Going to try for 1st Archery bear tomorrow

[bochunk2000]

I'll give'er a try tomorrow, with my bow. I'll be hunting with 444 Marlin for the first time. It will be nice to get out with someone new.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Steve.

[J_T]

Good luck Steve.

[Mr. Dean]

go git'em.

[Bow Walker]

How'd you do Steve?

[interceptor]

Good Luck Lads,

Let us know how you go eh.

Cheers Noel

[bochunk2000]

How'd you do Steve?


Hahaha Tomorrow.....

[bsa30-06]

Good luck.....lookin forward to pictures of your sucess.

[BowSitter]

Hope you have a great day Steve!!

[bochunk2000]

Well we had a great day! But came home empty handed. We saw 25+ elk including to bulls with last year's head gear. One had onlt one side the other had both. We saw 7-8 deer and 2 bears. One little guy in the morning and a good one in the afternoon. We spooted him from way up a hill and went down to put on a stalk. As we were looking for him where he was last seen I spotted him on the other side of the old road he was feeding on. We got down into a ditch to see what he would do next. He was coming towards us so I set up for him to pass by. Half way to us he stopped to eat some grass...broadside. We ranged him and it showed 67 yrds. I got up out of the ditch and ranged him again as it seemed a lot closer than that. We must have hit something behind him when we lasered him the first time as he was only 45 yrds away. As I got ready to draw he turned to face us. Now I'm out in the open. He looked for a bit and then raised his nose for a sniff...nothing wind was in our favour. Still staring at me he was moving his head sideways to get a better look....GONE! down over the bank in a heartbeat. I went up to where he went over and he was there on a log. No Shot. I watched for a while waiting to see if he would turn. Nope He buggered off. A great chance but not to be that day. I thought in hind sight that I should have been more patient and waited for him to pass by. But in retrospect just as he buugered off the last time a pick up lumbered up this road. He would have been scared off. It was also really close to last light. I will definitley be headed out again.
I would wait a couple of weeks as most of the hills are socked in with Snow..2feet. We got snowed on and rained on most of the day. I had a great time hunting with 444 marlin as well.
Steve

[Mr. Dean]

Better luck next time.
Still sounds like a nice day though.

[BigBanger]

Sounds like fun , cant wait .