The Shot....
Thursday was slow. All there was to watch were birds and squirrels until well into the evening.
At about 8:50 PM a bear comes in. He immediately lays down to eat off of the ground for a while. he was facing me on the far side of the clearing. The bait barrel was between us directly in line. Eventually he decided to stand up and approach the bait barrel. He was very confident and walked straight to the barrel and started eating off of the top. Except for his head and shoulders, his entire body was behind the barrel.
As he was eating, another bear approached but stayed in the bush. That bear started huffing and walking back and forth, but the bear on the bait was clearly in charge and unwilling to give any ground. He just kept eating.
The bear in the bush started to circle and make noise. The bear on the bait reacted by looking toward the interloper, and then turning away from him as if to say, "You are not the boss bear here. I am"
That gave me a good view of the bear at the bait. He was almost as tall as the bait barrel, but he was not carrying a lot of fat. He had a big, blocky head.
And....he was BROADSIDE with all 4 feet on the ground. He turned a bit to look over his right shoulder at the other bear. I picked a spot and let the arrow go.
The arrow hit exactly where I was looking. The bear ran about 25 yards. Then a moment of silence. Then he let out a moan and it was over.
No blood trail was needed. I could see the lighted nock clearly. It was 9:33 PM.
When we skinned him there was not an ounce of fat on him. It was clear that the rut had started and he had already run off all of his fat.
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