It was on an un-guided combination black/brown bear hunt out of Cordova in May 2002. Black bear hunting had been slow due to a late spring. My friend Rex had taken a nice 6’ black bear on the evening of the third day with his .300 Win Mag. A-bolt. However, we were seeing less black bear and more brown bear than we usually saw in this area at this time of year. Rex and Russ were off hunting from the skiff so I was solo hunting black bear on the second to last day of our hunt. When I spotted the bruin, he was moving down the beach toward me with the wind at his back. I stepped up into the cover at the edge of the trees and waited as he walked by at 17yds. He stopped to look when he saw me draw back, covering the vitals with his shoulder blade. He obviously couldn’t make me out in my camoflage, or smell me. When he turned and had gone past me I took the shot. The arrow passed clean through entering between the third and forth rib and coming out through the left tricep. He roared and bit at the arrow as it came out. Then he ambled back up the beach the way he had come. I sat and waited for about half an hour and went to round up the guys and bring the rifles back to look for him. The arrow had caught both lungs and cut three chambers of the heart. He went about 80yds and dropped. We skinned him at the edge of the water and dropped him in the skiff for the ride back to camp. I was fortunate enough to harvest a nice 8' boar with a beautiful coat. The skull green scored 24" and netted 23 and change placing it well into P&Y. The bow is a Hoyt UltraTec set at 70lbs. shooting a 29" A/C/C 3-60 with a 125gr. 3 blade Muzzy at about 260fps. I shoot it with a string-loop and Carter release.