MONSTER Bear!!

I just got this E mailed to me. 
 
Check out the size of this Manitoba spring PIG!!!
 

Steve,
 I think you and top should let that one go and give him a chance to get a little bigger for next yr.
 
NOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Man that's a hoss!!!! And from the cam angle and distance, I believe he would be within bow range.

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

Is that a 55 gal. barrel? Holy mackers. 500+ spring bear.

Holy Mackerel Andy!  If that's a 55 gallon drum and it's in the Spring, can you imagine what he would be like after eating berries and fattening up until hibernation time!  Maybe I will use that shotgun and slugs Monty keeps up there at camp instead of my bow!

Mike Stephenson
aka Topgun----30-06

From what I have heard that is supposedly a 55-gallon drum and the picture is from this spring.  The time looks to be 8:45 p.m. on the picture, which is just about the time those big bears come skulking out of the shadows.  I can't see the date clearly, but I enhanced the photo somewhat in Photoshop and it appears to be a "26" as probably in April 26? 
 
Topgun, yeah that is the type of bear you hope your arrow doesn't bounce off of when you shoot at him!
 
I believe Manitoba has one of the biggest bears on record.  If my memory serves me correctly, the black bear was hit by a car and weighed a whopping 886 pounds in August!!!  Imagine what it would have weighed right before going into the den!  Biologists estimate that it could have weighed close to 1000 pounds right before going into hibernation for the winter.  Dang! 
 
Take care and Good Hunting!
 
Best Afield,
 
Steve 
 
 

I still think you and top need to let it grow a bit more.  LOL    Never happen and I would not hesitate squeezing one off for a bruin like that.  He has to have a melon way past min book size from looking at the pic and the body size, but I am not into books. Any animal taken with my bow is a trophy no matter what size.

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

can you say "bear fever" !!!!!!

don't look at it too long before you shoot!!!

Full mount or rug? hum!

Hunt Hard, Hunt Safe and enjoy what you got in life
Paul Snyder
LM NAHC,NRA,SCI,DU

I think I would have to do a full body mount. Add a pc of glass to his back and use him for my dining room table. Think he's big enough?  LOL

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

Man O' Man, that bear looks Boone & Crockett to me. I would also want to get a full body mount, beautiful...........

Old Cowboys never die, they just keep riding the Range.

wow what a bear!!!wish i had the money to go up there to hunt!

life member nahc
life member nra

There is not a scent elimination product on the market that would take care of the smell in my pants if I saw that pig!!

Love playing that string music and sending a Muzzy flying!

Now that's funny.........................................Even Scent-lok?  LOL

Gary Scheel
NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member

Yeah, he IS a bit larger than your average breadbox, ain't he?

I'm not too much into the idea of huntin' bear ... but ... should tonite's lottery tix pay off, I may change that agenda ... (I've got enuf trubble keepin' up with all the other seasons ... so, unless "independent wealth" happens to enter my résumé ... I'll prolly only enjoy y'all's adventures when shared here on the forum ... )

All of life is six-to-five against, just enough to keep you interested. (Damon Runyan)

Gravity makes all the important decisions ... (John R. Powers)

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I would love to take a bear like that!!! I think it's coat would be just enough to cover my professional billiard table...LOL

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