Called one in back in sept of 2000. It had it' s nose down on a deer trail while coming in to my fawn bleat call. It was less then 10 yards away before it knew it made a big mistake and started headin back the other way. I was by myself too and it took awhile to drag the 450 lb' er out of the swamp; but I got em. Even more fun trying to get him on the truck by myself.
I now go bear hunting whenever the season comes around.
I called in a mother with 3 small cubs the second day of the season here using a bear call.
Shot a 220 lb' er week later using a bacon fry but didn' t do any calling that day.