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Author Topic: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day  (Read 17403 times)

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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #60 on: September 04, 2018, 11:01:46 PM »
I think it is super cool, and I wanna do it too!!!!!!!

Can’t wait to see the pics!

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Offline Trumpkin the Dwarf

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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #61 on: September 04, 2018, 11:02:43 PM »
Yeah... I am going to agree with the others. You're nuts! Now you have me wanting to follow in your footsteps!
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #62 on: September 04, 2018, 11:03:51 PM »
"and I wanted to get close"

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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #63 on: September 04, 2018, 11:07:56 PM »
I am taking notes.  This exact scenario is my bucket list hunt, whether I survive or not.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #64 on: September 04, 2018, 11:14:02 PM »
Okay, I’m hooked!  :notworthy:
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #65 on: September 05, 2018, 12:18:18 AM »
Ha ha ... it’s crazy enough with a big bore rifle backing you up.
This is a new level here. Wow  :campfire:
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #66 on: September 05, 2018, 12:30:59 AM »
All at once it seemed (1) my arrow appeared going thru the brush on the other side of the bear, (2) I thought "wow that slipped right thru him", (3) the bear snapped to his left at the arrow then snapped right and locked his eyes onto me, (4) the big sob came for me.
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"Have I not commanded you ? Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9

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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #67 on: September 05, 2018, 12:34:15 AM »
I'm a think it thru kindof guy, and had decided well ahead of time what I would do given different situations and reactions from a bear.
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Prior to crossing the creek, I had racked a round into the chamber of the DA/SA 10mm semiauto strapped to my left (string hand side) hip.  Safety off, hammer down.
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"Have I not commanded you ? Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9

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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #68 on: September 05, 2018, 12:38:44 AM »
No remembrance of drawing the gun, just of firing 2 quick shots well over him but in his direction.
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It worked, he veered off 2 1/2 steps from me (my steps) and ran off thru the willows, back the way he came.
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It all happened incredibly fast. Incredibly.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #69 on: September 05, 2018, 12:46:54 AM »
Watched him run off.  My first clue was that as he ran, he was raising his front half up and swiveling his head around, like, what just happened (and I imagine his ears were ringing).
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Checked his tracks near me in the mud, no blood. No blood back to where he had been digging. No blood or hair at the site.
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Thankfully, after some searching, I found my arrow stuck in the mud& sand; clean as a whistle.

I had missed !  Thirteen yards...  Don't think I hit any brush, just shot too quickly I guess. Man.
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Although, with some retrospect, if I had hit him maybe I wouldn't have been able to shoosh him away from me.  I dunno.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #70 on: September 05, 2018, 02:21:13 AM »
A few quick pics.
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A front track as he was leaving.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #71 on: September 05, 2018, 02:22:45 AM »
Same track with my size 11 felt packs for comparison.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #72 on: September 05, 2018, 02:26:59 AM »
And the scene.
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I'm standing about where I shot from.  The bear was just past the first thin brush line, partly in the little opening in the middle.
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That was all of the excitement for the day, the first day of hunting.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #73 on: September 05, 2018, 03:20:49 AM »
Nice!!
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #74 on: September 05, 2018, 05:55:52 AM »
Everybody misses once in a while.   Hopefully youll get another chance
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #75 on: September 05, 2018, 08:07:56 AM »
THIS. STORY. ROCKS!
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #76 on: September 05, 2018, 08:11:52 AM »
Wow, incredible adventure. I hunted AK twice, both float hunts, saw tons of fresh bear sign along the rivers, even walked up on a buried moose carcass, but luckily the owner was not guarding it at the time. No other live bear encounters though. Can't imagine the adrenaline rush you had going on at such close range. You're living on the edge for sure. Hopefully you'll get another chance to close the deal.
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #77 on: September 05, 2018, 08:21:02 AM »
Id love to do it with an osage bow and a stone point....preferably with a 45-70 back up :-)
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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #78 on: September 05, 2018, 08:33:20 AM »
Wow, that's awesome! I would love to do this someday. Hopefully you get another chance!
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Offline Soonerlongbow

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Re: Into a willow bar with a grizzly bear on a fall day
« Reply #79 on: September 05, 2018, 09:16:13 AM »
I do believe I would STILL be changing my underwear!
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