So there I was, surrounded, and down to my last sandwich...

[Looper]

As I was standing there considering my next move, my attention moved to the inordinate amount of tracks along the edge of the field.  Plenty of deer tracks, some extremely large and probably from that big buck I've been after all season.  Lots of doe and yearling tracks, some coyote, some big ol' hound dog, and something surprising.

At first I wasn't sure what I was seeing.  They were in the bottom of a furrow and weren't very clear.  However, as soon as it had stepped in the plowed ground it became abundantly clear what left the tracks.

That's a pretty good-sized black bear.  I followed his tracks for about 500 yards across the field.  He was munching on corn as he made his way up alongside the river.  He ought to be a bigun come hibernation time.  Those tracks had to have been made the day before, on Friday.  Some of his tracks were on top of the footprints I left Thursday afternoon.

That's the end of this bedtime story.  Hopefully the next one will involve an actual bowhunting accomplishment.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Thanks for that Looper, it sure was a fun read! Good luck! It sounds like a great spot!

[heydeerman]

You got skills Looper. I enjoyed that.

[Elkchaser]

That was a great read. Very well done.
Thanks Looper.

[David Mitchell]

 Thanks much for taking us along on a fun time.

[jcar315]

Thanks for sharing.

[Whip]

Great stuff!  That's a good example for all of us on how to turn an ordinary day with things going wrong into high adventure  

[Mudd]

You are one talented story teller.

You officially have another fan after reading your adventure. I kept thinking "that could've been me, if only he could have been a little louder"...lol

Thanks for sharing with us.

God bless,Mudd

[rastaman]

Great read!  i thoroughly enjoyed myself!

[Gatekeeper]

Great story telling! I'm enjoying this.  

[Mike Vines]

very interesting read.

[ksbowman]

Good read, keep it coming.

[Longbow Jake]

Alright your off the hook now it was worth the weight        

[Traddict]

Great read! Thanks for sharing.

[S.C. Hunter]

Looper, great story. Where is the Dark corner you refer to in S.C. is it Moncks corner? I grew up in Bamberg and this area sounds like the areas I hunted in Bamberg, Branchville and Ehrhardt. Big bear track hope you get a chance at that one.

[bad arrow]

Keep the stories coming, and it doesn't mean that it has to have kill pictures either. That was really good....Phil

[Looper]

The Dark Corner is in the very northwest corner of Greenville County.  Years ago, it was inhabited by folks that rarely ventured into town and were known to be moonshiners and bootleggers.  The city folk named the area the "Dark Corner of South Carolina", an area of uncivilized and uncouth people.

My hunting property is in Pickens County.

[neargeezer]

Not quite as good as messing things up for myself, but it sure flowed better and kept my interest better.

[bad arrow]

Keep the stories coming, and it doesn't mean that it has to have kill pictures either. That was really good....Phil

[S.C. Hunter]

Looper, I have a good idea where you are now. I had a brother in-law that lived in Simpsonville not too far from there I guess.