A Boy and a Trophy Bear

[Junfan]

I started out the day taking my daughter out to shoot my deer under the Oregon Mentor program. We hiked to a rocky knob over looking a drainage where deer frequently travel.

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We saw a half dozen does and fawns, but nothing with horns. I received a text message from a hunting buddy stating his boy Adam just got a monster bear and they needed some help. His son and my daughter are in the same class in school so she was excited and eager to quit our hunt and help them out. The next text came through and stated, bring your quad and some help. We drove an hour into town, grabbed some gear and our other hunting partner and headed out. We found them about 1/2mi down the hill from the bear and Adam was smiling from ear to ear. We followed an old skid trail to within 100 yards of the beast and started to work. My good camera took a dump on me so all we have in the field are crappy cell phone pictures. We took some better shots once we got home.

He is a BEAST
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He was so heavy I had to back down the hill because trying to drive forward would pick the rear end of the quad off the ground!

One happy hunter.

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My daughter was not able to get a buck this weekend, but she was a real help and had a great time. Both of them are going to have a whopper of a story to tell today at school.

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[Balljoint]

Good bear what's it weight, how old is he and I'll bet he will be KING FOR A DAY at school.
Saw on the web about a young girl bagging a large bear, youngest to do so so it's said

[dcloco]

WOW! I hope they have a rug and a mount done. Plenty of bear for both!!!

How much did the bear weigh?

[DGD6MM]

That's 1 of the BEST stories I've heard in years. Job well done with those youths, I love seeing the happiness on their faces.

[shovelheadave]

WOW !! That's a REALLY nice bear !!!

[bootsmcguire]

Hopefully when my boy gets a lil older he will have the same luck. Great story, nice looking bear.

[Junfan]

For those that may still be interested, we did not get a weight on the bear but I am confident it was over 500lb. The skull green scored just over 21" and may be the #1 bear ever shot in Oregon by a youth.

[borg]

I'm still interested. That thing is enormous!

[elgregoblanko]

wow!!

don't expect to find one like that even once in a lifetime....basicly that's my dream bear.

[JReed]

WOW!!

That young man has a heck of a story to tell for sure. One of these days I hope to get out for bear myself I can only hope I come across one that big.