Whoo hoo!!
I was about 300 yards away and i could hear Howie screaming plain as day. My Uncle Dave said over the radio: "Make sure he is dead!" Another shot rang out and Howie started screaming again. Then everyone started screaming and i could hear Howie yelling and saying he is huge.Over the radio Howie said: "He is probably 400 pounds!" Then everyone in the whole gang started screaming, even the standers. My Uncle Carl got on the radio and said: "I guess i owe Jeff an apology." Earlier that day he said to my dad, Jeff: "There is no way there is a bear in there."We stopped the drive and everyone rushed over to where Howie had shot. From the end of Howies 30-30 to where the bear came out was about 4 yards. The gun Howie was using was borrowed, the gun he was originally using got the site broken off of it while getting out of the truck. The bear was shot just at the base of the head and the second shot was just to make sure he wasnt going anywhere.This is the biggest bear my gang has ever killed and what makes it really cool is that it was killed right here on my family's property. We have killed quite a few bears over 450 pounds on our piece but this is the biggest by about 50 pounds. It took 5 guys at a time to drag this bruin and even then we only went about 40 yards at a time.The bear's skull cannot be officially scored because the bullet broke the skull. As of now its looking like this bear will be in the top 5 biggest bears killed this year (by weight).
| Species |
Black |
| Location |
Pennsylvania |
| Sportsmen |
Howie |
| Age |
38 |
