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Quebec Bear Hunt--2 Bears Arrowed on Video--added pg 42!!

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paleFace

#420
July 05, 2007, 06:56:00 PM
JC i'm having flash backs   :help:  sent you a PM....
>~Rob~>

"Dad, I need to sit down I'm shaking to bad" my 12 year old son the first time he shot at a deer with his bow.
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beachbowhunter

#421
July 05, 2007, 06:59:00 PM
....better yet, you tell him he's grounded until he finishes his homework!  :)
Ishi was a Californian                   :cool:

JC

#422
July 05, 2007, 07:15:00 PM
The bear carefully picked his way toward the bait...he was obviously nervous and after the performance I just witnessed, rightfully so. A few more steps....then I saw the rest of the coat. From mid ribcage back was very patchy, rubbed in multiple spots. Dang! Well, at least this stand was HOT! The bear grabbed a mouthful and scooted for cover. A few minutes later he returned to do the same thing...this time though he paused in mid bite and looked up the trail...only to immediately take off in the opposite direction.

Another black form appeared on the main trail...maybe they should install a traffic light there so the bears wouldn't run over each other? This bear was smaller but not nearly as fearful as the last one. Within a few minutes it had circled the bait, giving me a first look at a very, very prime looking coat. The fur was thick and lush, with one tiny rub spot on the back leg.

In to the bait, a bite, retreat a few yards away. I got 2-3 good looks and the green light went off in my head...this was the bear. Glancing around to make sure one wasn't watching me to sound the alarm (had deer do that and it only takes once). I slowly raised my bow into position. Concentrating on the spot as she sat broadside I began my draw...ever so slowly but committed to the shot now...only her moving would save her now.

She rotated slightly as I neared anchor...I let down partially and waited, she was still oblivious to my presence. Now I really wanted this bear, I could see every ripple in the hair...

She reached forward and rotated more broadside...half step on the side nearest me...the string solid in my deep hook. The pressure increased, the bow loaded effortlessly...all I could see was where I wanted the arrow to go....
"Being there was good enough..." Charlie Lamb reflecting on a hunt
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adeeden

#423
July 05, 2007, 07:21:00 PM
JC,
  Your killing me! I'm set for my first bear hunt in September and this thread is getting me pumped up big time!
"I would rather be lucky then good, any day!"

Tim Fishell

#424
July 05, 2007, 07:36:00 PM
Man you cant give a great build up like that and then not deliver.  I was on the edge of my seat and them I scolled down and nothing.  Come on man....
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Miss Kim

#425
July 05, 2007, 07:41:00 PM
Sorry guys...just had company show up here at the house. A newbie to traditional archery that JC is going to try to help out. They have gone out back to shoot bows....you have time for a coffe break but stay tuned....  :bigsmyl:

Charlie Lamb

#426
July 05, 2007, 07:46:00 PM
Kim... He's not only making me proud, I think I have a new favorite author.

Not sure I've ever seen Joe write like this and I'm sure enough impressed!!
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Charlie

BigRonHuntAlot

#427
July 05, 2007, 07:50:00 PM
I'll Second That...  :readit:    :notworthy:
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vermonster13

#428
July 05, 2007, 07:51:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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#429
July 05, 2007, 07:56:00 PM
Greg,
Congrads on using the stone tipped arrow !! What a HOG of a bear on your camera !!!
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d. ward

#430
July 05, 2007, 08:13:00 PM
Life is good,found me a Bill Sweetland forge wood and bear razor head today in a bucket of old arrows.bd

paleFace

#431
July 05, 2007, 08:16:00 PM
Mr. Lamb you are to blame for this, i hope you are happy now that the rest of us are on the absolute edge of the seat waiting for the rest... i wouldn't have it any other way....    :jumper:
>~Rob~>

"Dad, I need to sit down I'm shaking to bad" my 12 year old son the first time he shot at a deer with his bow.
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JEFF B

#432
July 05, 2007, 08:17:00 PM
now this is realy the last straw jc you geet back on that computer you hear me boy. LOL!!!  :biglaugh:
'' sometimes i wake up Grumpy;
other times i let her sleep"

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tippit

#434
July 05, 2007, 08:21:00 PM
That poor newbie that just arrived.  J will have him at 3/4 draw for 2 minutes  :biglaugh:  Doc
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tippit

#435
July 05, 2007, 08:22:00 PM
Forgot the C...JC!  Fingers too sore from forging today  ;)
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Ray Hammond

#436
July 05, 2007, 08:44:00 PM
you go, Doc. Mark it for next year, baby!
"Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior." - Friedrich Nietzsche

JC

#437
July 05, 2007, 08:52:00 PM
Sorry guys, had to further the cause...

Where was I   :bigsmyl:
"Being there was good enough..." Charlie Lamb reflecting on a hunt
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paleFace

#438
July 05, 2007, 08:56:00 PM
let me re-fresh you!  
QuoteShe reached forward and rotated more broadside...half step on the side nearest me...the string solid in my deep hook. The pressure increased, the bow loaded effortlessly...all I could see was where I wanted the arrow to go....  
:jumper:    :jumper:    :jumper:    :jumper:    :jumper:
>~Rob~>

"Dad, I need to sit down I'm shaking to bad" my 12 year old son the first time he shot at a deer with his bow.
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JC

#439
July 05, 2007, 08:57:00 PM
"WHOMP" the arrow disappeared at the spot I was focusing...there was absolutely no doubt when this one hit, it was only a question of how far it would go.

The bear rolled and howled, doing a complete sommersault and landing in a "dead" run going back up the main trail....

One, two, three bounds and it arse-over-tea-kettled sliding to a stop less than 12 yards from the point of impact.

If you've never heard the death moan of a bear, you have missed one of the truly unique sounds in the animal kingdom. Invigorating triumph, hair raising fear, gut wrenching sorrow all ran through my heart as she wailed her last three breaths, decreasingly lower in volume each time.

The woods were silent....the bear lay still...
"Being there was good enough..." Charlie Lamb reflecting on a hunt
TGMM Brotherhood of the Bow
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