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2/13/2020 7:29:38 AM EDT
Hey ya'll just wanted to share some pics from last years (2019) Bear hunt here in NC...

This is not my bear but was on the hunt and was less than 25 yards away in thick brush when it was killed..  The bear actually got a hold of the hunter that killed it....  It tore up his leg pretty bad but he is ok...

This bad boy was right at 760#
IMG_20191117_112530_673 by sky_soldier_82nd, on Flickr

20191112_114855 by sky_soldier_82nd, on Flickr

Was a hell of a good hunt!  Never thought something that big could move that fast.
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
2/13/2020 7:45:44 AM EDT
[#1]
This is the HAM off that bear...
20191115_154027 by sky_soldier_82nd, on Flickr
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
2/13/2020 8:51:01 AM EDT
[#2]
That’s a huge bear!
2/13/2020 9:24:10 AM EDT
[#3]
Very cool. I've always wanted to try bear meat. What round was it taken with?
Smile, laugh and agree...then do whatever the hell you were going to do anyway.
An unloaded gun makes a crappy hammer.
2/13/2020 10:22:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: wparkinson][Edited] [#4]
He was using a 454 Casull...

He shot it about 4 times...

Bear is good meat... especially if prepared and handled correctly...
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
2/13/2020 12:20:38 PM EDT
[#5]
A 761lb Blackie got a hold of his leg, He is lucky to be alive & in one piece,  God was on his side. He should write a short story about the hunt.
2/13/2020 1:40:16 PM EDT
[#6]
Bear had his dog... he went to pull it off and it let go and grabbed him.  The bear must have been almost dead because otherwise he would have been hating life!!!
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"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
2/13/2020 6:54:40 PM EDT
[#7]
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Fu k me! That's bad. Hopefully he didn't lose his leg.

Is there a reason he either didn't use a rifle or didn't have a rifle?

I mean 454 is beast of a gun. Just goes to show sometimes it doesn't matter what your carrying.
Smile, laugh and agree...then do whatever the hell you were going to do anyway.
An unloaded gun makes a crappy hammer.
2/14/2020 6:17:35 AM EDT
[#8]
Damn, that guy got lucky...Bears have a tendency to lash out when they get hurt...very impressed Op..glad the guy is ok...
2/19/2020 10:48:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: USSRangerSM][Edited] [#9]
that’s a huge bear, and he definitely got lucky
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7/18/2020 11:27:46 PM EDT
[#10]
It appears this was a hunt with hounds. Probably the guys running dogs never figured to have to kill a bear that size with their handguns. It's tough to follow dogs through rough terrain carrying a rifle, so the handlers carry handguns.

RS
11/15/2020 6:35:26 PM EDT
[#11]
@radioshooter

It was a carbine..... funn thing is he is carrying a 45-70 this season....LOL

We all carry rifles of some sort... I carry a 458 SOCOM Carbine...



"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
11/15/2020 6:38:22 PM EDT
[#12]
Where in NC?  

I'm in Pamlico County - I've seen a few big ones on camera - but not that big!!
11/15/2020 6:39:28 PM EDT
[#13]
2020 is off to a decent start... 2 200# on day one....

20201114_115452 by sky_soldier_82nd, on Flickr
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
11/15/2020 6:42:17 PM EDT
[#14]
@rktman26

Just north of you and across the river in Beaufort County...
"The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson
KM4OZX
11/15/2020 7:36:39 PM EDT
[#15]
Gotcha.

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