Good looking bear!!!! Shame on that “breeder” who messed up those dogs...
My friend Gene, that I mentioned, passed in 2012...He was an excellent breeder and ranked very high in the National Plott Hound Association...His “Blondie” dog was a National Champion Plott, but was killed in Canada (by a train of all things)...
I got a bear at Haliburton, Ont. in 1978 that dressed at around 400...His lower jaw had been shot off on one side...An Ontario Wildlife Officer told us that bear had been observed for about 4 years and had to eat by laying his head on the side and pushing food into his mouth...He said if his jaw had been healthy, he probably would’ve been close to 600 to 650 lbs...
WOW! Good on you, too! As for me, while I LOVE the sound of the hounds on a hunt, I’ll stay behind and be Camp Cook.
The only kill I’ve ever made (other than a rabid groundhog I had to take out with a shovel, LOL!) was a big, fat doe when I was in my early 20’s. It was a clean shot, a good kill, but I just don’t have the stomach for it.
I’m just a big, tough ex-Army Gal, with a soft heart! Maybe if the deer were shooting back, I’d feel differently...