trkytrack,

we both survived unscathed. Hadn't bothered to pick up a bear for starters... After the last picture he finally stopped coming at about 10 feet, and I discovered you can actually stay at full draw for quite awhile. I was prepared to give him one more step before he wore 31" of carbon, who knows what would have happened after that... fortunately I guess he'd had enough of the yelling and turned and circled into the willows behind me. I quickly got my stuff and moved up the road about 1/2 a mile to wait for my ride.

RC