Alaska Super Seven Big Game Raffle/Brown Bear

[Dave N]

Nice. Waiting for more posts and pictures.

 

[ashersdad]

When we were in position I could only see the top of the bear’s head and part of his shoulder as he was sound asleep on the other side of the whale. My first shot hit him in the shoulder and I don’t even think he knew what happened. I shot 3 more times and he dropped behind the whale where we couldn’t see him. We crossed a small river and this is what I saw when I walked around the whale.

 

[ashersdad]

He was just a huge old bear. I couldn’t get over how big and beautiful he was.

 

[ashersdad]

Fish and game would later measure the skull at 28 13/16 and he squared well over 10 foot. This was truly a once in a lifetime experience for me.

 

[rjthehunter]

That's a beast of a bear!

How bad did that whale stink?

 

[Sask hunter]

Awesome! Hopefully they can get the dead whale smell out of the hide

 

[ashersdad]

Surprisingly there was no smell. He had only got some blubber off of the whale and hadn't broken into in yet. The whale must have been pretty fresh because there was hardly any smell to it either. I lucked out I think.

 

[rmyoung1]

That’s incredible. What a bear!

 

[Dave N]

Congratulations on the great bear!

 

[Bighorner]

Well done.

 

[fulldraw]

Congrats on the big old bear!

 

[WildWill]

What a amazing adventure congratulations!

 

[WNC2500]

Congratulations @ashersdad
That does seem to be a huge bear and a tremendous opportunity. You did luck out to not get the stink of the whale.
Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Man you have some incredible adventures. Thanks for sharing em on here. Congratulations!

 

[Mica Man]

What a beast of a bear! You didn't by chance have @Little Big Man MT Chris "whale anatomy" guide book with you on your hunt? It could have elevated your hunt to a whole new level of awesomeness! Congrats on a great bear!

 

[rjthehunter]

Surprisingly there was no smell. He had only got some blubber off of the whale and hadn't broken into in yet. The whale must have been pretty fresh because there was hardly any smell to it either. I lucked out I think.

That's good to hear! I've put fish guts at a bait site before, which turned out to be a bad idea. Stunk to high hell and the younger bears kept rolling in them I doubt a coastal brown bear would do that though!

 

[Big Fin]

Wow. Amazing story and incredible bear. Congrats. Hope the rest of your year continues with such outcomes.

 

[Rack Daniels]

absolutely enormous animal. Very impressive. Need a big glass shadow box and a full mount.

 

[elkrchr]

That is a "proper" bear!!! Congratulations on drawing the tag and enjoying a great Alaskan coastal bear hunt.

 

[Steve O]

Dream come true right there. Textbook! Congratulations.