I got an offer to go bear hunting in Northern Minnesota with a guy from work. Just want to make sure my set-up will be good enough. Browning Myst bow 28 1/2 dl 66 dw 251 fps 419 gr Beman arrows Was wondering if I need to turn it up a notch or if this should be fine. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Black bear are not as big as people think. And even the few real big ones you can still get through. Just as stated above, don't use expandables. Take the extra time and use fixed blades. I think all hunters should really...makes no sense to let the arrow fly then have to pray the head opened. Good luck and show us a pic when u get one.
Exactly! Everyone always shoots a 300lb dressed bear It seems. I want to use their scales. In all seriousness the average bear has smaller bones and less meat then that of a whitetail. People's conception of a bear Is way over blown. I'll get almost a 1/3 more meat out of a 200lb buck then I would out of a 200lb bear. When you start talking a very mature bear (10+ years old) then things start changing as their bone structure Is much bigger and the meat pretty much doubles.
Your setup will be fine. What broad heads you plan to use? I'd go with a good fixed head possibly even a cut on contact head Sent from my hand held hunting device
I've printed out several pics of bear anatomy for reference. Between those, and what all I've read so far, it looks like I need to aim a little farther back on a bear than a whitetail. Am I correct in that line of thinking?
I like right behind the leg. Take a broad side picture of a bear from a magazine or if you have pictures take one and draw a line from chest to tail exactly in the middle between the back and belly. When aiming and shooting at a bear you want to be below that line. Also I don't like my tree stands more than 15' high and all are aroud 12' to 15' when I set them up. You want to stay away from steep angle shot's. It's easy to one lung a bear on steep shots and they can go a long ways on one lung if they expire at all. Tracking a wounded bear in thick alders on your hands and knee's is no fun! Look at their heads this is a young bear 100-150lbs. Ear's are big and close together. This is a bigger one Aprox. 400lbs. Look at the head ears look small and are more farther apart. Bigger bears will often have a crease in their foreheads also. When setting up baits I lay a 5' log on the ground by the bait to help judge sizes. "Most" sow's will not be longer than 5' long and anything longer is a shooter no matter what it is. Take your time and look them over good. Bear are one of if not the most difficult animal to judge it's size.
