Don't know about that pie bringing in a trophy Darryl but it got me back for a return trip
Hope your fall season goes well.
..A last look around before climbing down.There was a black colored,brown snouted bear on the same trail as before.I raised the bow back up not nocking an arrow as I assumed it was the bear from earlier. The bear could see the bow going up but due to the cover could not see where it went.I was hoping to spook the bear off without giving my postition away.Bear stopped and sat down for a few minutes then took the same path to the bait as before.Not really paying any attention to the bear I'm standing there squashing bugs as quietly as possible hoping he won't be there long. After what seemed like an hour but was probably only a few minutes another bear appeared under my tree.
Wait a minute! That looks like the bear from earlier?
I look back at the bear at the bait
OH MY GOD!!!
This bear is sitting down behind the upright barrel scooping out of the hole in the top.
My primary goal for this hunt was a color phase bear of which there are many in the area but also any black over 400#
This bear easily surpassed that..
Now how to nock an arrow without the bear at the base of my tree spooking. Well I almost made it. The bear spooked,spooking the larger bear but neither ran far. As the big bear came back to the bait he gave me a good appreciation for how large he was.He once again sat down behind the barrel and fed. The smaller bear inched closer to 20 feet from the larger bear. The big bear came around from behind the barrel and turned broadside.....