My dad and my older brother just came back from Arviat, where they were polar bear hunting. My dad had the tag, my brother was there to do the filming. My dad took a 9'3" bear on the third day of their hunt. Live weight was estimated to be somewhere in the 800-900 pound range. Skull was 26", one inch short of Boone and Crockett.

There are some pictures at
http://community.webshots.com/user/notorious_vee

Click on Scott's Polar Bear.

wow great pictures! what kind of gun did your father use to shoot that bear? how much was the tag for the bear?

he was shooting a .338 mag. Thought about bumping up to a .375 but the .338 did the job well. I believe the tag for the bear ran somewhere in the $18,000-$20,000 US dollar range.

great looking animal....also some fine pictures. They sure are a pretty creature!!

Congrats. to your dad, nice bear, and nice pics!!

that was one sure big exit wound..

Congrats to your dad and brother! That's one heck of a nice bear. Did they use dogs on the hunt, or hunt over bait or just spot and stalk? One of my goals in life is to down one of them with a bow, but it ain't gonna happen for a long time with that 25K price tag.

Great pictures, that's gonna make one nice mount!
ArcticBowMan's Hunting Photo's

Awesome bear, and some great pics. That look like quite an adventure. Congrats to your bro, and dad.

"If you can't change your circumstances then you need to change your perspective."

Arctic; the majority of the hunt was done with dog sled.I think they saw 10 different bears the one day. That's a lot of bears. He had an excellent trip from the sounds of it.

Edited by - James Vee on 11/19/2002 18:05:50

Awesome Congrats to your Dad That had to be a dream come true.