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Post by sticknstring on May 16, 2017 7:57:02 GMT -6
Got some fun mail yesterday... Anyone else get theirs yet? This was my first bear - a dry 280# sow. Anyone save all their patches - it mentioned the program started around 1980. What's the oldest bear you've shot?  |
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Post by daydreamer on May 16, 2017 8:04:06 GMT -6
No successful bear hunts here but that's a pretty cool program. Nice bear if I remember the photo/video correctly.
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Post by mnaaron on May 16, 2017 12:19:20 GMT -6
I shot a nice boar a few years ago that was aged at 9 years old. I got same patch and thought is was a nice gesture/gift. I wouldn't have guessed him to be that old. He was in perfect shape and prime of his life.
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Post by biglakebass on May 16, 2017 12:28:32 GMT -6
Funny. How come our deer team doesnt collect any age data?
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Post by mnaaron on May 16, 2017 12:36:28 GMT -6
I have often thought the same thing Mark. Even a small random sample size would give us some good results in my opinion and be affordable
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Post by Bwoods11 on May 16, 2017 12:42:03 GMT -6
I have never hunted bear, but might this year? No quota zone
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Post by batman on May 16, 2017 15:11:57 GMT -6
They collected sex and age of all the deer in SE MN this year. Or they claimed they were going to .
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Post by Satchmo on May 16, 2017 16:15:10 GMT -6
Oldest bear I've ever shot was a 14 year old dry sow that dressed out at 226# near Upper Red Lake, MN
. I have no idea where my patches are though.
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Post by sticknstring on May 17, 2017 9:04:41 GMT -6
Those are some old bears! Pretty cool how they can elude hunters that long. I've got an 8 year old doe where I hunt that I thought was old.
I wonder if bear research dollars are covered from bear license sales or dipped into deer license dollars for funding? I don't mind paying higher license fees when the dollars are being put to good use like Bear. I only wish there was some reciprocity with deer in this state.
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Post by Sandbur on May 19, 2017 6:29:41 GMT -6
I am going by memory, but I think my wife shot a 17 year old sow and I shot a 7 year old sow.
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Post by nhmountains on May 21, 2017 5:59:49 GMT -6
After finding my grafting top work destroyed yesterday I will shoot any sub 200 pound bear I see this fall.
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