Here is a link to the story I wrote for Big Game Adventures...

http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/jlu3947/hinchbear.html

i think that the bear taken on hitchinbrook is., is an outstanding trophy. for guys that like big bears, i took a bear that is even bigger in some ways and have it on video.

taken on afognak is. oct., 1997
age; by tooth extraction at 24 y.o.a.
nose to base of tail 10'
frt paw to frt. paw 11'10"
sq; 10'10" no stretch
s.c.i. score, gold medal at 28 3/16
b.c. at 96 days 28 1/16
wt. est. 1,800 lbs.
stomach girth 81"
front claws 5 1/4"
front paw 9 5/8"
won n. american hntg club rifle b.b. award for 1997
articles in n.y. post and outdoor life
captured on video eating an adult roosevelt elk

d.c. expediters said " biggest bodied bear ever to go thru their shop and dick gunlogson saw it and said it was the biggest framed bear he ever saw."

bear took 5 fatal hits from a .340 wthby mag, 250 n.p.

cold zero

Give us some pics Cold Zero.

Getting cabin fever up north.

Cold Zero

Did you take your bear on native land or on private land? I drew a permit 1 1/2 years ago for Afognak, but ended up not hunting the island.

Cold zero, when you took the bear with the 340 Weatherby, was that factory ammo or reloaded? If reloaded, what was the load?

Recently started reloading 340 Weatherby, only shot 225gr bullets so far.

sputster;
that was wthby. factory ammo 250 gr. n.p..

i have no complaints with the ammo, despite the necessity of all 5 shots. bullet performance was textbook and expected. still use the n.p. to this day. when the day finally comes that something i hit with a n.p. gets away. i may switch to something else, like a swift a frame, barnes xlc, never a trophy bonded bear claw though. wthby factory ammo is really good for factory ammo.

good luck.

cold zero