760 Lbs Black Bear Shot at Longlac

Thanks Honestly for the honesty...always like to hear the 'Real Story' :)

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Originally Posted by honestly

yes it is a dump bear, a lot of people had photo's of him in the dump, it was the seagulls circling him. he was on the sand pile, not in a tree stand and he shot it in the front leg and then shot it in the spine. 2 hours later I had to shoot it to kill it. mike works for the water dep. and has a key for the dump. he used the key when we drove in to get the bear. oh and by the way, in his story about the in the back of the truck when it was weighed at lukinto lodge, mike wasn't even there. he was at home. the only part of his story that is true was he pulled the trigger. I told him this bear was a new record and I was trying to bait it away from the dump. that was the only reason he shot it, and yes he did admit it to me, just to put his name in the record books.

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lol, Is he your buddy? Because if your comments are true, The shooter could be looking at a fine and have to forfeit the bear...


no hunting 400 yards or less from an active dump.

Sound's like some investigating to me ? Said person had to go kill it? friend/ aquatence ? 1st post ? either ratting someone he know's out or just jealous? let the power's at be tell us whether it's legit ? Why wasn't the shooter at he weigh in? I would be if I thought I had a trophy let alone a potential record? interesting??

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Originally Posted by Exo200

Sound's like some investigating to me ? Said person had to go kill it? friend/ aquatence ? 1st post ? either ratting someone he know's out or just jealous? let the power's at be tell us whether it's legit ? Why wasn't the shooter at he weigh in? I would be if I thought I had a trophy let alone a potential record? interesting??

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Yup. You have to wonder at the motivation, don't you. :rolleye:

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Sounds like someone tried to do it legal and is sick of the attention someone who poached Is getting, I would of gone through the tip line but this will get the same results with a little more to talk about and welcome aboard honestly.

Huge bear.

My first taste of bear back in the 70's was a dump bear. While the taste of it was so-so, you couldn't cook it in the house because the smell was so strong it would stick around for days. Kind of a waste of a tag.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by exgunner

Sounds like someone tried to do it legal and is sick of the attention someone who poached Is getting, I would of gone through the tip line but this will get the same results with a little more to talk about and welcome aboard honestly.

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Thing is, we don't know, we? I've been around long enough to know that forming an opinion about a third party, based on the allegations of an anonymous tipster, is very, very risky.

If "honestly" is honestly an honest and ethical hunter, then he no doubt called MNR immediately if there honestly was/were an infraction(s).

And why should we believe you ? I am not saying you are lying but to come on an open public forum and accuse someone of poaching without proof is quite slanderous. Did you report it to the MNR ? This thread should be closed unless there is proof the bear was taken illegally.

In your first post you said you had to shoot it to kill it and proceeded to remove the bear from the dump with Mike. Sounds like you are as guilty as he is if the story is true. I will wait for more facts and proof before I throw this guy out with the bath water.