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Monday was my 4th. day hunting here in Colorado. Here we can't use dogs or bait for bear but we can hunt over a carcass legally. I have tags for elk, deer and bear. My plan was to concentrate on deer, any deer, and then sit over the gut pile for a bear. I got close on deer several times as I used a fawn bleat call. In the 4 days, I called in 8 different does but couldn't get one on the ground. Then I set up to call about 4 PM on Monday. I saw something sneaking through the woods that was a little too lightly colored for a deer. This bear came from 100 yards to about 60 and then stopped. It started to go back so I called again and it came on a string to about 30 yds. and stopped again. Again, it stopped, waited a minute and then started to turn around. I let out a "fawn is dying" wail and this time it didn't stop. It was foaming at the mouth and grunting as it came, and came, and came some more. At about 20 yds. I drew back and followed the deer as it got closer and closer. Itfinally stopped 3 yds. from my feet. It was facing me so I shot it right between the neck and the shoulder. The 650 gr. arrow with 2 blade Zwickey BH buried to the fletching. I found out later that it busted a hole through the edge of the shoulder blade as it went in and the BH came out the off side about in the middle of the bear. It ran for no more than 3 seconds and made it all of 20 yds. before crashing against this log. The BH took out several major arteries right on top of the heart and the off-side lung. This is by far, the most exciting hunt of my 25 year hunting career.