Thought you might want to see this. These bears are on Kodiak Island feeding on a dead whale. The geologist that took the pic said there were as many on the hills just up from the beach.
(http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/image002.jpg)
Which one focus - which one - focus - ok now pick a hair...frick there are 3 zillion hairs..ok focus which one...ok pick a hair :biglaugh:
Jer Bear
That is a neat pic Jerry!!
Two thoughts:
The bear meat probably would taste awful.
I couldn't consentrate for the feeling that there is probably another bear behind me I hadn't seen.
Cool pic.
Nice place for a peaceful stroll down the beach :bigsmyl: :help:
David
Guy need a real real big set of nuts to wander into that mess with a trad bow. Maybe by zodiac I'd consider it. Cool picture.
Like hunt it said. :biglaugh:
QuoteOriginally posted by hunt it:
Guy need a real real big set of nuts to wander into that mess with a trad bow. Maybe by zodiac I'd consider it. Cool picture.
hell. it would take a set of nuts wander into that mess with a gatlin gun.
good to see the population is doing well out there. Wonder if they fight over food?
My dream hunt. Maybe one day. Hunt it, are you game? I am.
Mike
Thats cool, I would love to see that,but not to close!!!!!!
neat pic. When I see stuff like that I think of all the amazing stuff hunters must've seen before us.
Wow...thats cool.
Is one heck of a dream hunt though...I would be scared going in with a trad bow.
Heck they're distracted, the one time it might be a little safer to take a straggler. Very cool pick.
That is why deer hunting on Kodiak can be so exciting. If not on the whale carcass, they are on the salmon streams or looking for deer and they don't care who killed it!!
I'll bet the air smells sweet on that stretch of beach. What a RUSH it would be to stumble into that on a stalk........
Cool pic!
Very cool!
I think spear gun would be my weapon of choice. On second thaught I have a .458 Lott that needs a good workout.
Leathernock,
No thanks, my nuts are still attached to my brain at this point. I have no desire to wade through head high alders with a stick bow searching for brown bears while they are searching for me as well. I'd much rather hunt elephant and cape buff with my stickbow, looking for an overweight and slow hunting partner (preferably one that runs slower than me) interested??
id be up for it...if there was one! might need a pretty full quiver for that lot though.
pff .458 lott give me a 600 nitro express double that should slow it down some, and if not at least the recoil would knock me silly and i would'nt feel the mauling
amazing pic thanks for sharing
Dave we need to find a big landowner in Mozambique that would let us chase some buff with the stick bow
Andy,
I have just the guy in Zim, he's waiting for us, ready when we are. Mozambique's not for trad guys from what all my sources say. Was talking to a good buddy (PH) in Zim today, he does most of his hunting in Zim but also hunting Botswana and Tanzania alot. Says concessions still in good shape for most part. Fuel and supplies still problem in some regions.
if i had the cash we'd be out there but with the move it aint gonna happen any time soon :(
don't wanna go off topic here
so much hunting to do , so little time so little money
I do not "see" the pic?
go back to page one
That would be awesome to see. My dream hunt is to hunt the big coastal bears with a stickbow...well, that's one of my dream hunts.
That is a lot of rotten sushi.
I saw a situation like on at a fish hatchery on afognak, there were 27 bears on one beach, unfortunately situations like that are not great for me cause fish bears taste really really bad
Bears on Kodiak have been thick this year. Old timers say bear encounters are way up this year. I heard that there has been 27 bears killed on the road system this year. All time high. I personally had several bears within 15 yards from me while I was fishing. One feller shot a bear in the head from 5 feet away, it was trying to crawl through his doggy door. Kodiak bears certainly demand respect, but during the salmon run they really care less about humans.
QuoteOriginally posted by Kodiak Kid:
Bears on Kodiak have been thick this year. Old timers say bear encounters are way up this year. I heard that there has been 27 bears killed on the road system this year. All time high. I personally had several bears within 15 yards from me while I was fishing. One feller shot a bear in the head from 5 feet away, it was trying to crawl through his doggy door. Kodiak bears certainly demand respect, but during the salmon run they really care less about humans.
is the 27 from the registration hunt or DOL&P?
Quoteis the 27 from the registration hunt or DOL&P?
I do believe they were registration hunts. That info. was second hand. I would have to believe the info based on the amount of bears I saw. I know of one bear that was hit by a car just out side of town. If a guy just wanted a bear it wouldn't have been too hard to shoot one.
