Shot a monster bear yesterday

[ashersdad]

its a long story and ill post it later but i shot a huge bear around 710 pm last night. might even be a record. I hit him hard with an arrow last night at about 11 yards. we looked until 2 am last night with no luck. we found a lot of blood at first then we lost it. it was 48 degrees out last night. how long will the meat and hide be good. would i still be able to mount it. I will find this bear even if it takes me the rest of the season. I have never lost an animal ans i am sick to my stomach about this. will post more later i am headed to to find him

[h20hunter]

Good luck on the seach, hope you find him.

[Woodchuck]

I am not sure what a "moster" bear is but good luck finding it  . On another note the meat may be questionable but I had to leave a bear overnight once and the hide was fine. Even saved the meat, trust your nose when you open it up. Good luck.

[BOWHUNTER45]

11yrds ...where did you hit him ? Hope ya find him ... usually they do not go far when fatally hit with an arrow ....

[MLBowhunting]

good luck. 

[GoldTip]

Good luck on the search! Keep us posted!

[woodman]

Good luck on your search. This will be very interesting to follow.

[rtspring]

Hate to hear about a lost animal, Good luck with the search. I hope you find him all piled up.

RTSPRING

[Hunter Dug]

The bad thing about shooting an animal that late in the evening is you think you need to rush in and find him as soon as possible. Hope that was not the case and wish you good luck on finding him.  If you dont find it by noon the next day good chance it will be a total lose with this warm weather we are having.  Make sure to cut all the way to the bone, and smell it. this is were the heat remains the longest, if there is bone spoil good chance it is a total loss. Bears are tuff animals to kill with a bow if you miss your mark even the slightest.

[BOWHUNTER45]

The bad thing about shooting an animal that late in the evening is you think you need to rush in and find him as soon as possible. Hope that was not the case and wish you good luck on finding him.  If you dont find it by noon the next day good chance it will be a total lose with this warm weather we are having.  Make sure to cut all the way to the bone, and smell it. this is were the heat remains the longest, if there is bone spoil good chance it is a total loss. Bears are tuff animals to kill with a bow if you miss your mark even the slightest.

(think you need to run in as soon as possible )  Hunter Dug nailed it !!

[str8meat]

good luck in your search 

[high country]

nothing more fun then chasing a wounded bear in the dark.......good luck.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I cannot recommend using the track feature on a GPS highly enough in this situation.  Start at the last blood, screen zoomed in to the highest resolution, and spiral out tightly from there.  Don't trust your judgement that you are thoroughly covering the ground (if you don't believe that, turn on the track feature and try covering an area w/o looking at the screen).
 
You can literally be within a couple of feet of a dead animal and not see it.  I have recovered two elk and a deer using this technique that I would NOT have found otherwise by tracking and searching.
 
Best of luck!

[high country]

too bad we cant use dogs. mine would have it found in a blink.

[GoldTip]

I am sure he is already out looking, but I would also recommend looking under everything.  Bears seem like they have a tendency to die in the deepest darkest whole when they are sick and have the chance to hole up.