Huge bear photos...

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Posted: 11/15/2001 10:34:37 AM EDT

Got this in an email...

This bear was killed by an airman here on base down on Hitchenbrook
Island were I went deer hunting last year.
This is what I would like to get. Look at this one -- 12’6” and
estimated over 1600lbs. He was walking to his hunting area
and the big boy stood up only 35 yards away. He was shocked, the bear
dropped down and went straight for him. He
unloaded his gun and it fell 10 yards from him.

[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/014/Qa/pu/SC/3S33373.jpg[/img]
[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/010/S2/Vr/dT/3T49872.jpg[/img]

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:43:16 AM EDT

[#1]

[b]the bear dropped down and went straight for him. He unloaded his gun and it fell 10 yards from him[/b]

I think I just shit my pants - and I am only reading this!

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:44:45 AM EDT

[#2]

[size=6]DAMN!!![/size=6]

Ive been bear hunting before and THATS a [b]GOOD ONE[/b], worth gettin a mount made

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:47:17 AM EDT

[#3]

I'm glad this isn't another thread on which handgun caliber to carry for protection against bears- 9mm, 40 or 45?

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:48:28 AM EDT

[#4]

He unloaded his gun?

Why did he do that? Was he trying to convince the bear he meant no harm? "Look, Mr. Bear, it ain't loaded, see?"

Nah, I'm kidding. I know what you meant. I would llike to know what he was using for a firearm.

I am surprised his is in focus in the photo, I would still be shaking so fast, all you would see is blur where I was supposed to be.

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:51:35 AM EDT

[#5]

I think he is thinking only three things:
1. The guys at work arent gonna believe THIS.
2. Damn taxidermist is gonna charge me an arm and a leg for this sucker.
3. I hope I get a chance to fill my deer tag soon...

Kharn

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:57:10 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I'm glad this isn't another thread on which handgun caliber to carry for protection against bears- 9mm, 40 or 45?

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You'd need a 10mm fer that sum' gun.

Just ask McLandonCarrotUzi.

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:12:10 AM EDT

[#7]

Does this count?[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/008/Bi/2e/go/4X61441.jpg[/img]

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:12:16 AM EDT

[#8]

Man, I can only quote John Belushi as stated in the movie Animal House:

Holy Shit!!

HOOLLY SHIT

HHHOOOOOLLLLLYYYY SSSHHHHHIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:14:37 AM EDT

[#9]

Hey, one more question. Where the F is Hitchenbrook Island??????

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:15:38 AM EDT

[#10]

I can't think of anything more exciting than being charged by an animal that wants to kill you and eat you.

My hats off to you. [beer]

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:24:36 AM EDT

[#11]

That is one huge bear. (Or is it a furry dinosaur?!?) Wow!

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:28:05 AM EDT

[#12]

That is one HUGE red X...[:D]

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:40:00 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I'm glad this isn't another thread on which handgun caliber to carry for protection against bears- 9mm, 40 or 45?

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I say the next thread like that gets these 2 pics posted and the thread locked - that poster get their handle changed to [b]DumbAss[/b]

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:46:16 AM EDT

[#14]

Hah, completely harmless Bear! [:D]

[img]http://www.petenelson.com/Photos/Family%20&%20Friends/Pets/Bear/Bear%20puppy.jpg[/img]

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:51:08 AM EDT

[#15]

That bear is huge! Some people bowhunt for bear.
To hell with that. Gimme a .50 BMG!

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:52:34 AM EDT

[#16]

What airbase? What firearm?
The only Hitchenbrook Island I found was in Queensland, Australia. Last time I checked, they didn't have any brown bears there...nor any guns for that matter.
Just curious mind you.
HUGE bear though! What a trophy.
[:\]

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:55:49 AM EDT

[#17]

Originally Posted By Sitting Bull:
Hey, one more question. Where the F is Hitchenbrook Island??????

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If they have critters like that there I ain't gonna no where near it.

Posted: 11/15/2001 11:58:49 AM EDT

[#18]

Is this the place? Prince William Sound

In Prince William Sound the Demarcation Line is between Cape Hitchenbrook and Montague Island. Orion Charters is "Licensed" to operate up to 100 miles offshore from Hitchenbrook/Montague Islands.

