Thanks to My Buddy who set the bait sight - Ray - I got my first bear.
I baited @ noon and after thinking about all 3 baits being hit I decided to come back at just after 6:00 PM to hunt.
As a approached the stand I realized that there was a bear at the bait. What a rush - I stalked up on it and had it in my cross hairs a dozen times but there was a bit of brush in the way every time. I finally got in a clear spot at about 30 yards and the bear moved off into the bush. I crouched under the stand for about 20 minutes then quietly climbed up. After about 40 min. the bear came in. As he walked right at me I plugged him in the last vertibrae before the scull. Down he went at 15 yards without a twitch.
192 lb
160 lb dressed
Once again Ray - Your the man.
MC
3 1/2 Weeks Later ----------------------------
Have a look at what I shot in my back yard.
The dog groweled and I went outside to check out why. I went into the back yard and came face to face with this beast at 15 feet from me huffing loudly. I slowly backed up and went in the house and got the gun. It was all over from there.
MC
Got the weight from the Butcher. Dressed weight + calculated guts weight = 505 lb
MC
