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Walked right under the kitchen window at the cabin about 4:30 yesterday afternoon. After checking us out gawking at him he strolled back thru the yard about 70 yards and decided to scratch an itch. Damn, this guy is a big bear. The feeder on the post is 10" PVC pipe components mounted on an 8X8 post. The top of that post is just between 7 and 8 feet tall. The tree he's using is about 35 feet further back in the lawn from the post and feeder. I see a lot of bear and have a pretty good feel for size and I think this guy is between 400 and 450. After he had left the yard, I had Ma use this picture to let me get a height measurement off the tree and we figured about 10-1/2" standing on his rears.
I applied for a bear permit for this fall but haven't taken time to check the results of the lottery yet. If I have drawn a tag, I hope this dude has hung around until the season starts. I want to take a bear with the Optima pistol and I'm not sure I could miss this thing. lol
I applied for a bear permit for this fall but haven't taken time to check the results of the lottery yet. If I have drawn a tag, I hope this dude has hung around until the season starts. I want to take a bear with the Optima pistol and I'm not sure I could miss this thing. lol