Getting closer

[saylean]

Had a bear very close last night at a honey hole...but the brush was too much for the old bow, so no shot.

Getting closer...

I also saw 4 quail on the west side....i hardly ever seem them over here!

[Titan-1]

keep at it, you'll get it. 

[Kain]

I saw a few quail once on this side but just thought it must be some domestic releases.    Its was near my dads house in Brush Prairie. 

Good luck with the bear.  Are you filming the hunts?

[runamuk]

I have a nice covey(6 or so) of quail that shows up here periodically  I also had a wood duck hen with chicks show up once which was odd......

can't wait to hear you got one down......

[saylean]

I saw a few quail once on this side but just thought it must be some domestic releases.    Its was near my dads house in Brush Prairie. 

Good luck with the bear.  Are you filming the hunts?

Not filming professionally. If I get the chance, I film with my little pocket camera...I need to step it up a notch and get a decent camera to film with.

[saylean]

Went up for a quick hunt last night. Didnt get up there till bout 630....saw some BIG poo sign....nothing at the first gully....so I sit for a bit and decide to go check out where I killed a sow a few years ago.

Looking down the power line cut, I didnt see much, but it was near dusk and I was telling myself, "There is no way a bear isnt down there."

So I hop up on a stump for a better view....sure as shootin, a bear 100 yards away or so, eating away. I had my bow and it was getting dark, so I called to him for a bit...didnt even care I was screaming. Just kept feeding away.

So I decided I better try to do a stalk, as light was fading...

I get withing about 50 yards, but he had worked his way to the opposite side of a horseshoe shaped black berry bush...by now, it was too dark to really push it, so I backed out.

I'll be back soon. ;P If I had a rifle, he'd been summer sausage.

[saylean]

Got on him again tonight. Got to 52 yards.

I got in there a bit earlier today...glassed the area from the same spot as last night...wasnt glassing more than a minute and there he was, crossing an opening...then I lost him. I booked it down to where I could try to catch him.

I went about 40 yards into the cut and couldnt see or hear him. I climbed up a bit to get a better view....there he was, 52 yards infront of me, eating black berries at the tree line.

I was hoping he would come back out into the openings but he went into the thicker brush and parrelled the tree line. I was able to hear him about an hour later and I caught another glimpse of him about 100 yards away pulling down the black berries. I went back and repositioned, hoping to try to cut him off...I think I made too much noise. I didnt see him again.

His time is short. I wish I was using a gun, but I really want to stick it out with the bow. Here is a crappy video I took. Sorry for the lack of coolness in the vid.

Washington Black Bear

[carpsniperg2]

still cool saylean

[woodman]

Dead bear walking, just a matter of time! Good luck

[ML_Hunter]

if that was taken from the video on your cell phone, I want to know what phone you have  .
Have you tried using a rodent in distress call when he got close?  I may narrow the distance just a bit, and you can attach one of the primos squealer to your bow so you can call wile at full draw...however that would be a long time at full draw 

[saylean]

if that was taken from the video on your cell phone, I want to know what phone you have  .
Have you tried using a rodent in distress call when he got close?  I may narrow the distance just a bit, and you can attach one of the primos squealer to your bow so you can call wile at full draw...however that would be a long time at full draw 

He doesnt seem to care about any of the calls I have thrown at him. Just keeps eating black berries. I tried to coax him the first time I saw him and then this last time. Barely even raised his head. Both times, it was rabbit distress.

I might try calf elk (lonely) sounds this next time.

[Huntboy]

Nice video. Good luck with the bear.

[Idabooner]

Stay with him buddy, he will come when he's ready, persistence!

[saylean]

Stay with him buddy, he will come when he's ready, persistence!

I just hope I get to him before someone else does...

Must resist the urge to take the .30 30 lever action....~!

[Alchase]

Saylean, I feel like a little kid waiting for next weeks cliffhanger ending, lol
Cool post!

[saylean]

Went back out last night, but no luck. He is still in the area, as the black berry bushes are thrashed, lots of sign....not sure if I will make it before elk camp....

Perhaps, I will just let him fatten up for a few weeks...