I'll be flying out at 5:55 in the morning headed for Wyoming!! Going after bear with my Brother. He has already done all the hard work setting up camp, bait sites, stands, ect....
I can't wait to get in the mountains for a week with just me and him and my bow!!
I'll take pics and update when I can. I wont have signal at camp !!! :campfire: :biglaugh:
Good luck to you and your brother Randy!
Good Luck!!!!! Shoot straight!!!
Can't wait to see the rest of this one. Good hunting and good luck, Randy!
Good luck!
Good luck!!
Randy every thing O.K. with the storm on your end.Hope so and enjoy your trip.I got one in Canada in June.Kip
Sounds like a great time. Have fun and happy hunting!
Happy Hunting
Thanks everyone.
Kip, we havnt had hardly any rain at all!! did you use the bow I fixed for ya?
best of luck
I did use it late season but no deer.I also brought it to Canada but killed my bear with my bear limbs before I changed limbs so did not get to use them but will be on my bow this season comming up.
Good luck on your trip and post bunch pics. out west.Kip
Good luck Randy!!
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Good luck Randy!!
Ditto, from West Texas!!!
Bisch
Oops! Double post!
Bisch
Bear down!! Pics and story to come!
https://goo.gl/photos/nytJa6SvChvD77xM9
Smile any wider and you'll dislocate your jaw.
Congratulations my friend!
Either you been dieting or that is a big one!! Way to go brother!! Great pic btw!
I'm happy for you bud!! That's a great bear!! And that bow looks a lot like mine, but maybe not quite as nice. Congrats!!
Nice bear! Congrats!!
That looks like a very good bear! Congrats! Can't wait to hear the story
Way to get ér done, Randy!!!!
Congrats,
Bisch
Way to get ér done, Randy!!!!
Congrats,
Bisch
Way to get ér done, Randy!!!!
Congrats,
Bisch
Congrats! Bears were made for stickbows!
Roy
Good luck! Pick a spot! Post pics.
Good job Randy bears are fun to shoot kinda spooky hearing the death moan though.Kip
That bear makes you look small and I don't think that is the case... what a great bear. Congratulations...
Congrats Randy, great looking bear!!
Ok guys, now that everything is settled down I'll try to convey the story. I'm not much of a story teller though!
This hunt was a DIY with my brother in the mountains of Wyoming. He could only start baiting about a week before season starts per regulations. He and my nephew and my cousin hauled in bait and stands as soon as they could and got me set up with a perfect 10 yrd shot. So by the time I got here all the hard work was done! Lol My brother ran more bait and checked cameras a couple times last week and things was looking good!
I flew into billings on Thursday and was picked up by my brother and cousin. We got to Sheridan Wy. And bought license and a quick trip to Walmart to get a few necessities and headed for camp.
Opening day.. .. my brother and I hauled more bait and got to the bait site at 5:40 in the am. ( it's only about a half mile from camp but it is almost straight down into a horrendous canyon! )
We got the bait placed and in the stand just before legal light.
Around 11:30 a decent bear comes in . It's amazing how quiet these things are. Never seen or heard it until it was 8-10 feet from the barrel. We watched it eat apples and skittles before it grabs a chunck of beef fat and heads of into the woods. A few munites later it comes back and does the same thing. I opt to pass since it's the first day and there are a couple bigger bears on the trail cam pics.
The rest of the day goes slowly by until dusk. I was just about to call it when we hear something coming from my right and it's close!!! Sure enough a bear approaches and goes straight to the barrel. This one looks a little bigger but I can't tell for sure. With it already being so close to dark I whisper to my brother that I'm gonna pass and wait for tomorrow. The bear heard me whisper but it doesn't know what it heard. So it starts to get curious and begins looking around everywhere in our direction trying to find the source of the sound. It eventually looks straight up at us then circles the tree we are in and tries to pic up our scent but we are to high. It then walks right by the legs of my ladder and gets about 3 yrds in front and starts to huff and lay its ears back. It's getting pretty aggravated that it can't locate us. It then turns and looks right up at me again and walks to the ladder and puts its nose on the steps. Then it stands up in its hind feet and stares me in the eye for what seamed like a long time before it evintually walk off into the woods. We startled it a little when we start getting out of the stand to head for camp! What an awesome first day!!!
We sit for a total of 14.5 hours the fiirst day.
Day 2..... we pack more bait and get to the stand at 5:29 am. When we get into the stand we check the camera cards and realize there was a bear there at 5:28 am.
