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Big, big bear turns out to be years-long target ‘Scar Face’

Big, big bear turns out to be years-long target ‘Scar Face’
Jeff Ritger (l.) and guide Lonnie Nelson celebrate with the harvest of a 616-pound bear in Eau Claire County on Sept. 12. The bear wound up being one Nelson had been after years earlier and nicknamed ‘Scar Face.’ There had been no sign of him on trail cameras for several years until Ritger got him. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Big, big bear turns out to be years-long target ‘Scar Face’
Jeff Ritger (l.) and guide Lonnie Nelson celebrate with the harvest of a 616-pound bear in Eau Claire County on Sept. 12. The bear wound up being one Nelson had been after years earlier and nicknamed ‘Scar Face.’ There had been no sign of him on trail cameras for several years until Ritger got him. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Jeff Ritger had known that the bear was large when he took the shot, but he did not realize how big until he got closer. Even then, the reality of it didn’t set in. He walked back to his stand an...

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