2015 U P Bear Hunt

  • tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    October 2, 2015 at 5:15 pm #1568793

    Well I took a client this season that wanted a trophy bear…I told him my regular “no shot/no pay” guarantee was off on this one… Big Boars over 300 lbs are very tough for a baiter to get in during shooting light. I normally have 4-8 different bear on a bait here, but the big guys are tought to get…
    Well…I got two of them coming in and yesterday’s 26 degrees and a “honey burn” brought old one eye in at 5:40 PM…
    Unfortunately…my bow hunter got a tad shook as the bruin came right under him and gave him a 12 yd broadside… YEESH! He shot low and only cut hair… I guess I’ll just say “That’s hunting!

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    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    October 5, 2015 at 3:42 pm #1569107

    Talk about a roly-poly bear. Sheesh!

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    October 5, 2015 at 4:34 pm #1569109

    Yup, that’s a 55gal drum he is next to…

    Pat McSharry
    Keymaster
    Saint Michael, MN
    Posts: 713
    October 6, 2015 at 10:00 am #1569179

    Wow, that’s an impressive bear! Weights get thrown around a lot on trail camera pictures, but that one is no doubt a giant!

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    October 6, 2015 at 11:50 am #1569198

    That’s a big’un! In the first pic it looks like he’s chained
    to the tree!

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    October 7, 2015 at 12:14 pm #1569410

    Ive been bow hunting for Bear a long time Pat…Shot my first back in 1975. There were no tags needed back then. You could harvest one as a bonus on a deer tag…Things have changed )
    That is the biggest bear I have seen on trail cam, in over 30 years of Guiding… Very hard to guesstimate bear weights…but judging by some of the weights posted here he could hit the 400 lb class.
    I will try for this guy next season for sure…I have several points saved

    mbenson
    Minocqua, WI
    Posts: 1715
    October 14, 2015 at 9:54 pm #1571136

    Upper 400’s Tom???

    Mark

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    October 16, 2015 at 3:33 pm #1571471

    very possible Mark

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