Nobody is knocking your kids bear. look at the success rate on bears, and youll see hes ahead of the curve just by filling his tag. A lot of un-notched bear tags out there! Here i wasn't going to post mine, but check her out, she is smaller than your kids bear. I had about a half hour left to hunt bear this year when I spotted her feeding through a big draw. Didn't even hesitate. Bear stew beats tag soup any day. Good job on your kid taking a fawn / calf killer out of the woods.