HuntingNut » News » 9 Year Old Girl Takes Record Book Brown Bear

Home • Community Forums • Photo Albums • Register

Modules

• Home - Top 30
• Treasury
• Tell a Friend

Articles: Submit New
• Articles: Topics
• Contact Us
• Community Forums

Members List
• Photo Albums
• PointBlank Ballistics
• PointBlank Online
• Privacy Policy
• Private Messages

Reloading Database
• State F&G Agencies
• Statistics
• Your Account

User Info

Welcome Anonymous

(Register)

Membership:

Latest: patrad69

New Today: 0

New Yesterday: 0

Overall: 13133

People Online:

Members: 0

Visitors: 154

BOT: 1

Total: 155

Who Is Where:

Visitors:
01: Forums
02: Forums
03: Home
04: Forums
05: Photo Albums
06: Forums
07: Home
08: News
09: News
10: News
11: News
12: News
13: Your Account
14: Forums
15: Your Account
16: News
17: Home
18: Forums
19: Photo Albums
20: Forums
21: Forums
22: Forums
23: Photo Albums
24: Home
25: Forums
26: Contact
27: Photo Albums
28: Forums
29: Forums
30: Your Account
31: Forums
32: Home
33: Home
34: Forums
35: Home
36: PointBlank Ballistics
37: Your Account
38: News
39: Your Account
40: Your Account
41: Forums
42: Photo Albums
43: Photo Albums
44: Photo Albums
45: Forums
46: Forums
47: News
48: Forums
49: Your Account
50: Forums
51: Home
52: Photo Albums
53: Forums
54: Forums
55: News
56: Articles: Submit New
57: Your Account
58: Forums
59: Forums
60: Forums
61: Privacy Policy
62: Home
63: Forums
64: Articles: Topics
65: Home
66: Forums
67: News
68: Your Account
69: Forums
70: Your Account
71: Forums
72: News
73: Your Account
74: Forums
75: Home
76: Home
77: Forums
78: Forums
79: Forums
80: Forums
81: Your Account
82: Home
83: Home
84: Your Account
85: Forums
86: Tell a Friend
87: Photo Albums
88: Forums
89: Home
90: Photo Albums
91: News
92: News
93: Your Account
94: Home
95: Home
96: Home
97: Forums
98: Your Account
99: Home
100: Your Account
101: Members List
102: Home
103: Your Account
104: News
105: News
106: Statistics
107: Home
108: Photo Albums
109: Home
110: Forums
111: Your Account
112: Photo Albums
113: Home
114: Forums
115: State F&G Agencies
116: Home
117: Photo Albums
118: Your Account
119: Forums
120: Your Account
121: News
122: Home
123: Forums
124: Home
125: Photo Albums
126: Photo Albums
127: Home
128: Forums
129: Home
130: Home
131: Home
132: Photo Albums
133: Forums
134: Home
135: Home
136: Forums
137: Home
138: News
139: News
140: Photo Albums
141: News
142: News
143: Your Account
144: Your Account
145: Home
146: Home
147: Home
148: Home
149: Home
150: News
151: News
152: Contact
153: Home
154: News

BOT:
01: Home

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!

Coppermine Stats

Photo Albums

• Albums: 308
• Pictures: 2452
  · Views: 825005
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 86

9 Year Old Girl Takes Record Book Brown Bear

If the "biggest bear" is determined as a ratio of the size of the bear to the size of the hunter, Fern Spaulding-Rivers is probably setting records that will never be broken. The 10 year-old from Talkeetna, Alaska has already harvested great trophies of most of Alaska's major game species, and she is a handloading fanatic as well. Fern's larger caliber rifles have a muzzle brake and a recoil pad and she also wears a custom-made padded shooting vest from McCoy Shooting Armor to help her withstand big bore recoil. Fern was carrying her Remington 700 Stainless chambered in .375 H&H while brown bear hunting on the Alaskan Peninsula with her father and mother on May 10th, 2006 (when she was 9 years old).

As the day progressed she and her father saw 11 bears. At one point, they were charged by a pack of wolves, and they had to dispatch some with the nearest at only 8 paces! Later, they spotted a big bruin in a gully at 32 yards. With all the excitement of the day beginning to show, Fern asked Larry to hold her legs steady while she shot because her knees were shaking. Fern rolled the bear with her first shot, but the bruin regained it's footing and tore off across the tundra. Shooting again from a prone position, Fern dropped the behemoth for good with a second 270 grain Barnes Triple-shock at 112 yards. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service measured the bear's hide at 11'4" from nose to tail. The skull has been officially scored at 29 1/16" Boone and Crockett.

What does Fern think of bear hunting? "Do you know how big an 11' bear looks at 30 yds? It's kinda scary! They are about the size of a Volkswagen bus and when they swing their head to look your way they remind you of a T-Rex in Jurassic Park!" Her trophy brown bear now puts her in an elite class. Fern is a tremendous example to young hunters everywhere, and she is a great hunter regardless of her age.

Amazing!

Posted by DallanC on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 (23:46:01) (17229 reads) [ Administration ]