Cameron
I will remember that. Where I hunt black bear they have never seen a human. One evening I was in a tree stand over a bait using a 50 cal black powder Hawkens muzzle loader. I shot the bear I wanted and it went off about 75 yds and died. Just as I thought to decend the tree a gorgeous male came into the bait laid down and tucked in. I yelled at him, threw my water bottle at him and shot into the tree just over his head. All he did was glance up at me. Perplexed I was not sure what to do and I didn't need to shot him. Finally I reloaded and aimed at the bait barrel just over his head and calculated I could put the bullet through the edge of that barrel and then into the barrel next to it. Upon firing the bear got up growled a bit then waddled off into the woods. After about 10 minutes I scrambled down the tree and beat a hasty retreat just like you. Next morning I came back with a few other hunters to retrieve the one I had shot. There is more to the story but that is the jist of it. At one point two bears were funning about and that was when I learned just how fast they could scramble through the bush. If they want you there in no way you will get away
Last edited by Tamid; 08/20/16 12:07 AM.
