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Author Topic: I'm Happy I Missed!  (Read 3133 times)

Offline ron w

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #40 on: June 04, 2014, 01:07:00 PM »
Cool stuff......
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Offline lt-m-grow

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #41 on: June 04, 2014, 01:08:00 PM »
Great story...great pix.  Congrats and thanks for sharing.

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #42 on: June 04, 2014, 01:13:00 PM »
Congrats on a beautiful bear Joe!
Love the story and the pictures.
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #43 on: June 04, 2014, 01:15:00 PM »
Joe Congrats on a good looking bear!

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #44 on: June 04, 2014, 01:26:00 PM »
Nice bear.

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #45 on: June 04, 2014, 01:32:00 PM »
Getting that email and then reading about it here is just what kind of medicine I needed Joe! Greenstripes rule  :)

Great story telling. Thank you for writing it up for us here.
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #46 on: June 04, 2014, 01:41:00 PM »
Edge of my chair story,,, congrats. Joe
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #47 on: June 04, 2014, 01:41:00 PM »
Congrats yet again Joe ... great bear and mighty fine story and pics ... great job of waiting for the right one and a little luck with a miss    :archer2:
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #48 on: June 04, 2014, 02:01:00 PM »
Congrats on the bear!  Always enjoy reading these stories with hunting season still a ways off.  Thanks for sharing!
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #49 on: June 04, 2014, 02:22:00 PM »
what a great trail camera picture!  I hope to get a bear in the next few years.

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #50 on: June 04, 2014, 02:31:00 PM »
You're going to need to move as you probably don't have any wall space available   ;)   Congrats again!
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #51 on: June 04, 2014, 02:38:00 PM »
Great hunt!  Congratulations on a fine chocolate.

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #52 on: June 04, 2014, 02:41:00 PM »
Nice bear joe. Love the trail cam pic too. Super cool.

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #53 on: June 04, 2014, 02:43:00 PM »
Well done, Joe.  Congrats.  Excellent pix as well.   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #54 on: June 04, 2014, 02:57:00 PM »
Another nice one Joe!   :campfire:
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #55 on: June 04, 2014, 02:58:00 PM »
Shootn at animals sure cures a person of target panic. Congrats again buddy. Anybody else successful at camp?

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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #56 on: June 04, 2014, 03:00:00 PM »
Good things come to those who.....

....miss ?   :D  

Beautiful color, and nice 2nd shot, too.
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #57 on: June 04, 2014, 03:09:00 PM »
Congrats! Sounds like a great trip.
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #58 on: June 04, 2014, 03:35:00 PM »
Bruce, as a group we were 7 of 9.  Of the other two Paul was waiting on a color phase that didn't show and the other guy hit and didn't recover what appeared to be a flesh wound.  So excellent success rate all around.
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Re: I'm Happy I Missed!
« Reply #59 on: June 04, 2014, 03:40:00 PM »
Oh man!  Congrats on a beautiful bear!  Thanks for sharing the story... it was a great read.
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