Awe struck tonight on stand (pictures added)!!!

[longarrow]

Josh,
I know the feeling!! Last year while hunting In the high country of Idaho (alone and 60 miles from the nearest town?) I had the biggest black bear I have ever seen, close to 400 lbs!! When he slipped into the open at 23 yards, he looked bigger than a 800 lb elk!!! I was sitting up aganist a tree and when he looked at me....I could see every scar on his broad nose!!! As he stared at me, I will never forget the look on his face or the body movement!!! I decided that 20 yards of air between him and my longbow (with no firearm as backup) He would live another day!!!

[Whip]

Go get him Josh!  It's a good sign that he came back in a second time. #3 is your lucky number!

[Oliverstacy]

Thanks all for reading...we didn't get a bear but went away with great memories and new friends.

First I’d like to thank Pete and his wife for letting us stay with them while we hunted and all the great hospitality they gave us!  Second I’d like to thank Pete and his dad for all the hard work baiting the sites and getting us all set up!  Pete…your dad is in better shape than most half his age and thanks Jimbo for all your help.

I have an all-new appreciation for bears and they way they can sneak and appear/disappear with the greatest of ease.

Here is the bait where I saw the monster bear…the C on the right is where he jumped through as he left.  The bait is only 10 yards at most from the tree.
 

Here is one of the stands I found myself glued to for 13-14 hours.
 

Couple picks of me on stand with and “E” for my daughter Evelyn and “L” for my son Logan.
 

 

Here is one of JD from a text to Pete about the 79 degree heat...

 

We ended up leaving Saturday at about noon and I didn’t get home until 4:30 am on Sunday…long drive.  I’ve been invited back, so someday I hope I can go again.  Duluth has to be one of the nicest cities I have ever been to, reminded me of coastal towns in Alaska built on the side of a giant hill (I’d call it a mountain but some out west would laugh).

Thanks,

Josh

[pete p]

Josh, thanks for the kind words.  I wish we could have sent you guys home with a bear...you guys definitely hunted hard.  You are welcome up here anytime!

[johnnyk71]

i really, really want to do that one day. had a big bear like that sniffing around the garbage can in the GA mountains once. i shot him in the butt with a slingshot loaded with a piece of ice.

one day i'm gonna get one with a longbow. great story!

[bowhunterfrompast]

Congrats    on a great hunt.