Bear Gun...........Opinions Needed

[Mike Brooks]

This is a tough one becuase bears are notoriously hard to draw, at least and look good.  Not much more than a big black lump.

I've been trying to come up with a folk-art/minimalistic representation of a bear for awhile now, and it always ends up looking like a pig at best.

It mustn't look like a Real animal, if it does, it's wrong, if you know what I mean.

Great way of putting it.

I guess you're stuck hunting pigs then.

[WKevinD]

Reminds me of a time some 25-30 years ago my friend Mike and I were invited to a bear hunt in central PA. We jumped in the truck drove three hours south parked at the camp and changed into our hunting outfits and knocked on the door. We had our guns, horns and bags and were in our birthday suits ready for bare hunting. Had quite a time.

Kevin

[Pukka Bundook]

Mike, In another time and place, you could have been the Court Jester!  LOL!

[OldMtnMan]

Due to the difficulty of getting this right and not ruining the stock by carving something inappropriate on it. I've decided to make a bear hunting horn instead. Maybe making 3 horns with deer, bear, and elk on them. I can grab the horn to fit the animal i'm hunting.

The idea of concentrating on bears exclusively appeals to me. However, I know me and when it comes time to put in for tags that i'll try for bear, elk, and deer. I hadn't considered if I only put in for bear that I might not get it. Anything can happen in the draw.

It's been an interesting thread and I appreciate all your comments. It made me think of things I hadn't considered.

[Mike Brooks]

Knowing myself all too well, I'd get ready to go elk hunting and end up unknowingly grabbing the bear horn because I'm not wearing my glasses and only discover this when I get ready to load...….have to drive all the way back home then and get the right horn. Just too big a chance for an error for me.

[Osprey]

You could do a record horn.  My hunting horn I made flat paneled for the whole body, with panels to record the sika and whitetails I've shot with my longrifles.  Nifty to look at after a few years.  Only thing I have separate is the horn for smoothbore/turkey hunting becuase I use FF in that one and FFF in the rifle horn.

[Steve Patterson]

You conld spend hours following rabbit holes and refining this search


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[OldMtnMan]

You conld spend hours following rabbit holes and refining this search


https://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-samsung&biw=600&bih=352&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=hXMWXOnmENbA0PEPsf2kyAk&q=antique+bear+hunting+art&oq=antique+bear+hunting+art&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...4365.20802..28449...0.0..0.711.2628.0j10j5-1j1......0....1.........30i10j0i8i13i30j0i8i30j0i24.SjR3vgsEEs8

Wow! That's some good stuff. Thanks.

[OldMtnMan]

Knowing myself all too well, I'd get ready to go elk hunting and end up unknowingly grabbing the bear horn because I'm not wearing my glasses and only discover this when I get ready to load...….have to drive all the way back home then and get the right horn. Just too big a chance for an error for me.

LOL..I'll probably do that too.

[OldMtnMan]

You could do a record horn.  My hunting horn I made flat paneled for the whole body, with panels to record the sika and whitetails I've shot with my longrifles.  Nifty to look at after a few years.  Only thing I have separate is the horn for smoothbore/turkey hunting becuase I use FF in that one and FFF in the rifle horn.

I use the same load for all the game I hunt, so that makes it easier. Even if I grab the wrong one the powder will be right.

[Elnathan]

I guess you're stuck hunting pigs then.

Alas, one of the reasons why I'm interested in drawing bears on stuff is because my family name references bears...I suppose I could change my name, but "bold as a pig" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Pukka Bundook]

Elnathan,
Neither does it cross well with the Indian name, "Ten Bears".  "Ten Pigs"  sends a whole different message!

[Daryl]

10 pigs!!!!!!!!!!!LOLOLOLOL

[OldMtnMan]

Lotta Pork!