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> bowhunting in creek bottom
> only way from truck to stand is a trail through thick ass pines and blackberries and brush (pic related)
> no game at dusk so I head back because it gets dark in the bottom first
> stalk back up the trail. Wet grass, loud crickets, good breeze. Moving very quiet. Getting dark.
> turn corner and a big black hole in the trail ahead stops me
> hole turns and looks at me
> "oh shit it's a black bear!"
> "oh shit it's a white man!"
> bear runs up trail around a blind corner and stops
> I have a bear tag so I draw bow and pie off corner
> can't see shit through sight aperture. Can't get a good shot. Too dark.
> bear jumps off trail behind bush, stands up 10 yards away
> I've had enough. Draw down bow, draw based Colt .45
> yell at bear, "Fuck off or else!"
> bear fucks off
Later I realized I dropped my arrow. I went back the next day and bear had chewed it up and chewed up my tree stand.
Usually the most I see of a bear is the ass end running away from me.
