CHD
05-26-2011, 10:45 PM
Hey guys just got back from hunting the back yard (well 50 miles back anyway). Went back chasing Brown Bears with a buddy. He stuck his with his bow, and I took mine with my pistol. Amazing hunt! I know you all wont believe this story, but I swear its true. Ill add some pics to try and verify for you naysayers. My pal stalked to 40 yards on a 8 footer, put one arrow into him, pissed him off. Im trying to keep the boat from going high and dry on the ebbing tide in a fast moving river, but am taking pictures from the boat. The bear goes back to feeding while his sides get slicked up with blood. When my friend goes to nock his second arrow the bear hears him. He holds his shot till the bear is turned away from him. The second shot got his attention, and after an intense roar and roll on the ground comes up taking off after my pal. I dropped my camera and grabbed for my rifle in time to see this bear 5 yards off my pals backside as they dissapear into the forrest. I fired one round off into the air while doing a running long jump to the shore (came about 4 feet short and landed in 3' water), I knew I'd be shooting a bear off my buddies corpse. By the time I got 10 yards up the shore my friend comes high tailing it out of the woods, no bear in tow luckily. My hearts in my throat expecting a charging bear any second. I asked him if he was allright and he is really shaken up and says he got me. I see he's got blood on his face and ask him where he's hurt. The bear bit him in the left butt cheek and chomped down twice, then thanks be to God took off into the forest. After dropping his drawers we could see three puncture wounds and a lot of swelling about to start. It didnt bleed much though. We found claw marks on his right lower leg he never felt happen, but was saved by some heavy rubber boots. After waiting 45 minutes to an hour we stalked the blood trail into the forest about a mile, it started getting dark (and our forests are THICK). We got out of there before it was totally dark with a wounded brownie. The next morning we went in at 5 am and tried to pick up his trail, tough going since there was rain over night. We ended up coming back to town to get his rear checked out by someone a bit more qualified than me. Hoping to go back out tomorrow to look for him.
My hunt was pale in comparison. I stalked up to a small bear feeding on the tidal grass flats, it was too small to shoot, but I didnt have anything better to do so I stuck around to watch him. I decided if I could get within 50 yards of it I'd use my 4" Smithy 500 on him (always wanted to do that). Thanks to all your help I've been casting my own 440gr. GC boolits that the gun has an appetite for. I tell you it felt like catching a steelhead on a fly you tied yourself but amplify the adrenaline a couple hundred times. The first shot took out his shoulder and through the boiler room, second shot was wild, third took him from stern to stem, found the boolit under the skin by his neck. Performance was awesome, maybe a bit too hard of a bullet, not much mushroom but the penetration was tremendous. I weighed the boolit at 399 gr. after traversing the bear. Small or not I'd do it again (measures out at 19 3/8" skull and 6' rug), an amazing hunt and great memory with a dear friend I'm happy to still have around by the grace of God. We wont break the rules again. Always have a back up shooter when using a bow.
Shoot Straight :)http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/hucknheather/IMG_4452.jpg
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My hunt was pale in comparison. I stalked up to a small bear feeding on the tidal grass flats, it was too small to shoot, but I didnt have anything better to do so I stuck around to watch him. I decided if I could get within 50 yards of it I'd use my 4" Smithy 500 on him (always wanted to do that). Thanks to all your help I've been casting my own 440gr. GC boolits that the gun has an appetite for. I tell you it felt like catching a steelhead on a fly you tied yourself but amplify the adrenaline a couple hundred times. The first shot took out his shoulder and through the boiler room, second shot was wild, third took him from stern to stem, found the boolit under the skin by his neck. Performance was awesome, maybe a bit too hard of a bullet, not much mushroom but the penetration was tremendous. I weighed the boolit at 399 gr. after traversing the bear. Small or not I'd do it again (measures out at 19 3/8" skull and 6' rug), an amazing hunt and great memory with a dear friend I'm happy to still have around by the grace of God. We wont break the rules again. Always have a back up shooter when using a bow.
Shoot Straight :)http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/hucknheather/IMG_4452.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/hucknheather/IMG_4696.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/hucknheather/IMG_8864.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j17/hucknheather/IMG_4519.jpg
:Fire::Fire::Fire: