bow hunter's beware~

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Seem's our black bears are protecting they're acorn producing oak tree's this fall as forage is scaris this fall as this young deer hunter learned.Not sure how this could've happened but maybe kid was running away,?

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For those of you that have encountered black bears in the woods,you know just how stealthy they are,even the big ole buin 500+ can walk right up on ya nary a sound.poor kid must be the fat kid his buddy out ran when bear attacked.
 

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Were I in the tree I'da been short several arrows prior to being put on the menu.
 


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I would have pooped my pants in hopes that the stank would scare it away.

Glad it wasn't worse!
 

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Even if I had to stick them in by hand. LB

Yep.

'Sconi DNR be like, "You weren't bleeding from a major artery so you weren't in danger of losing your life. You're under arrest for the illegal stabbing of a non-threatening, MOSTLY PEACEFUL Black Bear."
 
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A good friend of mine was attacked by a sow (had 2 cubs with her) on his way into his bow tree stand. He did hand to mouth combat using his bow as a weapon in defense. He wasn't bitten but had numerous bruises and scrapes on his body and face. He said "she had bad breath." The way he told the story I was in stitches by the end --- even though it was very serious. Just the way he tells a story. Luckily I haven't seen one in a lot of years. The scariest I had was when bow hunting and it was just getting dusk out and a coyote howled almost right underneath my tree. Had to check my shorts when I got home. : )
 


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Seems like just a curious bear. Wonder if his clothes had some sort of odor on them and what the wind was doing. Don’t think I would’ve wasted the energy, tag, or time to shoot it either. Also, when people give you weight estimates on bears, divide that number by at about two…….especially since this guy says it’s the first bear he ever encountered. And maybe even subtract a few more lbs for a live bear.

I’ve been bluffed charged by a handful of bears now. They typically have a good reason for it. I was trying to rebait and this black bear’s Cubs wouldn’t come down from the tree. She came at me 3 times before I was able to finish up and leave. One of the creepiest things to happen to me on stand was these couple of brown bears had actually circled to get my wind and then followed it to my stand. That was messed up. I ended up shooting one with a blunt to scare it off. There were a couple magnums I was holding out for.
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Why in the heck didn't he poke it with an arrow when it was climbing up the tree?
Done this a few times when we lived in Montana.
 


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That bear and I would have settled the food chain discussion as soon as he was in reach of my toes.
 


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