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MS 091 Box C.1

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Claude D. Stock and W.E. Dolloff killed one of the largest brown bears in Jackson Hole, WY, Mid-1930s ?

 File — Container: MS 091 Box C.1, Folder: P.91.23
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....a picture of one of the largest bears ever killed in the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming. The two hunters surprised the bear in a small clearing on Buffalo Creek and at 150 yards the brute turned to fight. It took three shots from high-powered rifles to put the animal down for keeps. The bear measured a fraction over six feet from tip to tip and weighed slightly over 700 pounds.

Dates: Mid-1930s ?