https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCqmotxyME
bear charge youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCqmotxyME)
tried to embed the video, ???, anyway, its worth a watch if you never had a bear come after you, yes, traditional archer, but a couple bad words fly, warning to the innocent ears, b.
Look out! :scared:
Thanks for sharing!!
I'm not real sure what he was saying but it was urgent.. I don't think he got the shot off. Poor guy. Glad he is ok.
That was close. Going for a bear with trad on foot and nowhere to escape/hide if the bear is at 20m, coming and still not giving you a good shot has all the chances to end like this. I am not a bear hunter, but at one point in time in these conditions you have to decide bow or bear spray (a whistle would not hurt either). He pushed his luck in my opinion. Glad he got just scared from this adventure. If it was a mature one or a grizzly ....
Saw it on CNN today.
It looks like the bear bowled him over. Remind me, if I ever go bear hunting, to be sure to take a spare pair of drawers.
When that arrow fell off, I got nervous just watching. Glad the guy was ok. Nice to see all the positive (sarcasm) comments about the video.
Wow!! Fun stuff there!!
My first thought when the arrow came off the bow was him falling on the arrow. Glad he is okay.
I saw this a few days back. I don't know the story, and could be way off, but here's a few thoughts I had. I don't think he was hunting bear. It's hard to tell, but it looked to me like he had either a field tip or judo point on his arrow. It also seemed like he made a noise at the bear before it was even close to shooting position, almost like he was trying to alert the bear before it got too close. It apparently had the wrong affect because that's when the bear charged. As I said, I could be way off. I was watching it on an iPhone after all.
The frame on second 15 shows a broadhead - looks like a 2 wing broadhead. Even if he was not hunting the bear (the black bear hunting season started on may 21st), not having a bear spray with you in an area already known for too many black bears (40-60 bears per 60 square miles) while wandering around at dusk is quite silly - to not say plain stupid. He saw the bear long time before it was too late - he cleaned his cam instead making noise to alert the bear at 15m, before surprising him. Barking or roaring like an animal to the bear is the last thing I would do too. To end this short, I don't know the whole story, but I am glad he did not became a snack.
(https://image.ibb.co/bYYbLv/broadhead1.jpg)
If it was a broadhead, then maybe he was bear hunting. Like I said, iPhone. The whole scenario just seemed odd to me though.
I hunt them on the ground elusively. I've never been charged ...maybe I never will be.
Every one that's smelter or seen me cause I made a mistake have busted hell wide open.
Ive been bluff charged several times. If you spend enough time around them it will happen but if you see the clear signs of a bluff its not real scary. My guess is this bear was surprised by the encounter and didnt know what the man was until he got a face full (literally) of man smell. Breeding season is peaking right now.
We hunt them on the ground exclusively and have close encounters constantly including many sows with cubs. Dont carry a gun or bear spray. You guys have to realize how many millions of black bear/human encounters there are every day. You are considerably more likely to die from a tree falling on you but I dont see anybody wearing helmets to the woods
I have been bowled over walking into a stand before. The bear was just trying to escape and not attacking. Amazing that bears are the most powerful animal in the forest but the most timid as well (at least here in Maine)
QuoteOriginally posted by Etter:
Ive been bluff charged several times. If you spend enough time around them it will happen but if you see the clear signs of a bluff its not real scary. My guess is this bear was surprised by the encounter and didnt know what the man was until he got a face full (literally) of man smell. Breeding season is peaking right now.
We hunt them on the ground exclusively and have close encounters constantly including many sows with cubs. Dont carry a gun or bear spray. You guys have to realize how many millions of black bear/human encounters there are every day. You are considerably more likely to die from a tree falling on you but I dont see anybody wearing helmets to the woods
If bringing bear spray is optional, bringing common sense is not. The guy expected the bear to pass him without noticing and get a good shot on the broadside without having a tree to hide behind? He was holding the bow and arrow ready for a shot until the very last moment.
PS Right after he took the camera of the ground he said: "I should have shot a long time ago"
The proof is in the pudding: it was a bad moment, bad ... everything that ended much better than expected.
Like Terry and Etter said, I also hunt and encounter black bears on the ground like this fella in the video did. Usually the bear runs the other way, sometimes they bluff, rarely they make physical contact but it does happen. From my perspective (recognizing hindsight is 20/20 and I'm watching this on a screen), he could've just shot the bear; I'm not sure why he started yelling and that seems to have enticed the charge. I agree with the comment that the bear probably didn't even know he was a person until it got it's nose onto him. It's just something you have to be ready to deal with if you're going to play this game. If you can't take the heat, then get out of the kitchen.
i have been on many canoe trips to Canada and the Bdub,48. I have been bluff charged by a mama moose, had a fisher walk with me on a no name lake portage, I have had to walk around cubs while mama watched. We have had bears walk through our camp. Not once did they ever act like they were anything other than curious. The one that his nose up against the tent and gave a big sniff got his nose punched by my wife. We are very careful with food handling and scent, but some bears hear and see people and come to check things out. Too often people have left scraps for them or have been careless with food and have conditioned the bears. The ones to not trust are the belligerent old males that creep around like cats, hiding in the brush. Further north where these males have never seen or smelled humans they can be a greater threat. I did worry about my canoe tripping expert companion, a protective cocker spaniel that knew more about canoe tripping the most canoe trippers. When he came on bears he would growl, but never chase, he would just let me know that there was a really big dog over there.
