I got down there about noon...Sat in my stand for 3 hours or so..
I watched the wind bow UP the road,then DOWN the road...It blew THIS way,then THAT way..I was SURE that everything in the area knew exactly where I was...LOL
Took off sneaking the little roads again...
About 4:00 I looked down and, BEAR!!!
Zoomed in..
Pretty sure it is a sow...
Anyway,I know better,but decided to try a stalk...Had to go back to the top,cross over to her side of the ridge and drop in on her...She looks like she is in the open,but it is a small area and there are several hundred yards of nasty coast brush and STEEP ground to get down to her...Took about 40 minutes and she was gone..Probably just fed on out...Even if she was still there it would have still been a impossible shot..There never was much of a chance,but hey,ya gotta try...
Hard climb back to the top...
Hiked on out to another road I wanted to sneak..Only about 1/2 hour light left...I just started out when I spotted a bear walking toward me on the road...He seemed to spot me about the same time,but didn't seem to know what I was...
He just stood there for the longest time,about 60 yards or so, just watching...It was getting dark and I had to do something,so I kissed at him a couple times...Well,he didn't like that,turned,went back up the road a bit,then dropped off..I hurried up there and peeked over the edge...I could see bits of him through the brush,but just not enough to shoot at...He was kinda on the small side anyway...
Best day yet..