I was fortunate enough to get a decent bear last Wednesday hunting with Ron Dare and Bear Track Outfitters. Awesome hunt, just like last year with lots of bear sightings and everyone in camp having opportunities with a 90% going home with a bruin. One of the most exciting bears taken was not the largest but the most unique for sure. Ron has photos of this bear for 4 years carrying this 220 and it was shot 16 miles from the most recent photo 3 days earlier. I helped Ron skin this bear and although the jaw was really buggered up he was obviously feeding and healthy.
I was the only one in camp with a trad bow and most were hunting with rifles so my sanity and the bows ability was in question until my bear went down as quickly as most of the rifle kills.
Sitting on a new bait in a new area that Ron acquired recently I was the first to hunt this area and actually helped set up the bait and hang the stand. Barrel had only been there 1.5 weeks and there were defined bear trails coming in already. First saw this boar at 5:30 and shot him at 7:30 - he was on the bait for 1.5hrs. I decided he was my bear if nothing else came in before he got his fill. As he started away from the bait on the trail he came in on I was able to slip an arrow into the ribs on a strong quartering shot that punched right through taking lungs and heart stopped by the off leg bone. Bear huffed and ran straight away out of site and climbed a big tree before moaning his last sounds and falling out.
I hung my bow up and went to find him while I still had daylight before walking the 2.5 miles out of the bush with a big smile. Took a moment with the bear thanking the Gods of the hunt and snapped a couple pics to show Ron at the truck.
Bow is my little 56" Jess Stuart RMR knock off recurve 45@25". Arrow was an AD Trad Lite with a Wensel Woodsman on the business end.
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