Not long Ben I have to get up early and go hunting....
The grizzly tipped arrow (same broadhead that took the first bear in the thread) was on it's way. The lumenock showed the hit as it passed through.Low and tight to the leg.The bear reacted with a grunt and ran a short way before stopping. A few seconds later I heard some rustling. It was the other bear running up to the bait.Hearing nothing else after a 5 minute wait I lowered the bow and took the climbing stand down. The smaller bear was still at the bait 15 yards away. The arrow was a few feet away from the bear. As I took a few steps towards the arrow the bear let me know that the bait was now his. Shined my light on the arrow to check the sign and walked out.
Even when you're confident of the shot it still is a long night with unrecovered game in the woods.
Back at first light with my hunting companions Don and Regina and outfitter Brian Forbes we took up the trail. No blood between the hit and 70 yards where we found.....
The recovery team...
Fortunately we were able to get the rhino right to the bear. It took a tilt bed and all the four of us had to get him loaded.
There is no scale at the lodge so no weight but the hide measures 7'3" from nose to base of tail(unstretched) and the skull measured 20 1/4" green.
My friends also tagged out as the week progressed while I checked baits,called elk and glassed some very nice deer and bears.
Tagging out early has it's perks:)
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