Is there any advice out there for taking a bear with a bow. Broadheads , distance shot placement etc. I am shooting a 60 pound bow with Montec g5 100grain. Any tips would be appreciated.
Is there any advice out there for taking a bear with a bow. Broadheads , distance shot placement etc. I am shooting a 60 pound bow with Montec g5 100grain. Any tips would be appreciated.
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Any deer set up will work for bears. Your bow/broadheads will be just fine.
IMO, only one shot on bears. Broadside, double lung. Center body height, about 4-5 inches back from elbow. They are not made of steel and will expire quite quickly when double lunged. That said, don't be in a hurry, give em lots of time.
Shot distance is subjective and I'm not interested in starting a debate, but consider this. You are shooting an animal that will be very dangerous if wounded by a bad hit. I suggest if you are a 40/50/60 yards deer/elk shooter to seriously consider decreasing your max shot range on bears. If anything about your shot opportunity is questionable, pass on the shot.
Last edited by Ron.C; 03-11-2023 at 09:33 AM.
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Several years ago I stalked into about 25 yards of had a VERY large vancouver island black bear. As I waited for a shot opportunity, he closed the distance to about at about 12 yards when he finally tuned broadside. I was at full draw and just about to shoot when he winded me. He turned, took a couple steps toward me and started jaw popping and huffing as he emptied his bowels. Did this for about 7-10 seconds. He then turned back broadside and paused for a second before running down into the cut. I was at full draw for all of it.
To this day, I think if I'd loosed that arrow, he would have been on me.
Last edited by Ron.C; 12-20-2023 at 10:42 AM.
You truly are a predator magnet Ron! I still think about the black bear that ran up the hill at us and jumped onto the road about 5 yards from you, at full draw and you let him walk! What I remember most though was the size of the shit eating smile on your face!! LOL. That was suck an awesome mountain, too bad they logged it all.
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hahah, yep. Had some close calls with bears and cats for sure and been quite lucky.
I remember that hunt quite vividly. We saw the bear dropping into a large bowl that was several hundred yards across and quite deep and at the pace it was going figured he was going somewhere with a purpose. We quickly relocated to the far side and set up where we though he may come up out of it. In hind sight, quite amazing give the hundreds of yards he could of re-appeared , but we nailed it. To this day not enrirely sure why I didn't shoot but I think I was waiting for a little bigger bear.
I've replayed that hunt a pile of times and to this day, was about as close as you can get to one without touching it.
Like most of my hunting, the most memorable moments were ones that I let the animal walk.
Last edited by Ron.C; 01-21-2024 at 06:29 PM.
Broad heads have to be super sharp
This is most important with bears to get the blood glowing.. i have had many bears die on impact with a arrow. I had a hard time getting monetec sharp as needed to kill bear.. i use thunderheads.
Thanks for the tips
On Saturday, Brad Jones, 51, killed a 780-pound black bear with bow and arrow in N.C.
- this may be the largest bear killed with a bow and arrow in at least North Carolina.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/heaviest-north-carolina-black-bear/
The biggest wild American black bear ever recorded was a male from New Brunswick, shot in November 1972, that weighed 409 kg (902 lb) after it had been dressed, meaning it weighed an estimated 500 kg (1,100 lb) in life and measured 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in) long.
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