Crazy looking bear.........

[MattEastman]

I wanted to share this pic of my first black bear. When he first came into the bait, I thought it was an elk for a split second. He tricked me the first night, but on the second night, I was fortunate enough to get him.

The second pic is of my first bear with a recurve. Not very big guy, but I was extremely happy to get him with traditional equipment.

 

[justin davis]

Dang that is a crazy looking bear!

 

[aggieland]

That is wicked looking

 

[amy hanneman]

Weird bear!! Cool!

 

[racatac]

Sweet i never seen a bear like that one.thats gonna make a cool mount

 

[hunt'n'photos]

Awesome colors Matt! Never seen anything like it!

 

[shanevg]

Awesome bear! Did you get a rug made? I would love to see a picture of the rug/mount if you have one.

 

[Evan Williams]

Incredible bears!!! That is one unique color scheme too!! I would have had to do a full body mount on him..congrats.

 

[flytrait]

It looks like it fell head first in a bucket of molasses.

 

[bearguide]

i bet the wildlife biologists would love to see that crazy bear

 

[rebecca francis]

That is a really unusual bear! That's so cool that you got him! Congrats on both, but WOW with the recurve!

 

[MattEastman]

I just got the hide tanned at the time, (just out of college and broke). I need to get something done with it though. If I can, I would love to get a full body mount.

Heading up this weekend to put my bait in. Hopefully we can get some good video and a couple archery kills on film this spring

 

[broncoformudv]

That is one crazy bear! Congrats on the traditional archery cinnamon that is a fine looking bear!

 

[Muleyhunter92]

Awesome bear. Hope you can get him mounted someday.

 

[dholla]

Did this bear get mounted?

 

[Larry Bartlett]

Looks like a cross breed black/griz. We have seen Grolar bears in the northern Alaska, which are genetically grizzly and polar bears. I'd be willing to bet you have a genuine cross breed.

Ask your local F&G to sample it's blood and tissue for DNA identification. I bet they'd do it for free.

larry