Posted: 11/15/2001 12:02:03 PM EDT

[#19]

Quint said it best:

Back home I got a taxeedermist, he gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"

Is it me or does that guy look half asleep?

Post adrenaline dump exhaustion?

Posted: 11/15/2001 12:15:37 PM EDT

[#20]

Prince William Sound: Montague and Hinchinbrook Islands

The population of GMU 6D which includes PWS and the surrounding mainland may be declining (ADFG 1993). The larger islands in Prince William Sound (PWS) support brown bear populations. Montague and Hinchinbrook Islands have the largest island populations, estimated at 55 to 139 for Hinchinbrook and 23 to 58 for Montague. Hawkins island near Cordova has about 10 to 19 . There are also about 11 to 22 brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula mainland adjoining western Prince William Sound (Nowlin 1993).

The smaller islands of western Prince William Sound are not large enough to support resident brown bear populations, but bears can and do swim between these islands (Miller and Ballard 1982).

Kayak Island, less than 3 km off Cape Suckling in the Gulf of Alaska, is estimated to have 3 to 10 brown bears (ADFG 1993).

Posted: 11/15/2001 12:36:18 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Got this in an email...

This bear was killed by an airman here on base down on Hitchenbrook
Island were I went deer hunting last year.
This is what I would like to get. Look at this one -- 12’6” and
estimated over 1600lbs. He was walking to his hunting area
and the big boy stood up only 35 yards away. He was shocked, the bear
dropped down and went straight for him. He
unloaded his gun and it fell 10 yards from him.

[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/014/Qa/pu/SC/3S33373.jpg[/img]
[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/010/S2/Vr/dT/3T49872.jpg[/img]

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I think I would have passed out.

Do they make rifles big enough to put down a bear that big or did this guy get REAL lucky?

Posted: 11/15/2001 12:38:41 PM EDT

[#22]

OMG! That's a huge friggin bear! Amazing that the Airman came out unscathed, how the heck could he get that carcass out of there?

Posted: 11/15/2001 12:57:39 PM EDT

[#23]

[size=6]JESUS H CHRIST[/size=6]

Fricking font sizes..

Posted: 11/15/2001 1:27:37 PM EDT

[#24]

That guy deserves the [b]Balls of Steel[/b] award!

Posted: 11/15/2001 1:34:24 PM EDT

[#25]

[size=6][i]HOLY KEE-RIST[/i][/size=6]

Man, this guy has big brass ones. And I mean big. Remember the 9mm/45 pistol/bear discussion? Screw that, I'm thinking minigun or 20mm Vulcan. I knew bears got big, but this has got to be one of those steroid sucking freaks of nature like you see on Soloflex commercials. I hate to see it get capped, but I'd hate to see this guy end up bear chow.

[size=6][b]MOLON LABE[/b][/size=6]

Posted: 11/15/2001 2:14:33 PM EDT

[#26]

Damned!!!! I wonder how many Airmen have been missing from that base over the last several years.

Posted: 11/15/2001 2:33:45 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Hah, completely harmless Bear! [:D]

[img]http://www.petenelson.com/Photos/Family%20&%20Friends/Pets/Bear/Bear%20puppy.jpg[/img]

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I would have died of a heatattack...but more importantly what kinda dog is this?

Posted: 11/15/2001 3:11:36 PM EDT

[#28]

That dude is all MAN.

Posted: 11/15/2001 4:13:57 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hah, completely harmless Bear! [:D]

[img]http://www.petenelson.com/Photos/Family%20&%20Friends/Pets/Bear/Bear%20puppy.jpg[/img]

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I would have died of a heatattack...but more importantly what kinda dog is this?

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I asked him the same question, he said:

Quoted By DVDTracker:

Bear is half chow, quarter collie, quarter rottweiler... and 150% fur.

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Cute dog isn't it!? I want one!

-inuhbadnayburhood

Posted: 11/15/2001 4:26:02 PM EDT

[#30]

Absolutely astonishing. Bravo Sir, my hat is off to you.

"Did you see that paw?" Everytime I see that bear's head, It Looks Bigger.

Posted: 11/15/2001 4:29:20 PM EDT

[#31]

holy shit, he looks like he was on steroids!!

[50]

Posted: 11/15/2001 4:47:07 PM EDT

[#32]

[shock]
I hope that is the largest one out there...

