My first bear encounter today

[Kc_Kracker]

I'm headed home and I come across a huge clear cut I've never seen before so I decide to stop and sit on it a while just to see if there's any signs of life around. Then I remember that I just bought a lil bleat can so I decide to play with it. That gets boring and I'm about to take off  so just before I'm ready to leave I decide to see if it will gain any attention if I bleet over and over Non-Stop. I can tell you yes it does. At that point it apparently starts working as a predator or distress call. Because it gained the attention of a bear and brought him in at about 10 miles an hour crashing through the brush before I could figure out  what direction it was coming from he was about 10 yd from me, that'll get the heart pumping! And that is exactly why I've never used a distress call  sadly by the time I figured out what it was and where it was at and we locked eyes by the time I grab my gun he vanished into the brush like a ghost  I spent 10 years on here reading your guy's stories about bears crashing in at a high speed with distress calls and I've always purposely hoped to not experience that 

[NorseNW]

Sounds a bit exhilarating!  I'm glad to hear it worked for you.  I was archery hunting earlier this year and the area I was in had a good bit of bear sign.  I debated giving the distress call a few tries.  I sat there and debated it a bit and decided maybe the pointy stick wasn't the best close quarters moving target weapon system. Decided to hold off until I at least had a boom stick in hand.  Glad you got to see a bear at least!

[ghosthunter]

That’s progress.

Keep after it.

[Kc_Kracker]

It was supposed to call in a deer not a bear lol

[Longfield1]

I think with everything going on with less ungulates and more predators. It’s nice to know different ways to call in predators. I just ordered the ultimate guide to black bear hunting. I know the seasons basically over but I want to do my part. Thanks for the report.

[buckfvr]

I know more than one guy who has had bear respond to fawn and cow/calf calls and no amount of arm waving and yelling stopped the bear.  It can happen so fast you must be prepared.

[Pathfinder101]

Little Pathfinder had a similar significant emotional event with a predator call and his bear this August.  It tried coming up into the tree with him.  Died at the foot of the ladder.  Mamma doesn't get to hear that story for a few years...