archery bear

[jetboat jim]

I'll post the story in a few . managed this bear in region 2.............not real big but only my second bear ever.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r163/jetboatjimmy/hunting2012012.jpg

[The Dawg]

Nice work! Im still working on getting my first archery! Well done!

[TheProvider]

COngrats, a great bear for a second and a great bear with the bow

[tomahawk]

Any animal taken by archery is a trophy!! Good goin!!

[91Jason91]

great job man its alot of fun getting a bear with a bow congradz

[Buckwheat]

congrats on the bear, who cares if its not the biggest bear, its meat in the freezer! lol

[killman]

Nice Bear. Congrats!

[redthorn]

Nicely Done. And I'm pretty sure I recognize that clearing/gravel pit. Still a decent looking bear with no hair rubbed out. Sow or Boar?

[nolimits]

Good for you. Such a nice bear. Congrats.

[jetboat jim]

well only my second year of hunting......

on friday I had the afternoon off and gave my buddy a call , he was good to go. so off we went to a region spot we have spent some time in this year, we were trying to get him his first animal with the bow.

we spent a few hours hiking a few spur roads and not seeing much , we decided one more road that i have seen a few bears on , he decided to stop and have a "smoke" and just sit and wait for some action..............I walked another km up the road..

after scanning the clear cut for 20 mins i spotted movement about 100 yards down the road, seems I was looking too far away .

the bear was just coming up the slash onto the deactivated road, i waited for the right times to close the distance and withe wind in my favour it was quite easy .

he popped into a "ditch" to eat some clovers and i moved into range at 15 yards.....a little closer than I like but the closer the better.

he came out of the ditch and turned broad side, alredy taking range markers i was ready to let the arrow fly.

I hit him just behind the right arm , turned out I took out all the arteries connected to the heart............as he started to run I noticed he started puking blood out of his mouth as he ran , he only ran 25 feet before falling down...........

I never heard the "death moan" on my first bear , but this bear let one out......not a very nice thing to hear.

full pass through with the arrow and it went about another 20 yards and stuck into a log.......400 gn arrows really pack a punch at 70 lbs.

not a monster but really cool hunt and every animal I have taken has been hard earned.

[Bow Walker]

Good looking bear. Nicely written story - not all bunched up into one long sentence. Thanks for that, I wish more people would think a bii and do the same.

70 lbs pushing a heavier arrow hits like a ton of bricks, and does a lot of damage in the process. 15 yards on a bear gives new meaning to "up close and personal".

Nicely done, sir.

[Freshtracks]

Atta boy Jim ... nice to see you're finding good success. Congrats.

John

[fester]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[fearnodeer]

I've never taken anthing with a bow yet but it must be a great feeling, congrats.

[Stéphane]

Congrats, Jim! Hey, did you leave the gut pile by the road near the blocked road (you probably know what I mean by that)? Because I saw a fresh gut pile Friday night, and today, it was totally gone.

I was pretty sick this weekend, so I just went for a few hours on Friday, then I went somewhere else Sat and came back today. Very little bear signs. However, 42 mule deer, and one elk.

[jetboat jim]

ya ,gut pile by the blocked road. did not see much there other than my bear and a few piles of scat.

[Rhyno]

Congrats....any animal with a bow is a good one!

[moose2]

Congrats on your archery bear, it looks good.
Mike