Booya! Bear retrieved, Monroe hunt

[addicted]

awesome, congrats

[popeshawnpaul]

Good one sayleen.   

[Huntbear]

Congratulations for taking the effort to look and look and look until you found your bear. 

Very nice animal!!

[PacificNWhunter]

Way to stick with it sayleen. Nice bear.

[River]

Outstanding effort there.  What kind of weapon did you take it with?

[rasbo]

way to go.. your hard work and dedication to the bear you shot is outstanding.Your a good man for staying after it, and you got a good story for life.Thats frigging awesome..My hats off to you and your bro for hanging.. where did you hit the bear

[billythekidrock]

Great job by the two of you.
I will second those that mentioned your dedication. This is a valueable lesson and a great example to new bear hunters and to all hunters in general. Even with a solid hit they can go a long ways with little to no sign.

Congrats on a great bear and a great story.

[ICEMAN]

Wow. You truly set the threshold very high. I only hope I can be as incredibly diligent at trying to find a wounded animal. You already had my respect, just tripled it. Congratulations.

A question:  Was it cold enough, do you feel you can save the meat on this bear?  I am not really sure how bear hide holds heat like deer or elk.... Anyones thoughts ?

[Wea300mag]

Well done Saylean, I love the perseverance, it's a great example for the rest of us.

[Red Dawg]

I knew you would find him, well done.

[MAGhunter]

Great job! Glad to see another bear get dropped.  Way to stick with it and finding him.

[Slider]

Nice Bear!!! 

[markts]

Great job sticking with it. Very nice bear. Thanks Markts

[ihunt]

Awesome

[saylean]

The meat I think will be fine. I have recovered 2 other bears (one was mine, one was my brothers) that were shot and left over night. Both were fine, meat wise, and this was in the summer (although I dont recommend this by any means).

I believe 99% of his meat will be fine as well. Its been cool out.
Thanks for all the grats. Tracking is half the fun for me, even though, I prefer more sign!

Rasbo, I think in the first thread on the hit of the bear, you said you thought I might of hit low (and you asked where I got him in this one)...you were correct. I shot him low in the center mass, not sure why...nerves I guess? I checked the gun not long ago at the range and everything was fine...of course that is 'at the range' on a table. I am going to continue to work on my shooting with this weapon. In retrospect I should have laid my gun on the stump I was standing by to steady the shot, but I shot freehand, as I normally do.

The gun used was a .300 WSM with a 165 grain bullet...I will update the story to include this.