I shot my first bear last night at about 7:30! After sleeping in and missing my before work hunt
and going to work I got home to find that my brother had come to full draw on a bear he had called in and then it ran off when it saw him pulling back his bow!
I immediately grabbed all of my stuff and started hiking to the area even though I was skipping supper that was almost ready and it was still plenty early-before six pm. I got withing 100 yards of where my brother had called it in and heard something crashing around in the salal. I mouth squeeked for about 20 minutes but could only get it to move around and not come into sight. I decided to just walk the rest of the way to my treestand and use the foxpro to try to call the bear in. After about an hour of calling I decided to just go home and turned of the call. Then I heard something walking in my direction so I just sat in the treestand and waited. when it first came into the patch of trees I couldn't get a shot at it even though it was only 30 yards away because of all the trees
it then turned and started walking straight towards me
I got ready and when it stepped into a open patch at 8 yards I held myself together long enough to shoot it. when I shot it just dropped
I then managed to just about drop my 30-06 and myself out of the treestand because I was so excited I couldn't stop shaking. after a few minutes I climbed down and went over to it, tagged it and took some pictures. after gutting It out I ran about 1 and a half miles home and got a few of my brothers to come back with me to skin and quarter it out. it took longer than I expected because I was trying to keep the hide good enough to get it mounted and save as much meat as possible. we started the pack out at about 10 (2 and a half hours after I shot it) but the hard work of taking care of it and packing it out because now I am the first person in my family to have shot a bear
My shot had gone right through the close side shoulder about 4 inches down from its back and came out about halfway down its body right behind the far side leg so I am kind of suprised that it droped because I didn't hit the back bone (but happy because I did not want to track a wounded bear in that thick brush) I have to thank god and my dad for helping me to love the outdoors and get to shoot this amazing animal.
