not the monster everyone dreams of but at 160#s I'm VERY happy. (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/sswv/mine022.jpg)
Nice bear congratulations, what county were you in Danny??
nice Bear Crongratrs
Awesome Danny!!
Now where's the story??
Allen
Awesome! Tell us the story!
Congrats,nice bear Is it a WV bear?
Its one I dream of! Congrats.
You are right to be happy. Congrats on a very nice bear. :thumbsup:
I would be proud Danny!
I think picture speaks volumes, awesome bear!
Congratulations!
God bless,Mudd :notworthy: :archer:
Good job!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Need the story tho! :coffee:
Nice bear and congratulations!
Congrats!!!
That is a great bear and with a longbow is a real accomplishment--congrats!
Great!! Congrats. Is it a WV bear?
That is on my list... took one in Canada years ago but would really like to take a WV bear.
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Thanks for the compliments gang.
I was hunting in Mercer County, West Virginia in the Egeria area. I was standing in my lock-on Thursday morning and at about 8:45am I heard what sounded like something scratch the bark at the bottom of the tree. It had been raining the night before and the wind was bad so hearing something coming was hard. I looked down and honest to God this bear had his front paws on my climbing stick looking right up at me. He had to have come from the deep hollow (loaded with laural) right behind me. First thing that crossed my mind was "somebody has to make a decission here quick". Well' the bear hit all fours and started to walk off. I said to myself, I'm not gonna shoot this bear so, I grabbed my camera and took a few quick pics then, it crossed my mind, I might never ever get another chance to shoot a bear with my longbow. By this time the bear had milled around ending up about 14 steps right in front of my stand. I slid the camera in my pocket and eased the bow up, I drew, let go and hit him right behind the right front shoulder with a 4-blade Muzzy Phantom. He jumped straight up and ran about 40 yards falling and then made that aweful death moan. The cape is at the taxidermist and the meat in in a freezer.
oh yeah' my bow is a takedown Bob Lee short riser longbow 47#s. The arrows are GT 33/55's with a 50 grain brass insert and 125 grain 4-blade Muzzy Phantom heads, some have 125 grain 4-blade SteeleForce. (total weight 450 grains).
Very cool, congrats!
Very awesome,thanks for the pic and wonderful story.
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Congratulations on fine trophy! :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Great story, you should be proud. Had one do the same thing here in PA a couple years back, but it wasn't bear season, so I just watched him walk away.
Very nice bear.... Joe
Very cool story and an awesome picture. I do quite a bit of fishing in WV and have always wanted to hunt bears there. Congratulations on a wonderful trophy.
Merf
Danny, you are the man. Hate not seeing you at atar this year. that is a great bear. Our season opens next saturday. got one thats been teasing me all fall. I'll keep ya posted. Don
Hey, the camera is for AFTER the shot! Great bear and congratulations. Bears are awesome creatures!
GLENN
we really missed you at ATAR Don! get that bear and post some pics. :thumbsup:
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Really nice bear!
Thanks for posting the pics. Awesome!
Nice one, Danny. You can be proud of that bear :thumbsup: .
Nice bear! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Danny that is awesome! Great story and good shooting!
A good bear nice work.
Cant beat it, especially with a longbow! Great job!
Danny...Nice bear and congrats on a awesome trophy :thumbsup:
Nice bear,great shot.Do you see a lot of bear in that area of WV?
Congrats!
Wow! Nice going! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great bear :)
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Way to go ! Congratulations !
Nice bear as well as a nice story.
Congrats........
Very nice and a great job! :thumbsup: I'll take a bear anytime never had one.
cool! :thumbsup:
Nice Bear. Congratulations.
Butch L
Nice looking bear.Good job.
Congrats :thumbsup:
awesom. im looking to kill my first bear this year. thanx for the story and pic. ruddy
Way to Go Danny, nice bear!!!
thanks again to everyone for all the compliments!
to answer a question...YES...southern WV has several black bear. so many that there is an early bear season in a few counties.
Congratulations! Thanks for the picture and story.
The death moan is some spooky.
Great bear! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Congratulations again Danny, he'll look real nice when you get him back.
Awesome bear...the photo is great!!! :thumbsup:
hey gang! that picture wouldn't be possible without the handy camera work of one of my hunting buddies Bill aka 'baretraks'. another hunting bubby Bobby aka 'bgram' got a nice spike buck hunting with me a couple days ago. He has some good pics of it I'm sure he'll post soon.
Nice bear, cool pic and good story!
Are the bucks doing much down there yet Danny? In Berkeley County they're cruising alone in the mornings. Scrapes have just begun to appear in the last week and a half...
Beautiful Bear....nice going... :thumbsup: :notworthy:
about the same here Kenny! we're starting to get some cold weather and the moon is getting dark so that'll help things along
Good bear. Congrats to ya.
Congrats!
That is a trophy by trad bow standards, way to go! :clapper:
Great bear & story! He'd have winded me soon as he scratched on my tree.
awesome i want to kill a bear
Congrats! Let's see some of those BEFORE shots you took.
:thumbsup: Congrats! Nice job!
Nice......way to go Danny!
hey Talondale! that's a good idea. not the best pics considering how high I climb and dummy me didn't zoom the camera. (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/sswv/bear004.jpg) (http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n175/sswv/bear002.jpg)
Good job Danny I knew it was a Bob Lee before I finished your story. :thumbsup: :clapper:
Congrats Danny!
nice job!
Contracts!
hey Kip! I think them Bob Lee's have some very good mojo. :archer:
I still love my little black Vortex but that Bob Lee is VERY user friendly for me.
Wow great job
Here's what got sent to my cell that morning while I was sitting in my office chair, wishing I could be in the woods...
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa83/al_in_wv/Dannybear.jpg)