Bear ages??????

Nw dukn · 01-16-2009, 07:33 AM

Well I see that people are getting back cards from ODFW on how old their bears are shot this last season in the spring..Has anybody recieved a card from one that was shot in the fall over on the east side?? I am still waiting for mine..When I took it to the biologist in Lagrande he said that it was not that old right around 7/8 years but he had never seen a bear this big for being so young..It weighed over 500 lbs. and has a scull measured out at 20 7/8''.I cant wait to see the age..

StinkyFish · 01-16-2009, 07:38 AM

I rec my card in october for my spring bear taken in 07 from the Weneha unit. 4 years old. Not a big bear but my first.

salmonfisher77 · 01-16-2009, 03:58 PM

My buddy is still waiting on last springs info!

jjelkhorn · 01-16-2009, 05:20 PM

I didn't get mine and the wifes bear age cards that we shot the first of August 07' till December 08'. Got the age card for the deer I shot in late December 07' back early October 08'. So I guess you probably won't see anything till summer 09' at the earliest. I'm hoping they are faster too, I shot a bear the 1st of August that scored 20 7/8" also. Have trail cam pics from the year before of him and would like to know how old.

Nw dukn · 01-16-2009, 05:44 PM

Thanks for all the info..

Diver Killer · 01-21-2009, 03:15 PM

I just got my spring bear results last week. Probably be months before fall stuff starts getting mailed out. Mine was a 7 year old boar, which surprised me 'cause he wasn't very big, although he had an abcessed bullet wound in a hind leg. Hunted 4 days in the Blues....saw two young (probably yearling) cougars and 21 bear.

MarlinMark · 01-21-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nw dukn

Well I see that people are getting back cards from ODFW on how old their bears are shot this last season in the spring..Has anybody recieved a card from one that was shot in the fall over on the east side?? I am still waiting for mine..When I took it to the biologist in Lagrande he said that it was not that old right around 7/8 years but he had never seen a bear this big for being so young..It weighed over 500 lbs. and has a scull measured out at 20 7/8''.I cant wait to see the age..

Have you had your skull measured since drying time? I remember your origional post. Cool story.

Have a pleasant evening,

Mark

Nw dukn · 01-21-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MarlinMark

Have you had your skull measured since drying time? I remember your origional post. Cool story.

Have a pleasant evening,

Mark

No I have not, I am going to call the taxidermist next week and probably go get it officially measured because I believe the drying period is 60 or 90 days..

DakotaTheKiller · 01-21-2009, 08:09 PM

I have no idea, but nice Bear!

mtn300 · 01-22-2009, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Diver Killer

I just got my spring bear results last week. Probably be months before fall stuff starts getting mailed out. Mine was a 7 year old boar, which surprised me 'cause he wasn't very big, although he had an abcessed bullet wound in a hind leg. Hunted 4 days in the Blues....saw two young (probably yearling) cougars and 21 bear.

Did you have two guys help you pack it out ? I helped a guy pack out a bear in the spring that had a bad leg it smelled so bad it would make you sick.

Old Goat · 01-22-2009, 06:20 AM

Shot a deer one year that had a wound in his leg in the fleshy rump. There was a smell inside his gut cavity that I will never forget. He did not make it to the freezer. I think it was gangreen.

oregoncritters12 · 01-22-2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Nw dukn

No I have not, I am going to call the taxidermist next week and probably go get it officially measured because I believe the drying period is 60 or 90 days..

It is 60 days...

The bear i shot last year wa 17...They get way older though..

ommedia · 01-22-2009, 08:48 AM

NW Dunkin-

PM if you need to find a measurer. The drying period is 60 days after the flesh is off of the skull.

We've been measuring a lot of animals this past 2 months, the sooner you measure the better the score over time!

OMmedia

mtn300 · 01-22-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver Killer

I just got my spring bear results last week. Probably be months before fall stuff starts getting mailed out. Mine was a 7 year old boar, which surprised me 'cause he wasn't very big, although he had an abcessed bullet wound in a hind leg. Hunted 4 days in the Blues....saw two young (probably yearling) cougars and 21 bear.

I think this is Divekiller and his bear.

Diver Killer · 01-23-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mtn300

I think this is Divekiller and his bear.

Yeah...that's me alright. PM me...I have a present to mail to you for helping pack. Keep forgetting to do it.

Nw dukn · 01-23-2009, 06:19 PM

Thanks everyone for the information..