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Used the Steeforce phat heads for years on deer. I went with the Bloodsport cut on contact hybrid this past spring. Used my compound and the bear only ran 30 yards after the shot.

It sure was Tim. While the larger National parks get more attention - the RMNP has some spectacular views and remote areas to explore. The wildlife is pretty amazing as well.

On June 29th my friend Jim and our sons went on a back packing trip in the Rocky Mountain National Park. We hiked in 6.1 miles and set up camp for a 3 day, two night stay. The hike only had a 510 feet elevation change but at over 10K feet high and near 50 pound packs us flat-landers were feeling it! The above picture is the start of the Poudre river that we used for our water and food supply. The weather was unexpectedly cold at night with temps dropping below freezing. The brook trout didn't seem to mind the cooler temps and we caught a bunch with our dry flies. Below is my sons first brookie and our dinner for last Saturday evening. The remote area was full of wildlife. Nothing like fishing with a bull moose 50 yards away. It was my first back country over night trip and we all had a blast!

I'd love to know if the cost has went down. I heard the Alaska has recently passed legislation to allow Grizzly hunting over bait and I think that would equate to a cheaper hunt but that's only speculation. Baited Griz hunts also opens the door for a "realistic" archery hunt.

We were talking about it on the RT private messages last fall. I don't think he mentioned it in the forums. He was going with a guide I had communicated with about setting up an AK Grizzly hunt with about 5 years ago. The problem is that I just couldn't see paying 15K for the hunt. After the airfare and taxidermy the cost would be over 20K. Maybe in 10 years but not any time soon.

Could be bear hunting. I'd wait till fall to hunt any land where I'm at in IL. The weather is nasty hot and humid.

Thanks for the update William. Hopefully Bob was successful on the hunt and the Grizzly wasn't! ?

Hey Bob, sent you a message a few weeks ago but if you're like me I don't check messages much. Wondering how your spring Grizzly bear hunt went?

love the mount!

Thanks Tim. I really didn't want to place it on public and hear all the BS from people that oppose hunting.

First time uploading to You Tube - trying it out here. Can everyone see it? Wondering if the settings need to be on public or if the unlisted setting works.

Beautiful!

Enjoy retirement Tim! We are planning a return bear hunt to Manitoba with Gage in spring 2020. Would love to share camp with you so keep it in mind as you contemplate what to do !

Great spring season Al!

Beautiful toms there!

Nicely done!

Congratulations!

That sound would be darn spooky at night.

Tim, I did not get to do any fishing as the season didn't open until the day we left for home. It's okay though... I went with the guides each day to run the baits, help put up stands, and sight see. There is a beautiful waterfall I'll post a picture of. I didn't get time off work either so I was teaching my online courses during that week - yes they had WiFi. I'll definitely return and when I do I think I'll go the third week and do some fishing (if I get a bear early). I think I'd be pretty picky next time. It would have to be a color phase, royal, or 400+ pound bear. I dropped the bear off at Kevin's yesterday. He said it would be a bout a year which is fine with me. I went with the semi-upright pose.

Exactly William - I agree.

I converted the video from an AVI file to a MPEG2 file and it uploaded.

I feel like I didn't even get a good hunt in as I was killed out after an hour 45 minutes. There were guys in camp that saw young bears but no one saw a sow with cubs which I thought was odd. Tim, I called Kevin Gilbreth. Very, very, reasonable. I think I may go with him and a full mount over a rug as the price is not that different. I'm thinking of one of the two below. I like the upright because it takes up less space, but I like the semi-upright because it just looks awesome. Which do you all prefer?

This is a short (1.5 minute) of my Black bear hunt in Manitoba. I used a RT camera mount to attach my camera to. The mount is similar to the three section RT hanger. It's not the best quality but I'm happy with it. Kill Shot Black Bear MPEG2.mpg

Any way to link a video posted on Facebook?

I have a 315 MB video of the bear hunt in Manitoba. It's 1.5 minutes long. How do I upload it? I tried to drag it below but it gave me an error message. I assume it is too big?