We had a blast. Weather was great for the most part except for the last two days we were there it either rained or drizzled. I was so glad and proud of Hoytgirl for getting her bear. There are probably only a handful of women in the world that have killed a bear let alone with a bow and arrow. She is hooked and we booked the hunt again for next year. It was my 7th bear hunt so I am obviously hooked on bear hunting too. It is quite a rush to have one come in. Hoytgirl sat with me the next after she got hers with a video camera and we got to see a 400# class bear show up right at dark but he offered me no shot and it was too dark for her to film. I got to watch him well before dark stroll through a little clearing and he was definately in the 400# class. He finally came in too late fora shot.Three nights later I arrowed a nice bear right before dark and as we went into track it the next am it started raining. We found lots of blood but between the rain and too many people in the woods looking for the blood and the bear we lost the track. There are plants all over the forest floor that are yellow green with red spots of various sizes on them. When these plants get wet with rain you have to physically rub the spots to determine if they are blood or not. We all agreed that it was obvious that the bear was dead but we just couldn't find him in the thick Canadian bush. This is the 1st animal that I have never found and it was a bummer. The shot looked perfect to me and I got a complete pass through. We searched for three hours but that bush is so thick that you would actually have to stumble over it. I guess it was meant to be; nothing in nature goes to waste and other critters and birds will feed on it. HCH[/align][/align]