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: IPutMoInYoA

New Today: 0

New Yesterday: 0

Overall: 13131

People Online:

Members: 0

Visitors: 148

BOT: 1

Total: 149

Who Is Where:

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

BOT:
01: Home

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!

Coppermine Stats

Photo Albums

• Albums: 308
• Pictures: 2452
  · Views: 824614
  · 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) (17175 reads) [ Administration ]