I read this story of a grizzly bear attack in the same general area that I harvested my grizzly bear this year: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/05/16/bc-bear-mauls-man.html You can read about my grizzly bear hunt here: http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/a/Grizzly_Bear_Hunt
Category Archives: grizzly bear hunting
Grizzly Makes Boone and Crockett
I just got my grizzly bear skull scored after cleaning it and letting it dry the required 60 days. The skull was officially scored at 24 13/16". Almost an inch larger than the required minimum score to enter the Boone and Crockett all time book. Check out the story here: http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/a/Grizzly_Bear_Hunt
Commentary on Suzuki Grizzly Report
I found this excellent commentary on David Suzuki’s Grizzly report by Dr. Valerius Geist. There are a lot of accusations and ignorant statements from David Suzuki that are cleared up by Dr. Geist. Have a read, the article is from here: http://www.bcwf.bc.ca/committees/wildlife/index.html Comments by Dr. Valerius Geist on the report “Ensuring a Future for Canada’s …
Grizzly Bears in Alberta
I just found this article from the Government of Alberta saying that grizzly bears are now designated as a threatened species in Alberta. http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/201006/28501FF40EEF0-D53C-C48F-6FF952CC62DDEF7C.html In 2000 grizzlys in Alberta were recognized as a species that may be at risk then there was a recovery plan implemented in 2002.
Dermestid Beetles Arrived
I got my beetles and placed my grizzly bear skull into the colony. I will post progress of how the cleaning goes. You can read this article I wrote about skull cleaning here: http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/a/Cleaning_With_Beetles
Grizzly Success
The story of a Bella Coola, British Columbia, Boone and Crockett? Grizzly Bear. http://www.huntingtipsandtricks.com/a/Grizzly_Bear_Hunt
Sighted in For Grizzly Hunt
Today we went to the range to sight in our rifles with our grizzly medicine. 200 grain Barnes TSX bullets loaded with 65 grains of IMR 7828 SSC in a .300 WInchester Magnum cartridge. At 100 yards I am 1" high and at 220 yards I am 5" low. This is not the most flat …
Grizzly Bears Showing Up
I just talked to my sources out where I will be going grizzly hunting soon and appearantly the grizzly bears are coming out. One guy said the skunk cabbage is out and you can see bear scat and trails all around. Another guy I know was telling me he sent a few friends out to …
Testing Grizzly Loads
I went to the range to test some hand loads out the other day. I was using Barnes TSX 200 grain .308 cal bullets for my .300 WM Weatherby Vanguard. I loaded some bullets with Reloader 22 and some with IMR 7828SSC. Here is a picture of some brass in a loading block and a …
Video of Reloading Hunting Ammunition
Yesterday I loaded up some bullets for my grizzly hunt coming up. I went to the range prior and used the most accurate load to make a box of 20 bullets for my hunt. So here is the video on the steps of reloading ammunition. For the example I used Barnes TSX 200 grain .308 …