Free: Contests & Raffles.
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.
Smossy, just pure luck!
I believe it's due to the drugs they use to tranquilize the Bears.
