First Bear & It made pope & young record books
 

I couldn't believe it, I was so happy I would laugh and then cry. September 23, 2015 with 15 mins left until last light. A chocolate color black bear decided he would check out the bait. 20 yards away and I drew my first arrow, unfortunately my trigger release let go too soon and the arrow landed between me and the bear. I froze, he looked at the illuminated nock and then looked at me. Fortunately he went back to eating and I nocked another arrow. This arrow was a perfect shot that went exactly where it needed to be. He went 19 yards and moaned his last breath. We still had 10 mins of light to load him. He came in at 7:47 and last light was at 8:05 that night. After I cleaned the skull and it dried for three months I took it to an official measurer, it turned out to be 19 13/16. This bear weighed 507lbs squared out at 7'4" and made the pope and young record books. Approximately 200 hours of hunting into this bear, he was so worth it. I would like to say a huge thank you to my hubby Backwoods Runner, I couldn't have done it without you.

Congrats on the beauty!! A helluva bear that's for sure!!

Shamus

Wow factor for sure.
Don't know much about the scoring system but big if big!
Congrats.

That's an awesome bear!

Great bear! Nice work.

LC

Cool story, great bear, Thanks for sharing!!!

Bear
 

Nice story thanks for sharing it

He's a beauty!!!! Thx for sharing.

Great looking bear congrats

Good job and thanks for posting. Bear looks like a black black bear to me. Awesome bear. Awesome job getting another arrow nocked and bringing it home.

when I started reading your thread I was like what the hell men don't cry when they hunt! haha but I see you are a lady and quite the hunter to get a nice bear like that! congrats big time!

Great story! Congrats! That's a great looking bear!

:D Outstanding great job...good shooting!
Neil

Look at you go girlfriend! Gonna be a rug or shoulder mount?

Congrats on your Bear!

Great story to share as well.

BW

Congrats on a great bear. :)

Congrats and thanks for sharing

Congrats

Looks black nice bear nun the less congrats

The picture doesn't show very well but he is a very dark chocolate, like an expresso color. It was hard to believe but he never had a mark on him till he came back from the tanners. Came back with a big tear on his nose. :sign0176: Fortunately we know a creative taxidermist that will make it disappear. Rug is half done as we speak. I'm sure Hotpaws will post some more pics soon.