![]() I drew, but a small branch covered my 20-yard pin, so I lowered my body to avoid it. The bear stopped broadside right in front of the ranged tree. But I admittedly don’t shake and tremble so much in practice, either. I desperately tried to range the gap, and after nearly a dozen clicks, the range finder finally marked a tree at 48 yards.Ī far shot, but one I never miss in practice. He slowly walked to the side and I found a gap, but now shaking and involuntary tremors took over. I was busted, and he stared right at me for nearly a minute from just 35 yards away. When it got behind a tree, I decided to stand and ready myself for a shot, but not even the widest tree could block the view of a creature so big. The massive bruin was lumbering in from my non-shooting side. Then things got downright interesting when a giant bear started walking directly toward me. I was cold and wet from a few unexpected thunderstorms, but seeing an elk and a pair of cute, curious minks kept the hunt entertaining. The next day, I hunted all day but forgot my rain gear. Both guys said the same thing: “When I saw the bear, I instantly turned around as quick as I could.” However, I was eager to encounter a big 400-pound beast near this patch of woods that was seen by two hunters while they scouted elk in July. It was just a small jet black bear, but a legal one. I was creeping as stealthily as I could, but my climber must’ve made too much noise crossing all the fallen logs and brush, sending a bear near the carcass running away. ![]() ![]() My elk died right in the middle of a great chunk of bear infested woods, where I had found more sign than ever before.Īfter a good night’s rest from my 12-hour-plus backpacking meat haul, I made it up the mountain with my climber the next evening in the national forest. In Colorado it is illegal to bait bears, but a hunter can hunt over a carcass where it naturally expired. My first few days in Colorado were very productive with archery elk hunting and that article can be found here, though the excitement really heated up with my close bear encounters.
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