The bear hunters! This was Justin’s first bear, and he did it the hard way with a bow. There were three generations sitting in the stand the evening Justin arrowed this bruin. Justin and his son Seth were in a double stand, and grandpa Randy was filming from another stand just a few feet away. This bear came in so late that they didn’t get any film, but the evening before nine different bear came in, and they are on film.
When old blackie came in, Justin could tell he was nervous, so he didn’t waste any time drawing down on him. Randy said it happened so fast he wouldn’t of been able to film anyway. Seth got to see his dad place a great shot from about 15 yards away. Justin said he thought he heard the death moan just seconds after shooting the bear. Sure enough he didn’t go but 30 yards, and piled up. It’s probably a 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 year old boar with a very large head in comparison to his body size. Live weight would be in the 200-225 pound range which is a respectable Michigan black bear representative.
Brother Randy said it doesn’t get much better than this. Last year Justin filmed Randy getting his bear, and this year Randy is with his son when he “connects!” It was a bonus having his grandson in the stand with them. That is pretty cool. Way to go Justin.
Mike
Great bear. One of these days I really am going to try this bear hunting thing.