Day 2 is a little warmer but i was excited and optimistic!! Around 9:00 a cowboy comes through our area and is hooting and hollering doing a round up of his cows. There is a big valley just to the south of us and he works the whole valley just a hooting and hollering the whole way! We know there isn't going to be any action for a long time.
Around 11:00 my brother has to climb down and head back to town to do a few things at work. So i sit it out the rest of the day by myself. Around 6:30 I'm starting to think it's not going to happen today!! I whisper a little prayer and not 15 seconds later I hear something to my right. I look and Not 10 ft from the stand is a bear coming off the hill behind me and almost straight down wind. I guess the thermals are carrying my scent high enough she couldn't smell me!
She proceeds to the bait and when she clears the tree to the right she stops and turns and looks straight up at me!! ( pretty dang sure it makes the same bear from the night before)
I can tell it's nervous . Shes perfectly broadside and starts to get a bite and I begin to draw. She hears the slight noise from my jacket and turns and looks at me again and twitches and almost runs off but hunger/gluttony overrides her instincts and she stretches her head back out to grab that bite she's wanting and I get to full draw just as she gets a chunk of fat in her mouth ! To late!!!! The arrow Strikes about a half inch from a piece of grass I was aiming at on her side !!! She whirls and is off with my string tracker trailing behind! About 5 seconds later it all stops! No noise, no string coming from my tracker, nothing!!
Then I hear two very low groans more like a soft growl and I know it's all over!! I lift my hands to the sky with my bow in my left hand and thank God for what just happened! Then I began to shake with adrenaline and I'll admit I even got a little emotional!!
I climb down and go to my bear with tons of adrenaline and emotions going thru my body!!
I got to thank my brother, nephew, and cousin for all they did to make this possible!! But more importantly I gotta thank God for the ability, the opportunity, and the privilege to be able to do the things I love in his wonderful creation that he made for us to enjoy!
Now enough blabbing.. here's some pics !!
Sorry for all the links.. I don't have the capability to post pics from my phone.
Day of arrival https://goo.gl/photos/ofmaLVeTvMuYeDLW8
https://goo.gl/photos/hJqkBe3ePofdJBAg8
https://goo.gl/photos/F4u6fZdeXTQTvSxM7
https://goo.gl/photos/R5BmhHAHqRzGqM7PA
https://goo.gl/photos/Kuhg34DAHMV84i5H9
First sight of my arrow and bear
https://goo.gl/photos/65onjBRPwUnaKQXg7
https://goo.gl/photos/DiC9QBBdYMjWDu9F9
I was by myself so I had to record a video and then take a screen shot for this pic
https://goo.gl/photos/2Z3HN5eJrS14SmMQ9
I then climbed the hill of torment back to camp to get a pack. My bro and my nephew were there when I got there so came back to help! Thank God!!! Lol
https://goo.gl/photos/MuuXPTfMqas14wkFA
Half the meat and hide in the pack https://goo.gl/photos/BK88ZEGN83V1Q5HB8
https://goo.gl/photos/QFspLm8niW2k5C2J8
Glad my nephew was there to help! Ohh to be young again!!
https://goo.gl/photos/1XpsHC1zh3CLcVP86
That is too cool! So freakin' happy for ya, Randy!!! Congratulations, bud!
Congrats again, bud!!!
Bisch
Awesome!! Congrats Randy!!
That sounds like an awesome hunt and great to be able to do it with family! Congrats!
Awesome,thanks for sharing the story & pictures. Congratulations!
Great story, congrats on the Bear!!
Awesome job Randy, You defiantly deserved it!
Great hunt Randy! Congratulations. How about some details on your gear and the blood trail.
Joe
I'm with Joe, we need more details. Especially about the post-bear kill grouse hunting.
Anyone can hit a big black blob at 10 yds. I want to know how you did with the little arrow eaters.
:archer:
Way Cool Your My HERO!!
Thanks for Sharing SIR!!
Cool!!! Nice bear.
Congrats, Very nice Bear! having family there and doing it yourself makes it even better.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thx everyone.
Joe , I used one of my 3 piece bows. 60" bow, 54#@28". GT Blem with 150 grain German Kenetic bh. 40-50 yrd recovery.
Here's the only pic I toook of the blood trail https://photos.app.goo.gl/kkT9UqJXTnhhU7aC3
Darren, I hiked a total of about 6-7 miles between Sunday and Monday and only saw 1 grouse. 20 yard shot. Here's the result!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pEw4W6ji6OyzwX5M2
I hit it low and it flew off. Tried to locate it again but never did. We think all the grouse were at lower elevations because there wasn't a lot of berries where we was hunting.