Strut10 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Shot this guy this morning at 7:15 A.M. on the first drive. I was a driver. Right at the end of the first leg of a 3-part drive I saw him walking out in front of me. One well-placed shot (about 6" right of the tail) downed him on the spot.......except for a bit of a roll downhill. Live weight was 677 lbs. and dressed at 574 lbs. The skull green scores 21 3/4". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Nice bear! Man that thing is huge. What'd ya shoot him with fellow member of the "Off the Porch Gang"... a .500 Nitro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics awesome black bear congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Congrats! I know you have been chasing Yogi for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Bob Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics He's a brute !! I bet he's 6'6" or better. Real nice bear- Conglads CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics That is a nice bear!! Good thing you shot him with a 308!!! LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics nice bear, the only thing i got yesterday was, sore knees and feet, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Strut................GREAT bear!! I really wish that work had not gotten in the way & I had been able to make it this year. I'd have loved to have been part of that one. What a brute. Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Nice bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAdeerdreamer Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Congrats on the bear. All I seen was orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Good deal Don....figures the first year I don't hunt with the gang. I should have just quit work...lol. I'll make sure I'm there next year! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Holy smokes that is one big bear!! By far the biggest one I have heard taken around here. Nice job man. Where did you nail that sucker at? Around your place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clay008 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Nice Bear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics wow, he is a good one..great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkrie1357 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Very Nice Bear. WOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruff Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Smokes that a good bear. Congrat's again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Very nice bear, are getting a full mount or rug done? Man some nice bears have been coming out of PA lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Hey all!! Thanks for the nice words. I got this bear in northern Indiana County, PA.......just two ridges over from my dad's house. A little more of the story: The first drive of the morning was in 3 parts, working our way up a valley. Mostly looked more like pheasant country except for a really thick hillside and a couple spruce patches. The first leg of the drive was a super steep hillside that had been pines but was clearcut about 8-10 years ago. It's only about 75 yards from top to bottom with a beanfield on top and mostly pasture below. Three of us took the hillside around with my brother flanking the top in the beanfield. Total length of the thick hillside is maybe 300 yards. We came through and about 60 yards from the end of the grown-up clearcut I walked across a huge bed that was well established. Did not look to me like it had been freshly used, though. I yelled up to the other two guys what I'd seen and just kept pushing forward. I had gone about 30 yards from there when I look out in front about 40 yards and see a black thing rolling from side to side. Immediately I thought "bear!!" and threw the rifle to shoulder, stopped and double-checked myself. Yep. Bear......walking straight away from me. I looked through the scope and a tree was in the way so I sidestepped one step and could get the hairs clearly on the middle of what I could see of the back of the bear. When I fired, he disappeared. I turned to run down the hill and got caught in grapevines and multiflora. So I twisted/rolled about 10 yards down and got out on to a grass road that followed the bottom of the hill. I ran toward where I thought he should be but saw nothing. When I stopped, I could hear brush cracking in front. I threw the rifle up again but still saw nothing. Then I saw some goldenrod moving at the base of the hill and over a small hump. So I circled wide right and down the hill a bit. Then I could see him laying all piled up. My brother and the other two drivers came down and the celebration followed. Then the other guys finished out the 2nd and 3rd legs of the drive (which netted a 285 lb. bear) while I went to get my Jeep and hitch-hauler. It took 9 men to lift the field dressed bear a foot up on to the hitch hauler!! Of the 1461 bears checked in yesterday in PA, mine was 2nd largest. A 693 pounder was also shot yesterday in the state. I gotta give a lot of credit to the Skunk Hollow Bear Gang for all the help they gave me yesterday. I'd never have been able to deal with the bear without them. Thanks guys!!! THE SKUNK HOLLOW BEAR GANG This big old guy is on his way to being a bearskin rug. I stayed while the taxidermist skinned him out. The hide alone (no head, just the skin) weighed 96 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xen Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics he's a monster - congrats... surprised you got him with such a small caliber... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Great bear, pics and story. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Skunk hollow bear gang? Where did that name come from...musta been because I wasn't there this year and something stunk! Congrats again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihunt365 Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics nice bear. I saw 4 but is was a sow with 3 cubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics [ QUOTE ] Skunk hollow bear gang? Where did that name come from... [/ QUOTE ] Actually, Snap......... That's what it was the last 2 years when you were with us. Maybe you weren't aware that you were a member of such an elite group, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudd Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics awesome group name, fits snapper well. congrats on the bear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: PA bear..... *pics Pudd...you mean you actually found this thread all by yourself? Better take it easy...may get 50 posts by the end of 2007! Nope, didn't realize that was "our" name...how did it come about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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