Riding out from a very successful
dall sheep hunt with Mervyn's Yukon Outfitting by harvesting a
beautiful 40 inch ram guide, Ken Bodally, and I spotted a Mountain Grizzly one ridge over. Leaving our horses tied up we immediately
began a stock on the Grizzly. He was slowly ambling along and digging up
holes in search of rodents.
Within 30 minutes we were able to get
within 75 yards of the Grizzly who was still digging for rodents. I
found a flat rock to put my backpack across making for a good rest
for my rifle. I waited until the bear turned broadside. When he
turned I made a well placed shot into the "boiler room" putting him
straight down into the snow. Thinking he was down for good I jumped
up and began to celebrate, when the Grizzly jumped up also. Reacting
very quickly I placed another 180 grain Nosler behind the shoulder
putting the big Bear down for good.
After taking a lot of pictures we
skinned the Bear for a full life size mount, loaded everything on the
pack horses and once again headed for our main camp at Lake Killerman. The Grizzly
was a beautiful Silver Tipped animal that measured 8 feet square.
This is large for a Mountain Grizzly as they are the smallest of all
the Brown Bear Species.
This had been a very successful and
exciting hunt having harvested both a beautiful Dall Ram and large
Mountain Grizzly. Both of these trophies became life size mounts
and have provided me with memories that will last forever.
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