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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 72285" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>1963,</p><p>There is another site with a group of fellows who are shooting the distances your are interested in, I regret that I am not sure what it is exactly but the guys here can provide their address I am sure. We are pretty much into shooting to the potential of our gear out to 1000 or so, most of our guys here do not hunt out that far but some have the gear and ability. I believe you are interested in a carrying rifle, as opposed to a 40 pounder that is shot from a stationary position. No doubt Chris will get you fixed up, he is a great guy although he is not that tall and has problems carrying longer barreled rifles - anything over fifty inches would be a bit tough for the little guy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif (that is my weak attempt at humor, Chris).</p><p></p><p>When we go into brown bear habitat with the intent of killing one the mental aspect of the hunt is incredible. I had several "heavies" on my mind when I hunted with Wayne Woods last June. First, I did not want to be responcible for someone getting hurt - the other guys or myself. I can honestly tell you that my safety was not as big a mental issue as the other guys, it was real. I was with guys who had been there as far as brown bear hunting goes, so I was very confident in their judgment and ability. But three guides/outfitters got put in hospital last year while I was up there. I believe poor shooting on the part of their hunter was the basic reason for the attacks. Second, during the entire hunt you wonder how you will handle the crucial moments when a shot is to be taken - I felt that there was a clock ticking and at some point I was going to be "it". Handling that was a mental effort that was part of the hunt. Next, I happened to have interesting pressures because I had dreamed of hunting a brown bear all my life, I really wanted to kill one for some reason. Some of that is related to the fact that I worked on blacks and grizzlies for gov't agencies, bears are speciall to me. This truly was a once in a lifetime hunt for me and I did not want to be responcible for it going sour. Another pressure that I felt was the hopes and obligations involved with the sponsorship and article expectations. I had major help from some great companies, some true friends with those companies were really behind this hunt. I did not want their trust and support to not pay off in some way. Plus, when your hunt may or may not become a feature in the biggest hunting mag in the U.S. (depending on its outcome), you really want to be successful and get that story. Then there are personal things like hoping that I could keep up with the guides, hoping health issues do not influence the hunt, hoping that we did not just have plain old bad luck. We did some relative high-risk stuff daily, if the skiff had sunk we died simple as that. The Copper RIver was not a pretty sight at that time of the year - plus it was so cold we would only have lasted a few minutes at best. The weather is always risky for flying in small aircraft up there, we flew in rain and winds, but the pilots were superb and got us out. We were camped on a sandbar in some of the most incredible bear country in Alaska, in Cabela's tents - not much protection from a marauding brownie at night.</p><p></p><p>Both of our kills were amazing, high adrenalin situations. Both of them turned out OK, and I got my bear, my story and my memories. I owe much of that to the incredible guys I was with, and also to some pretty good shooting when the time came. Those five or ten seconds where the greatest trophy of the hunt, I get to replay them several times a day and they are a part of me now.</p><p></p><p>One of the guides said that hunting dangerous game like brown bears is next to combat as far as the dependency on guts and shooting. We only needed a few seconds of guts of good shooting, you lived that daily and survived. I respect and honor what you have done for your country (and everyone who loves peace). Perhaps someday you will "meet the bear" as I have. Sir, I doubt that it will be anything as traumatic as what you have gone through. I hope you get to meet the bear, and that you come away with the memories that I was so blessed to cherish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 72285, member: 25"] 1963, There is another site with a group of fellows who are shooting the distances your are interested in, I regret that I am not sure what it is exactly but the guys here can provide their address I am sure. We are pretty much into shooting to the potential of our gear out to 1000 or so, most of our guys here do not hunt out that far but some have the gear and ability. I believe you are interested in a carrying rifle, as opposed to a 40 pounder that is shot from a stationary position. No doubt Chris will get you fixed up, he is a great guy although he is not that tall and has problems carrying longer barreled rifles - anything over fifty inches would be a bit tough for the little guy [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] (that is my weak attempt at humor, Chris). When we go into brown bear habitat with the intent of killing one the mental aspect of the hunt is incredible. I had several "heavies" on my mind when I hunted with Wayne Woods last June. First, I did not want to be responcible for someone getting hurt - the other guys or myself. I can honestly tell you that my safety was not as big a mental issue as the other guys, it was real. I was with guys who had been there as far as brown bear hunting goes, so I was very confident in their judgment and ability. But three guides/outfitters got put in hospital last year while I was up there. I believe poor shooting on the part of their hunter was the basic reason for the attacks. Second, during the entire hunt you wonder how you will handle the crucial moments when a shot is to be taken - I felt that there was a clock ticking and at some point I was going to be "it". Handling that was a mental effort that was part of the hunt. Next, I happened to have interesting pressures because I had dreamed of hunting a brown bear all my life, I really wanted to kill one for some reason. Some of that is related to the fact that I worked on blacks and grizzlies for gov't agencies, bears are speciall to me. This truly was a once in a lifetime hunt for me and I did not want to be responcible for it going sour. Another pressure that I felt was the hopes and obligations involved with the sponsorship and article expectations. I had major help from some great companies, some true friends with those companies were really behind this hunt. I did not want their trust and support to not pay off in some way. Plus, when your hunt may or may not become a feature in the biggest hunting mag in the U.S. (depending on its outcome), you really want to be successful and get that story. Then there are personal things like hoping that I could keep up with the guides, hoping health issues do not influence the hunt, hoping that we did not just have plain old bad luck. We did some relative high-risk stuff daily, if the skiff had sunk we died simple as that. The Copper RIver was not a pretty sight at that time of the year - plus it was so cold we would only have lasted a few minutes at best. The weather is always risky for flying in small aircraft up there, we flew in rain and winds, but the pilots were superb and got us out. We were camped on a sandbar in some of the most incredible bear country in Alaska, in Cabela's tents - not much protection from a marauding brownie at night. Both of our kills were amazing, high adrenalin situations. Both of them turned out OK, and I got my bear, my story and my memories. I owe much of that to the incredible guys I was with, and also to some pretty good shooting when the time came. Those five or ten seconds where the greatest trophy of the hunt, I get to replay them several times a day and they are a part of me now. One of the guides said that hunting dangerous game like brown bears is next to combat as far as the dependency on guts and shooting. We only needed a few seconds of guts of good shooting, you lived that daily and survived. I respect and honor what you have done for your country (and everyone who loves peace). Perhaps someday you will "meet the bear" as I have. Sir, I doubt that it will be anything as traumatic as what you have gone through. I hope you get to meet the bear, and that you come away with the memories that I was so blessed to cherish. [/QUOTE]
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