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Shot this on Monday. Story to follow.

Phase bear! NICE!

How big? Hard to tell with that pic

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.

It's not as big as this picture makes it look. I guessed its weight at about 150#, a medium sized bear for around here, but beautiful coloring.

WOW...i think i would of had to change my shorts after that.....Congrats on a great hunt and a beauty bear!

Great story, great BEAR!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

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Shot this on Monday. Story to follow.

First nice job and congrats

Second that is an intersting pose:D It looks well, Kinky[:-]

Great bear. Interesting story.

awesome story!!! congrats..I got a black bear with the bow back in 2000 so I know how it feels to have your heart pound out of your chest

Nice looking bear. Big Congrats! I love the color:):):)

Unlike Germ I'm not perverted...LOL I like the picture! And congrats!

Gotta remember the "fawn dying call" if I ever get the chance to hunt bear. Congrats!

Well done and congratulations!! That's a very pretty bear.

I used a fawn bleat call. In the 4 days, I called in 8 different does

Nice bear partner..got some questions about the fawn bleat..

1. How often did you call?
2. What company made the call?

The reason..is that I hunt in a very toughWMA where calling is about the only way to get the deer to move..I pick everyones brains on calling.;)

nice bear, great story, congrats.

Chuck, I have found that the deer go crazy with a very aggressive call (as well as bear). I have a fawn bleat call but I have found that my cow elk call (the plastic ones with the rubber band for a reed) works just as well and doesn't hurt my teeth like my bleat call does. I can make it sound like a dying fawn by blowing it differently than when trying to sound like an elk. All of my calling for deer has been for mule deer so I don't know how it would work for WTs. If you guys want to watch an exciting video on calling bears, try the "Calling all Bears" by Wayne Carlton. My bear came in exactly asthey doin the video.

I appreciate the feedback..where I hunt only a few pros get deer every year...80% strike out year after year..I pick the other 20% of the hunter's heads.THey have all told me..if they forget their calls they go home..Calls are a must here..andour deer are very smart..you don''t want to over call for sure..

I think in September a little gruntor fawn bleat may be about it..We usually call once about every 20 minutes..my favorite call is the Can but I only use it during the rut..

Congrats. That pic makes the bear look huge. That does sound like a very exciting hunt. He will make a beautiful rug.