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Stories : Backcountry Black Bears ~ Day 3 >>
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Day 3 MondayThe View - The Taking the shot
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We woke up early this morning and took some more pictures of Benton's bear, and watched Ralph and Larry prep the hide. Its obvious that these guys have had plenty of experience at this task. We made our way into our stands around 4:00pm today. I got to ride a different horse (daisy) and didn't have any problems with my bow like last night. The wind on the stand was quite a ride. It felt like being on an amusement ride. Nothing happened until 8:30pm when I saw a jet black bear down below my stand. I lost sight of it and then just a few minutes later it was right below my stand. From the first moment I saw this bear I new I wanted him. He was jet black and the hide was full and shiny. As the bear approached the bait I prepared for the shot. The bear presented me with a slightly quartering away shot. I drew my bow, aimed and released. | ||
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The arrow appeared to have gone right over the shoulder of the bear turning him into a jet black rocket that departed like the wind. After about fifteen minutes I heard a strange sound and as I listened I realized the bear was still down the hill about 60 yards. The sound I was hearing was a woof sort of warning sound I believe. Like the bear was trying to figure out what had just stung him and was trying to decide if he should come back up. I climbed out of the tree still kicking myself for such a poor shot and knowing that I had just educated that bear and more than likely would never see him again. The other guys all saw bears from their stands, but no shots were taken. Bryce had a bear coming in but it spotted him in his stand and moved away. Mike saw a nice bear near where he was sharing a stand with his youngest son Josh but the bear decided not to come into the bait. Benton had on walk down the trail near his stand and stopped for a smell near where his first bear had expired, and then the bear just continued down the trail. Larry had a small bear come in and he chose to video the bear and not shoot him.
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