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Idaho's Archery Information Source |
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Stories : Backcountry Black Bears ~ Day 5 >>
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Day 5 WednesdayRalph and Mike went out again this morning to look for Josh's bear, but were unable to follow the trail much more than a hundred yards. Its been a mystery with this bear and spirits are a little low, but hopefully today will be better for us. Larry and Bryce have headed out early today to see if the bears that have been hitting their baits have been coming in the mornings. When they returned at about noon they had not seen anything. Mike, Bryce and Josh went out early with Ralph to go up higher on the ridge from Benton and I. Bryce and his Bear!The bear first appears and Bryce starts the process that all bowhunters go through as they begin to prepare for that oh so rare shot. Bryce has taken many game animals with his bow but this would be his first bear with a bow. The bear presented the shot and as he begins to draw his bow the unexpected happens - an awful noise erupts from his bow sending his bear into the safety of the timber in a flash. As Bryce examined his bow he found that at some point while getting his bow into the tree he had gotten some sap from the tree on his cable guard. Later than night he pulled his bow and as his cable slider hit that sap it was like sounding a fog horn.... what else could go wrong? Well Bryce missed his chance with this bear but we were still able to put Bryce in the photo gallery with his unusual but special trophy take a look :
Larry ConnectsLarry has seen several bears off his stand most of which have been small and not what he was after, but tonight he had watched enough bears and decided to take the one that came in this time. Larry had his video camera in his tree with him and had turned it on for this shot. It was fun to watch the footage that night to share some of the excitement Larry had enjoyed. This bear was no giant by any means but any big game animal harvested with a bow is a trophy non the less. Larry took a lot of ribbing over this bear and he was a good sport about it and told him I would be nice on the website also, but I just have to mention that if you would like to know about some photo tips when taking pictures of of your trophy then drop me or Mike Moore a note and we will be happy to tell you about Larry's bear pictures. Sorry Larry had to through that in.
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Larry Velvick Taken with a Diamond Recon |
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