Patch

[rkhinrichs]

Got my patch yesterday! 

[DonBo]

Still got mine, from WAY back.

[jbell1981]

As someone who has never hunted bear, what do you do to get this patch?

[rkhinrichs]

you have to send in a tooth from your bear. Than the dnr tells you the age of your bear. 

[Boar]

Hinrichs soo how old was yur bear?

[rkhinrichs]

2.5

[Sturg]

I too have mine from way back. The 94 bear was a 17yr old sow and the 97 bear was a 2.5 yr old boar whose mother was on a study and he was ear tagged as a cub in the den.  He was born 50 miles from where I shot him. The biologist said this was not uncommon for young boars to go on a long walk about their second year.  To get a patch you had to submit a tooth from the bear.  Bears have mojo!  

[rkhinrichs]

17 years! Holy cow!  What is the average bear age harvested in mn?

[Boar]

i dont know the exact average but .i know.a.17 yr old.sow.is.flipping old. i think the oldest ever.recorded was like 22 yrs dold

[O.T.C.]

That's pretty cool guys thanks for sharing, had no idea about this patch deal and my father in law has taken maybe 20 bears in his life and has never mentioned or I have never seen a patch but now this wkd I can ask him and count em up lol.

[Boar]

sti havent reieved mmy patch. i sent my info in with only acouple day left to do so, cause the registration stations here ont cary the envelope. any one else recive theirs?

[smurfy]

I wouldn't take to heart the accuracy those ages. I seen where 2 teeth from the same animal came back with 2 different ages!!!!!!! 

[Boar]

my second largest beat just over 300, was aged a 3 yrs. i was doubting that but being in farm country, with and abundance of crops to eat and riverbottoms pruducing great habitat. i could the it pssible but i still have my doubts. i figured 5.

[jerkbait]

I have not gotten mine back yet either.

[Boar]

i suppose its all.about those recived first are those that are analized first and sent out. mine was really late, they might have gotten mine a day or two past the the end date.

[Boar]

anyone else get their patch yet. im still waiti.g?

[leechlake]

if you sent a "self addressed" envelope and you wrote the address I'm thinking maybe it could be anywhere?

 

[LindellProStaf]

The bear I got two years ago was 160 lbs and they said it was 1.5 years old.  I am thinking 2.5 years old.  The average sized bear shot in MN is 135 lbs.  

[Boar]

then its probabley in the landfill with ur walleyes

 

[Boar]

4 hours ago, LindellProStaf said:

The bear I got two years ago was 160 lbs and they said it was 1.5 years old.  I am thinking 2.5 years old.  The average sized bear shot in MN is 135 lbs.  

yeah even 1.5 is a second season cub at at 80-100 pounds or.less.

[leechlake]

sounds like three guys at a bar age the teeth.  Makes that 17 year old sow thing questionable.  It would be cool if true though.  

[certified jumbo]

I just got mine in the mail today.  Said my bear was 1 years old.  I find that hard to believe.  Maybe they grow fast. 

The bear I shot 3 years ago they said it was 3 years old, it weighed the same as 1 year old I shot this year.  Who knows.

[LindellProStaf]

On 3/11/2016 at 7:20 PM, Boar said:

i suppose its all.about those recived first are those that are analized first and sent out. mine was really late, they might have gotten mine a day or two past the the end date.

So who has to do that to the bears???   lol

[Boar]

I just got my patch today, my bear feild dressed at 340, so thats a live estimated weight pushing 400 lbs. due to past experienes in actualy weighting gut piles.  so Gershelish said my bear was 3 yrs old. talk. a 2nd year cub is anywhere between 80-100 maybe 120tops. so my bear gaine 280 lbs so to speak, in its 3rd year. sorry dont buy it. lots of grain crops around here but that just seems out of the ball park.

[monstermoose78]

Y'all know that kid who at fifth grade was almost 6 feet tall and over 180 to 200 pounds and people do not believe you they are 11 or 12. At the same age a kid might 5 feet or not even and less than 100 pounds. Genes play huge part of size as does food available for and when the bear was harvested. It is not uncommon for a bear to put on 2 to 5 pounds a day if they have a good food source.