 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
Idaho's Archery Information Source |
|
Stories : Backcountry Black Bears ~ Day 4 >>
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Day 4 TuesdayDay 4 of our hunt was fairly uneventful. I spent much of the day trying to get my head out of yesterdays poor shot. I spent quite a bit of time practicing with my bow. While on stand I didn't see any bears. I thought I heard something at one point, but could not be sure what it was. Before leaving the stand I shot a couple practice arrows to help me get the feel of the height of the tree. The shots were good making me feel much better and ready for another bear. On my way back down the trail to camp I hear a dog barking and figured one of the guys had shot a bear. As it turned out Josh had shot a bear. The bear had spotted Josh as he drew his bow and started to back away. Josh's arrow appeared to be right on target to Josh and his first words to his Dad (Mike) who was with him was that it was a perfect hit. Mike could see that the arrow had penetrated up to the feathers but he could not tell about the angel from his position in the tree. They looked hard for the bear but could not find anything other than the fletch end of the arrow that had broken off. Bryce, Benton and I didn't see any bears tonight. The Food
|
|
 |
I have to take a little time here to say something about how well we were taken care of on our trip. Here you can see Margaret our camp cook and Tara who helped her all week. It was always amazing to me that here we were ten miles from the nearest source of civilization and I was eating like never before. Breakfast, lunch and dinners were absolutely delirious. I have always thought food tasted better when out in the wood which generally is due to the fact that you are exerting so much energy and effort into just being in the outdoors. Well we weren't exerting much effort on this hunt, but rather had these two lovely |
| ladies preparing things like sausage, pancakes and eggs for breakfast, pasta and soups for lunch, chicken, potatoes and steak that was out of this world for dinner. You know you are being taken care of when in the middle of Gods country you hare being served strawberry shortcake one night, and other nights three different kinds of pie. They say that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach, well if that is the case then these ladies have a special place in the hearts of six very grateful bowhunters. Thanks Margaret and Tara - it was great! |  |
|
|
|
