RJob.....that bear's way to close.......what's the story? [smiley=drink.gif] spyder
In 2003 I was hunting in Manitoba
www.laurieriverlodge.com and had just gotten into my stand. That little bugger came right down to the stand and wanted to see what was up. He climbed up the three steps with his front paws and was standing on the ground.
That made him between 4 and 5 feet tall. I figured I better get a pic of him so someone would know how I met my demise. Anyway after I got the pic I stood up and roared at him. He wasn't too impressed but gave me kind of an RCA dog look and stepped up onto the first rung.
That was a bit close I figured so I kind of kicked at him and yelled a bit and he got down and didn't clomb up again. He hung around for most of the evening until I shot a bigger bear. Then after some time he went over to the other bear and figured out something just wasn't right and off he went like he'd been shot out of a cannon.
I figured him to be maybe a 200-250 lb bear and maybe a year and half to two years old. He obviously had not been around Mr. Weatherby before as the shot didn't bother him at all, although his sister had been hanging around too and she took off right when I fired.
It makes a good story to tell that you were that closee to a bear anyway and I have the picture to prove it. Glad I had the time to get the pic. Here's a tan phase bear from that year too, with Mr. Weatherby in the pic.
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