Well, I got back on the horse, or in the tree as the case may be. Tried some predator calling but all it seemed to excite was a few magpies. I did stalk up on this doe on the way back out to my rig. She didn't seem too concerned about me walking along with her through the alders. She's lucky I didn't have a deer tag left. Maybe she thought I was good bear safety since she could outrun me if one showed up... (no, there was no zoom used on the camera; 4 yards!)
This is one of my favorite threads on BH. Keep the updates coming, Rob. Love the snow camo/blue combo.
Thanks. I got the snow bow last year as a special edition run. Elite added it as a standard option for 2011 on all their bows. It's sharp looking stuff even if it's use is a bit limited.
Yeah, my shooting fell apart a bit since then but 40-60 arrows over the last couple of days cured it. If a goat gets within 60 yards of me in the next week, with either bow, he's going to have trouble breathing!
Rob I'm curious to see, is your arrow setup the same for grizz/goat? If you don't mind sharing what is your complete setup? Arrow/fletching/head/weight. Thanks! I'm a bit of a tech. nut when it comes to this stuff.
Goats are way harder to penetrate than bears but I use the same rig for everything (the snow bow and the regular Z28 are twins); 29.5", 71#. The arrows are Easton Axis N-Fused 300 at 29" with a 100 grain brass insert and 125 grain G-5 Stryker, 7" wraps and Blazer vanes for a total arrow weight of 560 grains. They've gone clean through everything I've shot with them so far with the exception of the bedded buck that I pinned to the ground but that even got 12" of penetration into the ground on the other side of him. The only change I'll make for water buffalo is to go to the 210 grain Silver Flame head.
This is how I spent my lunch break today: Don got tipped off about this bear and I ran out to video him shooting it. He decided it wasn't what he wanted but my friend Cole had someone in mind that would like it so he went and got her. While he was gone the bear left the beach and crawled into some thick alders to bed down for the day. Cole had his .375 to back up her .300 WSM and I packed the cannon (.450 AK) in to run bird dog. They couldn't get on the bear from where they went in but I went from the opposite side thinking that I'd push the bear out to them. We could see each other but they couldn't see the bear when I spotted it 20 yards away in its bed. I didn't have a shot but I crept in 10 yards closer and found an opening. Then I backed out and yelled for them to come over to where I was. The bear must've been deaf or just plain belligerent because he barely even lifted his head when I yelled. They got up to my position in the thick cover and crept in. That's the end of the pics because I switched to video to record the shot but here's the result from one shot through the heart at 9 yards. The rest of the pics are here: http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/...Kodiak 2010/Bear Hunting/?albumview=slideshow
I'm not too sure about creeping up on a bedded bear, but if I were to do it, I don't think yelling would be at the top of my list. Matter of fact, I doubt I would be able to muster much more than a squeak. You have to have some nerves of steel. Good stuff
Balls of steel, Rob... balls of steel. That's all I've got to say. Other than I can't wait to come bowhunt them suckers with you in a few years.
Not to sound stupid but.......... what do you do once the bear is down. How do you get him packed out?
Rob, I think you are crazy as a friggin' loon sometimes... but bro, you got my respect!!! And congrats to the lady!!
The hide comes off, the head comes off with it and then the carcass gets loaded into the back of your pick-up with a BobCat in this case.