SSD

Posted: 11/15/2001 4:54:19 PM EDT

[#33]

Before the bear dropped "He must have felt like a kitten In a snake cage" Thank God No one de clawed him!

Posted: 11/15/2001 6:08:07 PM EDT

[#34]

Ooops I crapped my pants!

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:10:29 PM EDT

[#35]

That little thing? That's a sissy bear, I would have punched him out.

(Just joshing! DAAAAAAAAMNN!)

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:21:51 PM EDT

[#36]

Haven't seen it mentioned: what calibre and how many shots to drop this freakin' monster? WOW, that is a BIG BEAR!

Posted: 11/15/2001 7:28:25 PM EDT

[#37]

Man, that guy wrote the F*cking BOOK on "calm under pressure".......Jesus Christ!

Posted: 11/15/2001 10:31:11 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
Cute dog isn't it!? I want one!

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Careful, he eats houses. [:)]

[img]http://www.petenelson.com/Photos/Misc/House/Bear%27s%20House%20Damage/DCP_0019.JPG[/img]

Posted: 11/17/2001 9:26:14 AM EDT

[#39]

any idea how old this bear was and did they measure how big his head was?

Quoted:
Got this in an email...

This bear was killed by an airman here on base down on Hitchenbrook
Island were I went deer hunting last year.
This is what I would like to get. Look at this one -- 12’6” and
estimated over 1600lbs. He was walking to his hunting area
and the big boy stood up only 35 yards away. He was shocked, the bear
dropped down and went straight for him. He
unloaded his gun and it fell 10 yards from him.

[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/014/Qa/pu/SC/3S33373.jpg[/img]
[img]http://wsphotofews.excite.com/010/S2/Vr/dT/3T49872.jpg[/img]

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Posted: 11/17/2001 9:40:14 AM EDT

[#40]

So this would qualify as a SHTF moment???

How many of us would've lived through that?

Posted: 11/17/2001 9:46:48 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Originally Posted By Sitting Bull:
Hey, one more question. Where the F is Hitchenbrook Island??????

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If they have critters like that there I ain't gonna no where near it.

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No shit! I [b]DO NOT[/b] f*ck with things that
are big enough to [i]eat[/i] me and still be hungry.

Call me whatever you want. To [i]HELL[/i] with
that!

Posted: 11/17/2001 10:06:07 AM EDT

[#42]

How did he get it out of there, with a forklift?

(note to self: stay away from Hitchenbrook Island.)

Posted: 11/17/2001 10:17:13 AM EDT

[#43]

That head looks big enough to belong to a 5 ton animal.

Posted: 11/17/2001 10:20:31 AM EDT

[#44]

That is one nice kill!!

Posted: 11/17/2001 10:40:06 AM EDT

[#45]

WOW!! [shock] What a trophy! What did He use on that monster a rail gun?!

cute dog btw!

Posted: 11/17/2001 10:55:20 AM EDT

[#46]

I wonder how long it took him to clean the shit out of his pants...

lol

Posted: 11/17/2001 11:28:43 AM EDT

[#47]

That's unreal. I can't even imagine what it'd be like with that behemoth looking at me like a twinkie, much less charging at me. THAT'S when you want that .577 Tyrannosaur!

Watch, it'll turn out that he killed the thing with a 10/22 and a .38!

Posted: 11/17/2001 11:42:13 AM EDT

[#48]

So that likely is some variety of Grizzly? Has that head shape to it and by the size I'm guessing that is what it is.

Certainly makes me a little happier knowing that the only thing I'm likely to see in the hills of California is a measily little black bear that might stand a bit over 6 feet.

I just bought a 44Mag and the one thing I'm sitting here thinking is that in the case of that monster in the pictures I don't think I'd feel very confident in the sidearm I had chosen, that big sucker makes me think 480Ruger, 45-70, or 12gauge shooting the most nasty lethal slugs you can get your hands on minimum. My 44Mag might be black bear medicine but boy I don't think I'd feel too at ease against a monster like that.

Posted: 11/17/2001 12:38:39 PM EDT

[#49]

There is a fellow on the Stickbow site that is hinting at the picture being a fake. I posted a "you gotta go see this", over there.

Posted: 11/17/2001 1:52:59 PM EDT

[#50]

I get the feeling that emptying a 30-round mag from the AR15 would not stop that beast.

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