Harry Tuttle
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10 foot bear tale
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Judas Maude!!Newt
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I'd be givin' a "thumbs up" if I killed something like that too. Nice critter.
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well "IF" its a 10 footer then they are about 10 feet aft of the snout
its a big bear, but that is "trick" photography
some of the Alaskans must have heard this tale by now...
its a big bear, but that is "trick" photography
some of the Alaskans must have heard this tale by now...
Even if it's a trick photo... you have to wonder about teh one bear burying the other.. I know they will kill cubs etc, but killing and eating another adult?
Talk about omnivorous.
Talk about omnivorous.
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doing a "Timmy"
i think on Kodiak, the big bears "treadwell' on their food caches
i think on Kodiak, the big bears "treadwell' on their food caches
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most people judge scale by comparing the size of a human head to other objects
people are ~8 "heads" tall
this bear looks like he could be 25 heads tall
in typical big game pictures the hunter sits on the side away from the camera
thus the human head appears smaller
in the above picture the hunter is 6 feet or more back from the bear's head
since the photo is a 2d representation of 3d space
its pretty hard to judge how big of a bear you are looking at.
Heck, it looks like the hunter could barely wrap his arms around the bruins neck
its a big animal
but its not as big as the picture makes it out to be
still, i would not want to meet him in the car port
people are ~8 "heads" tall
this bear looks like he could be 25 heads tall
in typical big game pictures the hunter sits on the side away from the camera
thus the human head appears smaller
in the above picture the hunter is 6 feet or more back from the bear's head
since the photo is a 2d representation of 3d space
its pretty hard to judge how big of a bear you are looking at.
Heck, it looks like the hunter could barely wrap his arms around the bruins neck
its a big animal
but its not as big as the picture makes it out to be
still, i would not want to meet him in the car port
Bigjake
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guess im the only person that thinks thats REALLY photoshoped....
Bruz
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10 foot bear tale
Obviously a fake...if it's tale was really 10 feet long don't you think they would of taken the picture from the back?
Obviously a fake...if it's tale was really 10 feet long don't you think they would of taken the picture from the back?
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What about the branches on the trees that have been chopped off?
Why is that?
You can see his rifle in the grass nearby. The other Bear does look dead. Gives ya a nice warm feeling knowing that there are still large things out there that eat everthing!
Why is that?
You can see his rifle in the grass nearby. The other Bear does look dead. Gives ya a nice warm feeling knowing that there are still large things out there that eat everthing!
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i gather the scrub brush/tree was masking the right side of the picture
hacking back the shubbery was prolly easier than moving mr. bruin
hacking back the shubbery was prolly easier than moving mr. bruin
While I'm sure it's a nice bear, there's TONS more 10' bears talked about that ever seen, more less taken. Those guys are sitting 'wayyyyyyyyyyy behind that bear.
And while it is certainly interesting that one bear was burying the other (wonder why?), how do they know it's 8.5'? Surely they didn't skin out that rotting old corpse?!?
And while it is certainly interesting that one bear was burying the other (wonder why?), how do they know it's 8.5'? Surely they didn't skin out that rotting old corpse?!?
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I guess it could be Photoshopped. I believe the guys are simply sitting a bit far back for credibility.
If I'm ever fortunate enough to take a really BIG animal, I plan to have taken at least one photo with with me sitting squarely alongside the head, with one hand clearly touching it. Even better would be to prop my rifle up between head and shoulder of the animal.
And, yes, I've figured camera angles and placement of hunter with the game animal for best optical advantage . . . . I just think I'd feel so fortunate to take ANY such trophy as that bear that I wouldn't want to cheapen the experience with trickery.
JPG
I guess it could be Photoshopped. I believe the guys are simply sitting a bit far back for credibility.
If I'm ever fortunate enough to take a really BIG animal, I plan to have taken at least one photo with with me sitting squarely alongside the head, with one hand clearly touching it. Even better would be to prop my rifle up between head and shoulder of the animal.
And, yes, I've figured camera angles and placement of hunter with the game animal for best optical advantage . . . . I just think I'd feel so fortunate to take ANY such trophy as that bear that I wouldn't want to cheapen the experience with trickery.
JPG
A friend of my dad's shot a big bear on Kodiak hunting with the Munseys (sp?) a number of years back. It was too dark to cape it, so they gutted it and left. They returned at first light to find the entrails consumed, and the carcass gone. The drag marks were obvious, and they followed them up the mountain a hundred yards or so, where another bear had dragged it, partially consumed it, and buried it in a small depression under a bunch of debris. My dad's friend was a taxidermist of condsiderable talent and reputation, and ended up doing a very nice job with it in a full mount, but what a bear it must have been that got to his before he did.
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