NOW that's a target rich environment! :clapper: :clapper:
man i wouldnt walk onto that beach with a bazooka! :scared: :biglaugh:
Awesome pic!! The problem lies in what to do after the kill. Even if you did sneak up on that many and get a shot off with any of them see or smelling you, you're still not going to try to skin the bear out with all of them over your shoulder and in the bushes. If so, you would have way bigger ones than me and more power to you. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!!! Your on your own. No help here.
Guy need a real real big set of nuts to wander into that mess with a trad bow. Maybe by zodiac I'd consider it. Cool picture.
haaaaaa...yer killin me man...... :D :D :D :D
hunt it...you owe me a carpet cleanin damit...i was chuggin a pop when i read yer post...all over the place man............. :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
I'd do it! If some body could get me there, to hunt kodaks' id walk In with a self bow and stone point, And with just a tomahawk for back up. And i aint even kiddin!!!
That in my opinion is THEE hunt of a lifetime!!!!!and my ultimate dream hunt! maybe someday?? I wonder what it cost to hunt there when Fred Bear went??? and Today ???!!!!
That would be kind of hairy to come back to a campsite or launch and find that waiting for you..
Camping out in "real bear" country is serious business. Haven't run into a coastal brown but there's nothing like having an interior grizzly stroll through late at night to make you aware of your level in the food chain.
like ants
I wouldn't mind that hunt so long as I had an M-60 machine gun and unlimited tags. Once the shooting begins it might just get a bit hairy! That is a whole lot of bear tonnage on that beach.
What a picture!
Unreal!
I wonder if Timothy Treadwell (Grizzly Diaries) would have tried living in the middle of them?
Poor whale.
sweet pic
That is alot of bears! Cool photo.
Wow, that is awesome.
Perfect spot for a ground blind...inside the carcass. Awesome photo.
When I hunt blacktails on Kodiak we stay on a boat. If your in a tent, you get the pleasure of bad weather and brown bear issues during the long nights.
I hear you on the bad weather jon boy.
Nothing but sheets of rain and ice today.
Now I know what to do if I ever go to kodiak hunting, shoot a whale and beach it, then camp safely on the other side of the island without a bear in sight!
Great Idea!
We get some large seasonal congregations of bears here.
Other times of the year they are off foraging on veg. and berries.
The large salmon runs and whale beachings are a sight.
Jason
QuoteOriginally posted by yukon chuck:
Perfect spot for a ground blind...inside the carcass. Awesome photo.
LOL
Amazing picture. Probably not to many fights with that much whale spread out all over. Just growl and keep on eating.
Deal me in. I will be booking a Kodak bear hunt for 2013. Anyone want to go ? Its hard to find a hunting partner that really wants to hunt and get out in the wild. I am going for cape with my longbow and no one wants to even do that.
Buff at 15 yards and death looking at you with a stick in your hand. Sounds like adventure.
I would! :D
I would do it in a heartbeat! Nothing to do with the want ot the nerve, more of a money thing! Ha
Cool picture. Thats alot of teeth and claws.
What a picture. Hard to believe that many bears at one time in one place.
Heck, can't be any worse than getting married. Just jump in and see how things go?
hey geezer, :)
QuoteOriginally posted by Grapes:
I wonder if Timothy Treadwell (Grizzly Diaries) would have tried living in the middle of them?
That was my first thought when I seen the pic. :knothead: :banghead:
Well if your gonna stalk them, the big one is in the middle, get close and don't get busted. Should be an easy cleaning and pack out.
like a swarm of big land sharks
on the bright side, There are plenty there to stalk.........or on the dark side, there are plenty there to stalk you :scared: :scared: :eek: :help:
only if I could shoot from the helicopter :)
Although that is a really awsome pic, just think how cool them bears would look on the beach in say, Santa Monica the granola crunchers would be spilled in every direction. :bigsmyl:
LOL DWT. :bigsmyl:
Just found this section of the TG site. Been a member since it's beginning and never really took the time to look around that much... or post for that matter I guess. At any rate, that was one awesome picture back on the first page of this thread. Thanks for sharing it.
where are all the people soakin up some rays?????
Funny story. I used to be a bush pilot in Kodiak. I went out with a trad bow bunny hunting just north of the main airport. I was by myself, it was raining and blowing like it can only do in Kodiak. All the bunnies were apparently smarter then I, they stayed home. I was sneaking along and thought I heard a "woof". I thought "Nah, there won't be any bears this close to town". Took 2 more steps and thought "You idiot, you're out here with no gun and only blunts for arrows. If you're wrong..........." I backed out and went home. 2 days later, came back to the same area to find very large bear tracks, 50 yards from where I stopped.