I was set up on the "Plane Crash" on Monday afternoon. It was pretty quiet till the sky opened up with a little bit of thunder. about a half hour after the rain stopped, I had about a 150 lb bear come in. He went back and forth to the bait for about 30 to 40 mins. He moved the barrel slightly so a bear would be at a slight 1/4 away shot.
He walked off. after sitting still for all that time, I had to stand to get some blood flowing back into my legs. as the light started to fade, I looked down and there was a pretty big bear standing under me. He walked to the barrel, then walked off. After about a minute or two, he came back and just laid down with his head in the barrel. The light faded so I couldnt pick out any definition on the bears body. I focused on an imaginary spot right in the middle, drew and released. I couldn't track may arrow but I heard "THWAK!" a bark and a growl, and watched the bear take off like a shot. The release felt good.
Now the shakes began. I shook foir ATLEAST 30 minutes. We found god blood on the arrow and blood pretty high on a few trees. I went back to camp, and Tony said he felt good and wanted to go look for it before the rain came in. We followed blood for about 60 yards when its just about stopped. After replaying it in my mind over and over, I started to doubt everything that had happend.
Tony decided to back out til morning. After not sleeping a wink all night while listinging to the down pour, I got out of bed and got some breakfest. We gathered just about everyone in camp and started out. We started a skirmish line at last blood, when Toby Essick yelled "Thar he is!" The bear wasnt 20 yards from where we stopped looking. I was over come with relief! I couldn't believe it.
The bear weighed in at 365 lbs and was taken with my Black Widow PCH 58" 57# @ 29", CE Heritage shafts tiped with a 125 grn Woodsman with a 125 grn adapter.
The cape measured 6 1/2 ft from nose to tail. Ill give the details on the head when it drys. It should measure over 19". Toby and Roger also put up a new Black Widow bow for biggest bear. I'll be putting my order in soon!!
Topic: Black Widow/Spuapan Mt Bear hunt (Read 397 times)
