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Re: Blonde Ambition...

Unread postby Mountain Man » Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:20 am

Congrats Bernie! Are you going to do a life size mount or something else?


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Unread postby Ol Split ( ) Toes » Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:51 am

:clap: It was only a matter of time! Congrats bud! Beautiful bear! :clap:
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Re: Blonde Ambition...

Unread postby Freelance Bowhunter » Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:10 pm

Mountain Man wrote:Congrats Bernie! Are you going to do a life size mount or something else?


I really don't have the room for a full body mount, and they are pretty darn spendy. I was leaning towards a 3/4 mount but I got a facebook message from a taxidermist who is interested in mounting it life size and entering it into some competitions. That may change my mind after I talk to him about the details.
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Re: Blonde Ambition...

Unread postby NEbowman » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:00 pm

Wow, what a bear! Congrats! Can't get much blonder than that.
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Re: Blonde Ambition...

Unread postby Mountain Man » Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:38 pm

Freelance Bowhunter wrote:
Mountain Man wrote:Congrats Bernie! Are you going to do a life size mount or something else?


I really don't have the room for a full body mount, and they are pretty darn spendy. I was leaning towards a 3/4 mount but I got a facebook message from a taxidermist who is interested in mounting it life size and entering it into some competitions. That may change my mind after I talk to him about the details.


If you go that route, my advice is to just make sure the taxi does good work and is more of a seasoned competitor and not a beginner starting to compete.
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Unread postby jporcello » Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:14 pm

Congrats
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Unread postby Evanszach7 » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:22 pm

Awesome bear. Congrats!
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Unread postby cantfoou » Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:12 pm

Freelance Bowhunter wrote:Hundreds of hours, dozens of hunts, 8 years of hunting all over North America trying to kill the Grand Slam of all four color phase bears with a bow. It finally happened. BOOOOM!!!!

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WOW!! That’s just incredible. Amazing job!
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Unread postby Hodag Hunter » Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:46 pm

Great looking bear, congrats.

I think Ralph and Vicki from Archers Choice were chasing all color phases and Vicki accomplished it if my memory is correct.
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Unread postby Skyler_2010 » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:00 am

Since you have reached your goal you must be ready to hang up the bow and start guiding new guys eh?
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Re: Blonde Ambition...

Unread postby Freelance Bowhunter » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:40 am

Skyler_2010 wrote:Since you have reached your goal you must be ready to hang up the bow and start guiding new guys eh?


I'm happy to help out new guys, in fact I am usually baiting for friends or family when I do not have a tag in Minnesota and I will continue to hunt in Ontario each year. I have a list of outfitters who have invited me to come to their camps in exchange for a story and a youtube video, but I do believe I will be cutting back on the travelling to hunt. 3-4 bear hunts a year is just too much.

Interestingly one of the first things to hit me hard when I killed the blonde was the thought, "what now???" Wasn't really prepared for that. We will see as time progresses. But one thing is for sure, there are other things I have not been able to do during August and September the past few years (elk and pronghorn are two examples) so that will factor into my decision.


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