Thats hunting geronimo. My buddy something similar just tonight. I have to work at 7am, so up at 5. Needless to say I went and tracked for hrs with very little blood. I think it will be a grid search in the morning. I have to work so will be there in the afternoon to help. Rubber boots and bug spray. The stand is written off but we're gonna have to work for this bear.
Stand was right next to a swamp. Bear ran into it..... lots of water. Blood was minimal to begin with. We'll see. I hope for the best and I know the tracking job will be tough. I found fresh tracks after we lost blood but it was in some really thick alders running along the swamp, then into it.
Thats where the big boys roam around here..... next to swamps. You have to work for them.
Its now 0215 so I'm off to bed.