dadof18x'er
01-16-2011, 06:06
Big Bear shot in the Saddle Hills Alberta, Sept 20/2010
These two fellows were calling elk in Saddle Hills south of Woking AB when this big guy slipped in on the caller.
The shooter spotted the bear 8 yards from the caller and dropped him with 5 shots out of his 338 Rem Mag..
Farmers in the area new about the Bear but weren’t able to track it. The Bear 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 notice on surveillance video that whenever he would start to enter the trap his hump would hit the top of the culvert trap slowing him enough that the trap door would wack him on the head before he was all the way in. Check out the scar tissue on his face…..
The Bear weighed in just under 1300 pounds and would have stood 11 ¾ feet tall on its hind legs…..
That is one BIG Bear...... Thank God he was able to drop it before his buddy became the bears next meal.........
I would have fired a lot more than five (5) rounds.:o
Stay safe.
dadof18x'er
01-16-2011, 07:03
That is one BIG Bear...... Thank God he was able to drop it before his buddy became the bears next meal.........
I can't believe the size of those claws, they look to be at least 3" long. :eek:
greenberetTFS
01-16-2011, 07:44
Fantastic shots on bringing that huge bastard down..........:D:D:D
Big Teddy :munchin
Yogi will not be happy..
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
Betting the caller needed some new shorts.. 8 yards I would say is danger close lol
I can't believe the size of those claws, they look to be at least 3" long. :eek:
Those are some big paws! Jesus, that was a huge animal.
I would have fired a lot more than five (5) rounds.5 rounds is the capacity of the box magazine in my .338....
5 rounds is the capacity of the box magazine in my .338....
If I was headed into this area,, I'd go for the belt-fed toys......
mark46th
01-17-2011, 10:06
I think you need AP rounds to get into that thing's pump house...
Holy S@#$ that's a big bear, methinks caller will be buying the beers for the duration...
Habu-MFFI 175
01-17-2011, 15:22
Claws like that will cut you up into bite size nuggets.:eek:
mojaveman
01-17-2011, 16:08
Good that he had a .338 Remington Magnum and not something smaller like an '06 or .270. Knowing that large bears might be in the area of their hunt may have led them to carry a larger caliber.
incarcerated
01-17-2011, 20:23
Good that he had a .338 Remington Magnum and not something smaller like an '06 or .270. Knowing that large bears might be in the area of their hunt may have led them to carry a larger caliber.
Oh, I don’t know, mm… with the right load, an ‘06 should do the trick…
airborneFSO
01-19-2011, 12:49
That is a monster....good looking out, many times the shooter can't see the caller. Good thing that was not the case here!
Note to self: When calling wildlife, hungry bambi eaters will try something new.
The size of the paws in relation to the bear's size and weight seem off to me--I wonder if the bear had been sick for awhile since he'd been attacking livestock like that...Those paws should go on a much heavier bear.
Still it will make a magnificent rug.
mark46th
06-24-2011, 13:57
Mature grizzly boars average about 700-800 pounds. 1300 pounds is big. Look at the picture of its body- No ribs or spine sticking out. It looks pretty healthy.
Greatly ups my respect for the old mountain men with their single shot slow loading front stuffers.