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Another Bear down
Well it all came together today. Ive been baiting on a friend's land near Rochester since late March. The second week or April I started to get some action. I've done 10-12 trips out there to re stock up on bait (expired bread, pasties and lots of cool aid flavoured popcorn).I'm sure I've spent over 20 hours making popcorn with 3 air poppers going in the garage. I passed on this bear this Tuesday as there is a bigger one hitting the station. Then it occurred to me that I can always get a supplement tag for the other if need be. Or one of my buddies can use the stand and get the other if he finds the time. I decided to go to the stand early today and was perched 25 feet up waiting by noon today. The wind storm made for a hairy ride, I felt like I was riding a bull from time to time. The bait was only about 8-10 yards from me tree but because I was up so high it made for a nearly straight down shot. This bear came back today around 3:30 and I put the arrow though the upper back with the Broadhead coming out it's over side in the armpit. I had to chuckle to myself as I had to wait for the tree to rest in-between the swaying in the wind. There's a moment the tree stops moving as it reaches its farthest movement before swaying back the other direction.  Bear made it just shy of 100 yards and expired. Got it in the garage now, going to spend the rest of the night skinning and butchering this beautiful bear. Next week work on tanning the hide and adding it to the others. On a side note, I should have enough hides now to make a massive camp blanket. My grandmother passed away last year and left me her pendelton, I believe I will be using that as the inside of the camp blanket with the bear on the outside.
Used a Bushmen Bow spartan series take down, 55# at 28, shooting black Eagle instinct 620gr total with 300gr of that up front. 100gr outsert and 200gr two blade single bevel broad head (nebula) made my alien archery.
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05-07-2021, 10:30 PM
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SUPER! 
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05-07-2021, 10:31 PM
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Good job!! Congrats
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05-07-2021, 11:54 PM
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Great story
Better bear
Congrats
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05-08-2021, 12:27 AM
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Well done. Congratulations!
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05-08-2021, 12:32 AM
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Nicely done!
Hoping to see photos of the tanning too.
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05-08-2021, 05:33 AM
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Old school gets it done 👍
Kudos to you sir
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05-08-2021, 06:33 AM
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Congrats
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05-08-2021, 09:55 AM
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Congrats!
Thanks for sharing!
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05-08-2021, 10:15 AM
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Congrats on a great bear,awesome gear used as well!
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05-08-2021, 10:51 AM
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Congrats on a fine bear!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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05-08-2021, 11:50 AM
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Wicked job!
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05-08-2021, 12:37 PM
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Congrats on a fine bear !!!
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05-08-2021, 12:47 PM
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Thanks for sharing.
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05-08-2021, 02:46 PM
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Ramonmark, I see you as one of the best sportsmen on the forum. You are sensible, passionate, build stuff in the hopes of getting better, and you get out there and just do it. What a winning formula. Great bear and great story!
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05-08-2021, 04:31 PM
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Another Bear down
Congratulations on braving the winds and bagging a fantastic bruin! Well done!
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05-08-2021, 04:43 PM
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Congratulations on a nice bear. I like the idea of the camp blanket. Great use for bear hides.
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05-08-2021, 05:38 PM
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I like the idea of the camp blanket. Great use for bear hides.
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Yes! Please post pictures when you have it completed. Would love to see that.
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05-10-2021, 07:08 AM
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Awesome pictures and harvest with the Trad Bow.
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05-10-2021, 02:25 PM
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Got the bear butchered and the hide fleshed. Guessing about 85lbs meat and 10lbs fat to render. I'll make sausage at a later date when my buddy is done his hunting, well do both together. I'll be sewing up a couple holes in the hide today then rubbing it with salt and a scraping the hide daily for the next 2-3 days . Before I start the tanning process.
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