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Ok, I guess it isn’t my first trad kill. I’ve taken a few squirrels, a rabbit and a grouse but this was my first big game animal with my recurve !
I practiced all spring and summer for this hunt. I had 5 different bears hitting the bait. All I had to do was get in undetected, wait for my opportunity, and make one good kill shot. After watching a smaller bear for about 15 minutes, and coming to full draw 3 times just to see if he’d catch my draw. I let him walk. 20 minutes later, a rabbit came bolting through the opening past the bait as if his tail was on fire. At first, I wondered what spooked him, but moments later my question was answered as a nice 250 pound bear walked in.
After watching, and trying to calm down, for about 10-15 minutes, the bear turned away from me and walked toward the barrel. I stood and waited for him to turn a bit. He was quartering away a bit but i needed him to take a step to expose vitals. As the bear lifted his front foot, I drew, anchored, aimed and released an almost perfect shot entering mid ribs and exiting just under the opposite front leg.
I’ve had some pretty exciting hunts over the last 25 years but this one will be hard to top.
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