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Author Topic: Bear killed by a firefly!  (Read 795 times)

Offline northern fisher

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #60 on: July 25, 2010, 08:14:00 AM »
Great bear,Congrats.You my have said it and I just missed it but where was the lodge located?
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Offline Bonebuster

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #61 on: July 25, 2010, 08:45:00 AM »
Great story!!!

From your description while on stand, it sounds as if a bowhunters most deadly weapon came into play. PATIENCE! Waiting for the PERFECT opportunity!

Great story, pics, bow and bear!!!

Many happy returns!  :thumbsup:

Offline Froggy

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #62 on: July 25, 2010, 08:48:00 AM »
Me like story.. Congrats !!  :thumbsup:
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Offline wisconsin wood butcher

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #63 on: July 25, 2010, 09:28:00 AM »
thats a fine bear.

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #64 on: July 25, 2010, 11:27:00 AM »
I was surprised to see this thread resurface. Thanks for all the nice comments. Northern Fisher the lodge was in Saskatchewan north of Big River. I have loaded a couple of video clips onto Photobucket that I am going to try and post here, hopefully they work. One clip shows two yearling bears in a brief scrap over the contents of the bait barrel. The second clip shows a creature that I think is a fisher but maybe it is just a bigger pine martin? For those of you who know the difference let me know.
 
 
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Offline bohuntr

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #65 on: July 25, 2010, 11:32:00 AM »
As long as I am posting these short video clips here is one that shows a close up of one those yearlings when it passed by my stand at close range. At one point it started trying to climb up the ladder to my stand unfortunately I did not get any video of that.
 
To me, the ultimate challenge in bowhunting is not how far away you can succesfully make a killing shot but rather how close you can get to the animal before shooting.

Offline KSdan

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #66 on: July 25, 2010, 07:27:00 PM »
WOW. Thanks for sharing.

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Offline NBK

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #67 on: July 26, 2010, 12:50:00 AM »
Thanks for the story.  Cool hunt!
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Offline leatherneck

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #68 on: July 26, 2010, 07:13:00 AM »
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! Fine looking bear.
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Offline SERGIO VENNERI

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #69 on: July 26, 2010, 09:31:00 AM »
Thats a female Fisher.

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #70 on: July 26, 2010, 10:13:00 AM »
Thanks Sergio, I thought it probably was a Fisher but having never seen a pine martin or a fisher previously I really had no experience to draw from.
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Offline jimmerc

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Re: Bear killed by a firefly!
« Reply #71 on: July 26, 2010, 10:41:00 AM »
Awesome, great vids,and congrats on the really nice bear!
 Yep, thats a fisher for sure!
 Thanks for sharing with us!!
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