Beautiful picture Larry purty bear. sorry I couldn't make it up this year either. Really mis it its the best up there.

Thank all! Ryman Cat, hope your feeling better, missed having you there this year, maybe next year!

LD

I will say that one of the things that was neat about being in a traditional bow hunting camp is all of the home made equipment. From Bill's quiver to Larry's bamboo arrows to Dale's knives.
Again thanks everyone for a great time!
Rick

Sounds like another great time and hunt. Congrad LD nice bear.

QuoteOriginally posted by R. Combs:
I will say that one of the things that was neat about being in a traditional bow hunting camp is all of the home made equipment. From Bill's quiver to Larry's bamboo arrows to Dale's knives.
Again thanks everyone for a great time!
Rick

That is a great thing about it. Bill Terry also made his broadheads and fletched his arrows with feathers from a turkey he killed. Last year one of the Phillipse boys, Patrick I think, killed his bear with an arrow he made from a river cane.

Had a great time, road in with Larry and Jay had been a while at since my last  B.Q. and even longer with my freinds Larry,Jay ,Tom ,Bill and Bowdoc and Mike.Quickly got introduced to the other hunters I drew the glove stand first nite and saw a bear far off no shot.I was not real sure abount that stand so close to bait when I pulled to full draw being short ,limbs would touch bottom of stand.I asked Tom to try another empty stand Beaver Pond.Did not see anything there so after a couple tries I went back to the Glove.With good light still I saw a Bear coming my way from behind bait setup.Still behind the bait which gave me plenty of clearance for my bow.The bear stopped and decided to make a left turn which opened her right side behind the leg and my arrow went just where I was looking.The bear took off and the death moan was fast and over in a few seconds.She was a medium size bear but looked really big in the fading light but ground shrinkage did her part.I was really proud of my shot and outcome.Kip   If any body has a pic please post I did not get a pic on my camera.

Kip, it sounds a lot like my hunt up there. Glad you had a good time. Some of those baits are pretty close........lol!

here you go Kip

Congrats Kip!!

Here's another one for you, Kip.

Way to Kip!

Some great looking Bears guys, congrats!

Nice looking bear Kip. Congrats.

Man that looks fun!  Congrats guys on a great hunt.

Thanks Rick and Larry for pics.  Damm I am ugly.

Kip your not any uglier than the rest of us and your cooking more than makes up for it.      

Great job guys and a special congrats to my buddy Kip

That's funny Kip, there isn't any of us that are brand new anymore

Nice bears guys! sure hated to miss out this year. Ain't a week goes by round here that bear camp doesn't come up in conversation.  Hillbilly was good to us last year also!