May 06, 2014
Larry Fitzgerald and some pals were moose hunting near Fairbanks, Alaska, when they came across fresh bear tracks in the snow. Three hours later, the auto body man had taken down the grizzly that left the prints, an enormous bruin that stood nearly 9 feet tall and earned Fitzgerald a place in the record books. Click here for more.
Larry Fitzgerald and some pals were moose hunting near Fairbanks, Alaska, when they came across fresh bear tracks in the snow. Three hours later, the auto body man had taken down the grizzly that left the prints, an enormous bruin that stood nearly 9 feet tall and earned Fitzgerald a place in the record books.
Although Fitzgerald shot the bear last September, Boone and Crockett, which certifies hunting records, has only now determined the grizzly, with a skull measuring 27 and 6/16ths inches, is the biggest ever taken down by a hunter, and the second largest grizzly ever documented. Only a grizzly skull found by an Alaska taxidermist in 1976 was bigger than that of the bear Fitzgerald bagged.
Fitzgerald brought down the bear from 20 yards, with one shot to the neck from his Sako 300 rifle. He said he knew from the tracks he was on the trail of a massive grizzly, but only learned this week that he held a world record.
“We knew it was big,” he said. “It was a rush.”
Bears are scored based on skull length and width measurements, and Missouloa, Mont.-based Boone and Crockett trophy data is generally recognized as the standard. Conservationists use the data to monitor habitat, sustainable harvest objectives and adherence to fair-chase hunting rules.
Richard Hale, chairman of the Boone and Crockett Club’s Records of North American Big Game committee, said it was unusual that such a massive grizzly would be taken near a a city.
“One would think that a relatively accessible area, with liberal bear-hunting regulations to keep populations in line with available habitat and food, would be the last place to find one of the largest grizzly bears on record,” said Hale.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game instituted grizzly hunting regulations to help balance and control the bears’ preying on moose. Although baiting is allowed under the regulations, Fitzgerald stalked his trophy.
Grizzlies are currently federally protected in the Lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act, but thriving populations have prompted regulators to consider de-listing them, said Hale.
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Why is this even saluted ..? Disgusting hunter killing this magnificent being for his glorification … Boycott world records of killing our wild !
Very sad …
Another major piece of shit out bagging wildlife…
Yes, why kill this bear, magnificent creature. Let them live! Sad state, example of human behavior. Sad news!!! I feel better when the great creatures, including the top predators of the world are alive and thriving. Bad humans!!
Another Elmer Fudd Nimdrod hero! He aimed a gun, likely scoped, at an animal not playing his sport and pulled the trigger; then took the usual ignoramus, redneck photo opportunity to present himself as a hunter, a sportsman, a Jeremiah Johnson Wannabee, Elmer Fudd Nemrod; a hunter conservationist, “managing” the bear population. This healthy bear contradicts the need for management. If he was not fed well by a balanced ecology, he would not be so healthy. The redneck behind the bear is the one needing management.
If that’s your claim to fame you’re pretty pathetic.
What a totally vile, useless human being. He is everything I despise: cruel, stupid, arrogant, ignorant, clueless. I wish him every misfortune possible.
Douchebag.
Yep
How awful. Wouldn’t it be better to have let this wonderful,unique bear live instead of destroying it and any progeny forever? What makes this guy so special that he can do that? I just don’t understand it, and it is even more ‘unsustainable’ in our times of overpopulation, decreased habitat and climate change.
Too bad this beautiful animal could not shoot back – this sorry excuse for a human does not deserve to breath the same air as this animal did !
Did he have a license to hunt bear??
He might have had a bear tag to carry along just in case, but the fact that it was “legal” doesn’t make it forgivable.
Unless your family needs the foods to survive leave the animals alone. Larry is a coward and a terrible human!!! Leave the weapons at home next time Larry and then we’ll see what happens, oh ya forgot you were a coward!
How could someone be proud of this?!?! I just do not understand how it is impressive to shoot a defenseless majestic animal for thrills. So sad:(
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Perhaps the next time this mush-brain is out hunting, another grizzly (who remembers what he did) will take him out–nice and slow.