Hunting scenario #3: Location: Idaho Tags: Elk, deer, bear, wolf, and cougar Early Saturday afternoon after scouting for elk, one
week before opening day. I decided to try and call for coyotes. I heard them howling earlier in the morning. I was sitting
against a fallen tree. After a series of calls about 3-4 minutes, I caught movement to my left, coming out of the Christmas trees at
45 yards, a black bear proceeded down the game trail toward me. With the wind in my face and fully camouflaged, he slowly
approached a distance of 12 yards, then stopped. Deciding whether to go up the hill around the tree or down the hill. Then after a
couple seconds, he slowly began walking down the hill closer towards me. What do you do?
Is the bear aware of your presence yet?
Eat bear burgers :bigsmyl:
Do you have a separate tag for bear, or if you use it does that burn your deer or elk tag? If it does, scare the bear away. If not, shoot the bear. :bigsmyl:
Pray you packed that other pair of tighty whites and let him know you are there.
Can't use the bear tag because it's a week before the season opens.
Hopefully the bear just passes by.
As a non-resident I would celebrate I even had a tag for your chosen area. For the last 2 years my brother and I have been unable to purchase non-resident OTC Idaho tags for my chosen area despite being online to buy them as soon as they went on sale. :banghead:
Pure and simple; seamlessly step into self defense mode, hope he doesn't see you but be prepared to protect oneself.
Quote from: JohnnyBa on July 26, 2023, 12:07:27 PM
Pure and simple; seamlessly step into self defense mode, hope he doesn't see you but be prepared to protect oneself.
Bear spray is amazingly effective.
Stand up and wave "Hi".
Drop the bow, and grab your knife....
A former TradGang member (Joe Skipp) killed a Grizzly with his recurve years ago, that attacked them while he was on an Elk hunt. He spent 10 days in jail before they ruled it a self defense kill.
The bear slowly moved forward to around 8 yards and that was more than close enough for me. With the least amount of
movement, I picked up a large heavy pine cone and hit him in the face while barking as loud as I could. He turned and ran off up
the hill. I laughed and thanked God for the experience. Just another day in the woods. 5 :archer:
Depends on how big the bear is.