It almost all came together tonight!!!

[Buck_Nasty11]

ozonics works great!

[steeliedrew]

Should of used a rifle on the first bear of the year and picked up a bow for the 2nd one. 

I wish I had the .458 socom upper for my 5.56 AR this year! Other than that I've got my 12 guage that I might get some 3" rifled slugs for before the next hunt. However, even with a rifle last night there was an alder blocking any clear shots into the clear cut the bear walked into.

Here's the funny part. After replaying everything in my head a million times today I realized that the bear popped out literally right under the tree that I had originally thought of climbing! I think I'll be climbing that one next.

[RadSav]

Never had much luck with rifled slugs.  Think I can shoot my bow better at 50 yards!  Rifled barrel and sabots a different story!  Though the price they are asking for a rifled shotgun barrel you would be better off buying a .308 Ruger American from Carp'2.  Even most beat up old 30-30 Marlins from Cabela's used rack are deadly bear medicine to 150 yards!

But you change that stand location you might end up shooting a bear with your gun at 15 yards!  Seems nearly every time I ditch the bow for a rifle I kill something at less than 30 yards.  I built a long range 7mm as a class project in highschool metal/gun shop class (obviously that was a long time ago!)  I shot two bear and a deer with it before I sold it.  I think the combined total distance was less than 80 yards

Dang it if you do.  Dang it if you don't!