Blackies are completely different from place to place. The only ones that would give me any sense of nervousness are national park bears and the extremely deep wilderness bears that dont have any hunting pressure. There is a reason that nearly every fatal blacl attack was in an area off limits to hunting.
Sean is right. Black bears act and react very differently depending on how much they are hunted. Our Georgia bears are terrified of hunters and will tear the woods apart at the slightest sight, sound or scent of a human. In my Canada bear camp it is common for me to walk within 10 yards of a couple dozen bears each spring and they just step to the side and let me work. Any grumbling is just a bunch of huff and puff talk. We have hunters every season that have them at less than 5 feet. One thing is the same, mo matter where I encounter them... in 40 years hunting and guiding I have never had a serious issue with a black bear. Certainly they are capable of doing you harm but to worry about it is just a waste of time.
I have been exposed to full on charges by caribou and deer (both wounded) and faced a mad as hell grizzly that ended bad but black bears , to me, are nothing more than fluffy raccoons.
Looking back on the video I think he first grunted to get the bear to turn broadside for a clean shot.
We are approaching the peak of the rut so a boar could act any way.
QuoteOriginally posted by PrestonTaylor:
Looking back on the video I think he first grunted to get the bear to turn broadside for a clean shot.
Grunting for a broadside shot comes at package with a full draw of the bow executed previously from that distance - nothing like this shown in the video. Any document about bears is telling to not identify yourself as another animal, and in my opinion that grunt is what triggered the bear's reaction. The moment he realized it was a human, he backed off.
Yeah I agree Draven, it looks like the grunt triggered the charge.
The thing is he grunted and was all balled up like a little bear. That bear didn't know it was a human til he was roughing him up. I bet he thought it was a smaller bear and was just doing bigger bear stuff, cuffing a littler bear around. If that guy jumped up and ran at that boy woofing that bear would have hightailed it the other direction thinking he was going to get roughed up by a bigger bear. I've snuck up on a lot of bears just like this guy was doing and have chased a bunch when the sneak petered out. They look for a tree, some climb and some just stand up on it ready to climb if need be once they get a look at what's after them. It's best to shoot them before they figure out they ARE bigger than you.
It also shows they can S&S bear in Ontario. When they opened the spring season last year they should have banned baiting. No need for it and sneaking up on bears is 100X's more fun than watching bait.
Draven, in my experience, sows with cubs have been the most sissified of all of them. My worst encounter ( for someone who doesnt understand bear behavior) was with a sow and cub but Ive had most of my tense encounters with boars. Most sows will abandon their cubs instantly at any sign of man.
Last summer a friend of mine was watching TV and at one point he turned and a bear was watching him through the patio door - he was on his porch. Yes, they are normally scared by humans but with lack of food due to late spring you can see them these days roaming in backyards for snacks.
Regarding the movie I think the guy knew that a bear was in that area at that hour otherwise he wouldn't decide to stay off the road before the bear arrived. And I think the bear knew he was there - he was sniffing the old traces of the guy I think - before the man made his show. Some would say that this is a stalking behaviour in a way. All my hunting friends have a bear spray with them, even when they go with a bike on trails. Over protective? Maybe, but last year 2 grizzlies were seen in a courtyard in the middle of the day - and it is black bear country, not a grizzly known area. I enjoy the outdoor, but better safe than sorry. And I think the rule here is to be 2 when going for bear - at least on paper.
I like to thank those like Jerry Russell who actually make informative comments based on years of experience instead of those that just waltz behind a keyboard and pretend they know what they're talking about.
Pertinent comment:
"Black bears act and react very differently depending on how much they are hunted"
The rest is waltz. Bait hunting bear is different than S&S
Patio and courtyard bears?
Really?
Yes. Really.
Fine I'm hitting modalert. This is not what Tradgang is about. And I agree with others that this type of mentality is not what founded this site.
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Fine I'm hitting modalert. This is not what Tradgang is about. And I agree with others that this type of mentality is not what founded this site.
X2 - Tick Tock
BTW, Thanks to whoever pulled that other post bent on stepping on others with real experience !
I think for certain that the people who are afraid of black bears should not ever hunt them with a trad bow. They are such wonderful creatures and nobody deserves to kill one without understanding anything about them.
They are my favorite animals to hunt. I just picked up two from the taxidermist yesterday, but my time is limited. I dont know how many more I can kill.
Etter....We should get together this September and hunt together Sir!!!