Got him back from the taxidermist today and also had the good fortune of dropping my sons bear off as well. My son took a great little bear a few weeks ago that has a coat and color unlike anything I have ever seen, a very deep chocholate/gray color with really thick and long fur, neither bears have any bald spots. First two pics are mine and the next three are of my sons, we have a lot of pics before the shot but very few after. Both bears were taken with a 325WSM at closer ranges 90 yards and about 25 yards, the first one took three shots before he stopped getting up the second took 1 and it was lights out. My son took this one in SE Alaska the first day of hunting, it turned out to be the best legal black bear we saw the entire time. Had a close call with a large Brownie that I will post up sometime this week.