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Brown bear down. #7264396
05/14/21 07:48 PM
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It is really nice to pull-off a ten day hunt on the second day. Saw another shooter that was quite a bit bigger than this 9' 01" bear, but the wind was wrong to do a stalk, and he was going away from us.
Needless to say, my hunter was extremely happy.
I've got to crop that shadow out of the picture of me.
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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264402
05/14/21 08:08 PM
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Very nice!

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264403
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Two different guys?

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264420
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^^^^^
First picture is with my hunter, second is of me and bear from a different angle.


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264425
05/14/21 08:51 PM
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Moved to Fbks, Ak.
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Green score?

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264438
05/14/21 09:07 PM
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Very nice coat, good looking bear Waggler!
This one's from DMB. 27"
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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264465
05/14/21 09:46 PM
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Good looking bear waggler! Congrats on a successful hunt!

nooksack thats a good looking one as well!

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: martentrapper] #7264612
05/15/21 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by martentrapper
Green score?

27 8/16


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: nooksack] #7264613
05/15/21 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by nooksack
Very nice coat, good looking bear Waggler!
This one's from DMB. 27"
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Love those claws, awesome bear.


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264790
05/15/21 10:44 AM
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Great job waggler. Looks like Cold Bay country. Here is our biggest, daughter shot, 9’10”.
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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264829
05/15/21 11:21 AM
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Great looking brown bears everyone!

Waggler I really like that light coloring of your clients bear. You don't seem to run across many that size that light.

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7264901
05/15/21 01:15 PM
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Waggler, is that terrain as difficult to get around in as it looks?
Great bears, everyone!


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: alaska viking] #7264998
05/15/21 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by alaska viking
Waggler, is that terrain as difficult to get around in as it looks?
Great bears, everyone!

Brutal.
I was in a four seater plane flying across that country once with a couple of guys from a big state in the lower 48; the two guys both about three hundred pounders. They were chuckling about how easy that flat terrain was going to be to move around in; little did they know.
Thankfully they were not my clients.


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7265127
05/15/21 07:40 PM
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Heck it's even difficult to fly over it !!


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: white17] #7265194
05/15/21 08:50 PM
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Would love to hear the stories about these bear. Not just these, but some of your guys more memorable ones. They are on the bucket list, but we will see. By the time I save up enough, might be too old.


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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7265280
05/15/21 11:22 PM
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My first encounter with similar ground was west of Illiamna, caribou hunting. Drop hunt, and no 'bou around camp, but day 3 I spot a bull about 2 miles away.
Piece of cake. Got the bull, but learned a terrible lesson.
The rest of the trip was spent hunting within 1/4 mile of camp.

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Made it almost 3 years without censor!

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7265288
05/15/21 11:32 PM
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Beautiful bear Waggler, while any Large bear is an awesome creature that one is beautiful as well



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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7265431
05/16/21 09:00 AM
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Very nice bear. Beautiful country.

Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7265679
05/16/21 03:35 PM
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My hunter sent me a few more pictures. We can glass about 25 square miles from our glassing knob. All the pale colored ground is very difficult to traverse.
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Re: Brown bear down. [Re: waggler] #7265694
05/16/21 04:06 PM
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Stunning bears cool


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