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HUNT STATUS:  Who Has Their Bear So Far? (The picture version.)

Jeff Cook
First Night:  Jeff hunted 2K stand. At 8:00 he heard a twig snap and saw movement on his left. A small bear came to the bait and Jeff watched it until dark. When he climbed down and the bear ran off.

2nd Night:  Back at 2K around 4:00, got situated and settled in. Checked his pocket watch, oops, it slipped and fell to the ground. Jeff stood up and was searching the ground for the watch. A black figure caught his attention. A nice size bear 15 yards into the trees. The bear circled behind the bait and moved to it from the right side. Then it went directly to the bait. Suddenly it went on alert, looked behind itself, and darted a few yards into the trees.

After a couple of minutes the bear cautiously returned to the bait and began removing the logs that covered the bait.

Jeff's bow was on a bow hanger and he slowly got the bow and moved into shooting position. When the bear was broadside and with it's head down Jeff drew.
He picked a spot and released. His bright orange feathers shown brilliantly as the arrow hit and disappeared into the bears vitals.

The bear bear ran into it's back trail. Jeff sat down and reflected on the moment that had just happened. He heard the bear go down and then heard the death moan.
Jeff told me. "I had seen the Jaws N' Claws" video and remembered the death moan and so I knew the bear was dead."

He waited about an hour and got down. He retrieved his arrow and found a good blood trail. "It was a good blood trail and led right to the bear. I stepped it off and it was 23 yards to the bait."
Since he had 3 hours before his friend Joe would pick him up. He set back in the stand to see if any more bears came in. About 8:00 a bear came from behind and stopped directly under his tree. It sniffed the tree and chewed on a seat cushion Jeff had left on the ground after killing the other bear.

It proceeded to the bait and tore into the logs and had a feast. At dark the bear left.
Jeff got out of the tree and went to the road. When Joe got there they went back and tagged and dragged the bear to the truck. Jeff, when you get back home, download this link for a wallpaper sized picture of you and your bear.

This is Jeff's first bear. His advice to first time bear hunters is, "Read and study all the bear hunting videos you can get your hands on. The one I studied over and over again was Fred Lutger's Jaws N' Claws. I liked it because it didn't look staged, it was live action and the information was helpful on this hunt. The way I found out about Fred was on Bowhunting.net."

"I had hunted bear 19 years ago and never lost the fever for it. And I always wanted to come back, and it took that long to squeeze it into everything that was going on. I'll be back."

Jeff Cook (L) with Fred Lutger and his black bear.

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