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[the509hunter]

well i got there first the son had came to visit and his parents wernt home and he was in the house he wasnt even at the spot after he said that he went back in the house. i dont like the guy i have had a few bad encounters in town with him one being at my work when he came in and started talking crap and almost got me fired
 

[ydeardorff]

yeah those are the type of people you see with a flat tire in the snow, you just drive by honk, and wave at them.

[the509hunter]

yea deffinantly 

[the509hunter]

well i shot the bear but i cant find him he is in the thicket i need some help andyone from the chelan area free tomorrow if so do u think u could help?

[h20hunter]

Go in there and flush 'em out.

[the509hunter]

i heard im running down in there then he just stopped so i know he is down

[h20hunter]

If you now he is down how come you aren't in there pulling him out?

[the509hunter]

cant find him it is so thick u can only see a foot in front of u now i have about 6 friends who are gonna help me look tomorrow morning it gets so cold up there that the meat should still be good
 

[h20hunter]

Have you gotten out? Still drinking coffee?

[the509hunter]

still drinking coffe and waiting for my friends to wake up at 11 now im just going after the hide if the meat aint good
 

[billythekidrock]

still drinking coffe and waiting for my friends to wake up at 11 now im just going after the hide if the meat aint good
 

WTF?
Why did you shoot it then? If you knew it was down it was your responsibility to take care of it as soon as possible.
Waiting on 6 friends that get up at 11?
You should have never shot it if you were gonna chicken out on the retrieval.
 
I hope you are kidding; otherwise you are purposefully wasting game. 

[the509hunter]

i searched for 6 hours yesterday after i shot it it got dark and where i hunt it is impossable to get thru at night and i lost my lisence 5 months ago so my mom has to drive me and she isnt gonna wake up till eleven either i am not purposely  waisting game and i dont like to be told i am it is just to much area to look by myself with out a gps  it is roughly 1 1/2 sq miles of dense trees and brush there are alot of down trees it could have went under and died... it is very cold at  night so i am really hoping the meat is still good but it is most likely not..

[billythekidrock]

i searched for 6 hours yesterday after i shot it it got dark and where i hunt it is impossable to get thru at night and i lost my lisence 5 months ago so my mom has to drive me and she isnt gonna wake up till eleven either i am not purposely  waisting game and i dont like to be told i am it is just to much area to look by myself with out a gps  it is roughly 1 1/2 sq miles of dense trees and brush there are alot of down trees it could have went under and died... it is very cold at  night so i am really hoping the meat is still good but it is most likely not..

In my opinion you should have never been hunting if you weren't prepared to do what it takes to retrieve an animal....dark or not.
 
You were already told by others in this thread that bears can be hard to put down and now you know first hand.
 
Hopefully you, and others, will learn from this.

[the509hunter]

i got told on a different site not to search at night because if the bear is not dead sometimes they play dead and attack when u get close and they attack anything when they are injured so im sorry it really isnt my fault. knew what i was getting into but with no blood trail i could not track it

[runamuk]

 

some of us would give anything for a chance at a nice bear to fill the freezer....I agree with BTKR I hope you are just being a wise ass....