trophypikehunter Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Silver Tipped Grizzly taken in Beaver Creek, Yukon. Unfortunately the Bear wondered onto the porch of a cabin that contained 2 little girls a wife and a dude with a 44 magnum on his hip, hence no head on the Bear. The Bear was 7.5 feet but is now just over 6ft. National Geographic was in Alaska writing about the Alaskan Highway and heard about Rick so they did a story on him not 100% sure if the Bear is mentioned but I have the issue coming this week, November 1991 edition.. Rick passed away and willed to a friend who isn't the least bit interested in the outdoors so I offered to buy it as a house warming gift for my cousin who lives in Anne Lake, Yukon. Tim thought it would be great to send the Bear back to the Yukon so he was more then happy to sell it to me, so this September I will be heading out to the Yukon for some Pike fishing and to mount this Bear on my cousin's wall.. Edited June 10, 2012 by trophypikehunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adempsey Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Interesting story! I think I'll have to find that issue of NG myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 It would have been a gorgeous animal and it's a shame it had to be killed, but not much choice from the sounds of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFish4real Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 44 mag ...didn't give the bear lots of chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 :good: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasbrute Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 nope .....it's Chuck Testa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 found something here, could it be Page 94 and 95 ? http://mail.nysoclib.org/digital_archives/periodicals/National_Geographic/index/1990s/1991/291K.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophypikehunter Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Page 82-83 has a picture and a small quote from Richard AKA Rick but no mention of the Bear.. Thanks for finding the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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