Tank
05-16-2006, 09:34 AM
I was out hunting grizz with" Wiley Coyote" and my dad on saturday, north-east of PG. It was a pretty slow day until we found an old de-activated logging road to walk in on.
It was nice and green, and the number of trees that have fallen across the trail ensured that there was no quad access at all, and it looked like it had been quite a while since anyone had ventured down that way. The old road went about a mile back into a clear-cut that looked perfect for bears. We only saw a couple of bear dumps by the time we had reached the end and were a bit dissapointed considering how great the place looked for bears. We were just finishing glassing the back of the block and getting ready to hike out when a bear popped his head out about 60 yrds ahead of us! He wasn't huge, but was nice chocolate colour with a grey under coat. He looked very dark when facing towards us, but when the sun was on him and he turned away from us he looked almost blonde. I had my bow with me so I tip-toed into about 30 yrds (my self-imposed limit for the shot). I've never tagged anything with a bow before, let alone a bear so my heart was pumpin and my hands were shaking....I almost had a hard time getting a reading with my range finder! As soon as he stepped into the open broad side, slightly quartering away, I let loose with an arrow. It was a little forward of where I was trying to hit but it fully penetrated his right shoulder, both lungs, and exited through the base of his neck, sticking into the dirt on the far side. He let out a "whoosh" sound and spun around bitting his shoulder while I stood as still as I could. The bear turned and ran into the scrub behind him and piled up after only 20 yrds. He was down in less than 5 seconds after the hit and expired only a few seconds later. I was quite impressed with the lethality of the bow and arrow! We were a ways back from the truck and had video camera with us, but no digital....so pics were taken after the pack-out to the truck.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSCN8002.JPG
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSCN7996.JPG
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSCN7998.JPG
It was nice and green, and the number of trees that have fallen across the trail ensured that there was no quad access at all, and it looked like it had been quite a while since anyone had ventured down that way. The old road went about a mile back into a clear-cut that looked perfect for bears. We only saw a couple of bear dumps by the time we had reached the end and were a bit dissapointed considering how great the place looked for bears. We were just finishing glassing the back of the block and getting ready to hike out when a bear popped his head out about 60 yrds ahead of us! He wasn't huge, but was nice chocolate colour with a grey under coat. He looked very dark when facing towards us, but when the sun was on him and he turned away from us he looked almost blonde. I had my bow with me so I tip-toed into about 30 yrds (my self-imposed limit for the shot). I've never tagged anything with a bow before, let alone a bear so my heart was pumpin and my hands were shaking....I almost had a hard time getting a reading with my range finder! As soon as he stepped into the open broad side, slightly quartering away, I let loose with an arrow. It was a little forward of where I was trying to hit but it fully penetrated his right shoulder, both lungs, and exited through the base of his neck, sticking into the dirt on the far side. He let out a "whoosh" sound and spun around bitting his shoulder while I stood as still as I could. The bear turned and ran into the scrub behind him and piled up after only 20 yrds. He was down in less than 5 seconds after the hit and expired only a few seconds later. I was quite impressed with the lethality of the bow and arrow! We were a ways back from the truck and had video camera with us, but no digital....so pics were taken after the pack-out to the truck.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSCN8002.JPG
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSCN7996.JPG
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSCN7998.JPG