Duck hunting in bear country.

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket tomorrow, I seem to be on a roll. There I was this morning, laying in a field watching ducks fly around and I heard what sounded like plywood crunching and then a bit like a tailgate being dropped. I thought, what the...? But went back to the duck watching. Later on I went for a little leg stretch and I noticed the electric fence around some nearby bee hives was down, and the hives were knocked over, and one was destroyed. I was thinking black bear so, after supper I went back to stake out the bees and see who might come back for more.

With about 2 minutes of legal shooting left this guy came strolling down the edge of the field. One shot with a 220 soft point from my 30.06 and that was that. The shot double lunged him and he made it about 6 feet before collapsing.

I have multiple pictures of this guy from causing damage in the area so many people will be relieved he's done. Absolutely gorgeous late season hide on him. We weighed him at 415 lbs. I was trying to hold his head up for the picture but it was too heavy for me.

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That was fun.
 
Beauty grizzly!!!!! Well done Mike.

Just last weekend we were hunting ducks and a nice but young black bear walked through the corn field. I actually thought about bringing a rifle that hunt before walking out the farm house door but didn't. Should of could of would of!!!
 
Wow! Good looking coat on him for sure. I love that blondish area around the shoulders. I can't think of many grizz stories where the bruin was taken with a 220. Most are using nothing short of a Howitzer. Nice job getting rid of the nuisance.


Steve
 
Side arms? In Canada? Ha good one. That would make way too much sense. I think everyone who works in the bush should have one, but you know we're just Canadians and we heard they were dangerous so...

As a rule I have 3 slugs with me all the time, as encounters with bears while hunting grouse or ducks is not that uncommon. I got a really fat black bear one year at Thanksgiving while out for grouse. Mac and I encountered a big grizzly while grouse hunting but only had a .22 and a shingle shot 16 ga in hand. That was a few tense moments of stealthy retreat. Hunting grouse with a dog or dogs, when they find a black bear it usually jumps up a tree.

I'm going to skin him for a rug, and eat him.
 
Get your unicorn and mastodon tags in order - just in case. :).

Very neat story and a beautiful bear.
 
That is so cool! Congratulations on a very pretty bear.
I feel like a whimp now worrying about running into a badger.

Tim
 
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No decoys???
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He could whittle up some beehive decoys over the winter.
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Heck, as many "encounters" as Mike has had recently, I think the only decoy needed is a cardboard silhouette of Mike! Set out the "Mike" decoy and see what comes in to it![/font]
 
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Fantastic Mike, congratulations. That's going to make a wonderful rug and I bet the meat is great. What's your favorite recipe for bear?
 
I did a survey of his stomach contents yesterday and he had bees and some honeycomb in there, plus some other stuff, so he was the guy for sure.

We're not allowed to bait bears here, but if I didn't get him right away, my next move was to sit inside an electric fence, in a cardboard box,with a beeswax helmet on.

I fried some up last night and its fine, just tastes like a bear. Tough though. One hind is going to the F&G fundraiser banquet as a big ham, and the rest I'll grind in 2 lb bags for sausage over the winter. I'll eat anything, but so far the two winners that everyone seems to like are a Polish Koobasaw and plain old Smokies. I did a recipe with lean moose meat and Mac's Gbear fat this fall and it was great. I like bear chunks slow cookered in curry, or with beans, or chili.

Mike
 
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