I' ve been watching this cinnamon on a line, on the other side of this HOLE for a couple of weeks, but it' s too small to chase, even with my bow. Well last night, with 30 min of light left, I glassed the hill and spotted what I thought was a decent boar in it' s spot (finally...)

Well I jumped on down that hole, crossed the ragin' creek and got half way up the other side, before I puked up my first lung. By the time I stopped gasping enough steady my bino' s, I realized it was that same dink I' d been watchin' FFFF....(Doh!)

Well, after I' d dragged my sorry ass this far, his rug started lookin' mighty nice...I had the wind, so I grunted it out and belly crawled the last 20 yards to close the gap to where I could hear him chewing....I raised my bow and...

Here' s the HOLE looking back, (that pink thing on the road is my left lung)...


Shoot now or forever hold your peace...


How could you miss my ears?


COULDN' T DO IT ... At least I have a good excuse to BUY a SPOTTING SCOPE!

Good choice, good on you....let him grow.
Maybe a bigger lens on the camera as well L.O.L.
That' s a steep hill, but the country looks kind of civilised.

Hey Mt Boy, If I sent you a digital pic of the bear I killed. Do you think you could post it. Its killing me that you all are not able to see it. If you can email me at [email protected]
I have a couple of nice digital pics in Jpg. format.

Tim - ya it' s about 10k from town...it' s the closest spot to home. I grew up with bears in the yard and now there are actually grizzlies on the outskirts of town. There' s no baiting here, so you have to find open grassy fields...which are down low in the spring. I usually glass it on the way to other spots... Here' s a big bear in the fall, at timberline in a hole 5 hours hike from the truck...

Big Lead - just post your pics on a free host like web-shots and post a link to it here...

Thanks Mt. Boy. I guess I could do it myself afterall. Check out the link in the topic " First Bear Holy Smokes" Maybe I will add some other pics in a few days.