Nothing ruins your elk hunt like...

[buglebuster]

Shooting your 1st bear! And with a bow to boot! not a big bear but I'm stoked! A buddy and I had just Hiked up from base camp, about halfway up the ridge on the trail. He stopped to take his jacket off amd I heard something. I looked up and said there's a bear! Walked forward a bit and he walked right across the trail in front of me. I drew back amd whistled, 12 yards hit him. He took off running into the thick brush I could hear him so I ran to the edge of the hill to see. He climbed up a tree and was sitting on 2 branches bleeding good. I was afraid he'd die in the tree and not fall out, so I stuck another one in him he jumped up and fell out dead!

Turned out he had an ear tag, said call wdfw before consuming meat and had a number. I called and left a message hoping for a reply before I packed him out 4 miles. I started skinning and the phone rang. Turns out he was a problem bear from kalama 10 days ago, and they said don't eat the meat. If I notch the tag I could take the hide, if I leave the bear I could keep my tag. I notched it and skinned him out. A little bummed about the meat thing tho.

[bowhunterwa87]

Good job buddy!! See...you spoke too soon last week !!

[CAMPMEAT]

How lucky. You'll post a nice bull too..  congrats 

[vandeman17]

Thatta boy

[HntnFsh]

Pretty cool! Probably got tranquilized. So the meat is tainted for awhile.

[Jolten]

 

[JJB11B]

CONGRATS MAN!!!!

[lokidog]

JJB, guess you noticed it was days, not years.....   

It is exciting to get a shot with a bow at those ranges, my last one was on the ground at 10 yards, congratulations!  Oh yeah, I was elk hunting also.

[wadu1]

Well done

[M_ray]

congrats 

[saylean]

Awesome  good work

[JJB11B]

JJB, guess you noticed it was days, not years.....   

It is exciting to get a shot with a bow at those ranges, my last one was on the ground at 10 yards, congratulations!

yeah re-read it (that whole "wait, sumthin' ain't right here" in the back of my mind)

[Boss .300 winmag]

Nice bear!  Where you on the east side when you got him?

[go4steelhd]

Strong work!!!!!

[buglebuster]

Nice bear!  Where you on the east side when you got him?

No, westside. Goat rocks wilderness