Post by: Terry Green on October 06, 2009, 11:01:00 PM
And I broke me bloody arrow......
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/bloodyarrowcohuttabear.jpg)
Post by: vermonster13 on October 06, 2009, 11:05:00 PM
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Post by: David Lewis on October 06, 2009, 11:07:00 PM
Post by: South MS Bowhunter on October 06, 2009, 11:08:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 06, 2009, 11:24:00 PM
Deer???
I don't go to the Cohutta Wilderness to hunt no stinkin deer!!!
Post by: BowHuntingFool on October 06, 2009, 11:28:00 PM
Post by: tradtusker on October 06, 2009, 11:29:00 PM
:coffee: :coffee:
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Post by: Apex Predator on October 07, 2009, 08:33:00 AM
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Post by: robtattoo on October 07, 2009, 08:40:00 AM
'Fess up!!
:clapper: :goldtooth:
Post by: Jeff D. Holchin on October 07, 2009, 08:43:00 AM
Post by: ron w on October 07, 2009, 08:51:00 AM
Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on October 07, 2009, 09:05:00 AM
Not that I wouldn't be happy to see a dead pig on here. But I'm really, really hoping you're clearing some wall space for bear skin rug.
Post by: Littlefeather on October 07, 2009, 09:15:00 AM
Post by: Hawkeye on October 07, 2009, 09:23:00 AM
Or SOMETHIN' that can climb a tree if'n it wants! :saywhat:
Post by: hunt it on October 07, 2009, 09:26:00 AM
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 09:46:00 AM
Yeah...I put two big holes in it and my buddy Doug Johnson put three more in it for good measure. What a WILD RIDE it was last evening....and it all happened so fast...
Wasn't able to scout at all before the season, and haven't been able to hunt much either, and the area I wanted to hunt due to downed trees from all the rain we'd had down here in the last two and a half weeks. It rained again on us last night. If it don't stop raining, we are gonna rot.
But last night the road was clear....no more defaulting to 2nd or 3rd rate areas...
DiStefano has rung.....
Post by: Tique on October 07, 2009, 09:56:00 AM
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Post by: David Lewis on October 07, 2009, 09:59:00 AM
Come on now tell the story with pics hopefully
Post by: longbowben on October 07, 2009, 10:05:00 AM
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Post by: Blasterjdh on October 07, 2009, 10:09:00 AM
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 10:40:00 AM
Did I tell ya Doug gets excited?
Post by: NorthernCaliforniaHunter on October 07, 2009, 10:49:00 AM
Why?!! :readit:
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 10:55:00 AM
He was in the same area where I killed that nice Cohutta Hog during turkey season and he was with me then....so he was happy.
Fantasy Goddess rang....
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 11:09:00 AM
The plan was for us to go up this special hollow bout a hundred yards and split up left and right for another 2 or 3 hundred yards or so where we could guard several finger ridge dump offs in the bottom.
We only made it in about 50 yards and we found two piles of bear scat....fresh bear scat....the kind you want to find and hunt over fresh. As we move a head a few more yards and started our split I saw more piles and whistled for Doug. We regrouped and observed the white oak destruction laying on the ground before us. We also heard a 'squirrel' in a tree about 30 yards away. So we looked for the 'squirrel' and were content that there was no big black squirrel in the tree and discussed that Doug would come back and hunt this tree if he didn't find a more likely area around to the left where he was headed.....and I would stay my course....so we split....but not for long....Doug veered 15 yards left, and I veered 15 yards right.....and it was ON!!!....
Post by: jcar315 on October 07, 2009, 11:15:00 AM
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Post by: hunt it on October 07, 2009, 11:43:00 AM
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 11:44:00 AM
BTW...I only called home to make sure my girls didn't get go to bed till I got home...and my mom who worries over me something fierce over my hunting passion. No time to call anyone else as Doug and I just kept replaying all the details all the way down the mountain and and on the pavement all the way home.
Dave....not five arrows...five HOLES....just 3 arrows. :thumbsup:
Post by: jcar315 on October 07, 2009, 11:53:00 AM
I will have to wait for the update.
Post by: Talondale on October 07, 2009, 11:59:00 AM
2 passthroughs + 1 stuck arrow = 5 holes.
Congrats.
Post by: Greg Owen on October 07, 2009, 12:10:00 PM
Hurry up with the story already, I can BEARly stand the suspense.
Post by: imskippy on October 07, 2009, 12:23:00 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 01:49:00 PM
I start looking and nocking an arrow but see no bear anywhere...Doug whisper yells a little louder, "Right here in Tree get over here"!!! So, I quickly move toward Doug in a haste watching my steps down and through the creek all the while trying to look up and see the bear. After clearing the creek I see Doug looking straight up!!! He's 6 feet from the tree and I look up and spotted blacky as well and moved in to within about 10 feet. The bear is now on to us and is manuvering to get a better view of the what's going on below. Bad move on the bear's part....
Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on October 07, 2009, 01:49:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:That's probably because you're dragging this out and killing us slowly. I have your number in my cell phone, and I'm not afraid to call it! :D
I'm trying guys!!!!....beats all I ever seen...the phones are ringing off the hook.
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 01:52:00 PM
Post by: Shaun on October 07, 2009, 01:59:00 PM
Post by: Danny Rowan on October 07, 2009, 02:15:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 02:56:00 PM
All I know was I was on the ground with a longbow and it looked like a medium shooter to me 70 feet up in that white oak. I also know when I'm offered a 'target'....and one appeared.
Blacky was positioned in the 'U' shaped fork of the trunk and a big limb and had both front legs through the fork and was peering down at us. I saw the position and all I had to do was put the arrow right under it's chin and right over the fork. Hence the title of the thread....
Doug was looking at the same place I was, but had no idea I was drawing the bow, and when he saw my bright fletched arrow with that mini hatchet on the end enter the chest just under the chin....he didn't whisper, instead he very audibly said "UH - OH!!!!"
It had officially hit the fan!!!!!....
Post by: leatherneck on October 07, 2009, 03:03:00 PM
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Post by: Masham Man on October 07, 2009, 04:38:00 PM
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Post by: Blackhat on October 07, 2009, 04:49:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 04:50:00 PM
We gathered our wits for a brief moment, collected our errant arrows and found blood immediately and started on the trail that was obvious at this point. After about 20 yards of good blood, we'd entered the vanishing point that was filled with 12 to 15 foot white pines just as a dark low cloud moved over head. Combining that with the 2 weeks of rain making the ground a dark brown it was almost like the last 15 minutes of shooting light, but it was only 5:15 PM. I was straining my eyes for blood that was plainly there once I found it but straining to find it none the less. Doug decided to make a short sneak loop to the left off what we felt was the blood line area to look a head, and I got out my Wensel Brother's flashlight. BAMB!....Blood City...I was walking now at a good clip and I told Doug the trail took a right veer. Doug and I both knew we were sure where the bear was headed as it was the least resistance direction with little uphill elevation, so without me even saying anything to Doug he headed right where I was thinking. Yeah, hunters can do that ya know. ;)
Doug had no more that gotten out of sight and it was hitting the fan again!!!....
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on October 07, 2009, 05:08:00 PM
Post by: Greg Owen on October 07, 2009, 05:10:00 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 05:37:00 PM
I knock an arrow as I don't know if the bear is coming or going...but more yells ring out a little further away. I take my judo point out and stick it in the ground at last blood, move off to the right about 5 yards to try and stay off what I think is the blood line and I take off toward the ruckus.
I stop as I hear yet more yelling, barking, whooping and growling and I fear Doug is in a fight so I start carrying the mail myself in a panic for my long time hunting partner.
As I cleared the white pines and hopped up onto an old logging road I see Doug up ahead strutting around like a bantam rooster, much like Lawrence Taylor after a quarterback sack, still making victory war hoops as the bear laid dead just beyond him. And for good reason.....Doug done good let me tell ya!!!
Doug had spotted the bear laying facing away from him like a gator and its ears sticking up gave it away. Doug moved in and the bear stood and started to leave and he managed to get two more arrows into the bear. The 1st one entered the rear ham on the right side penetrating about 17 inches. Doug caught up to within 10 yards and it turned broadside, looked Doug in the eyes and growled. So, Doug let her have it passing the next Wensel Woodsman slap though it mid ship. Blacky was done,.... fell over stone dead.
The celebration was something special as Doug and I have been chasing bears for years in these special mountains, both pulling for each other as much as we pulled for ourselves. We'd surely hunt solo up there at times, but as Doug mentioned, if one of us was there and the other wasn't, something was missing. We'd shared so many memories over the years in the Wilderness together. So many chases, close calls, what if's, if only's and on and on and on. For us both to share in our 1st bear kill together was quiet poetic.....and probably fate. It was only fitting, ......and ever so sweet.
I don't know who was more excited......does it really matter?
What a ride!!!
What a Hunt!!!
What a memory between two life long friends!!!
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/cohuttabear3.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/cohuttabear2.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/cohuttabear4.jpg)
Thanks Doug.....I love ya brother. :campfire:
Post by: deadpool on October 07, 2009, 05:43:00 PM
Post by: Whip on October 07, 2009, 06:03:00 PM
I'm glad I didn't try to read this one right away this morning - I knew this would be one that needed to simmer for awhile.... ;)
Post by: Shaun on October 07, 2009, 06:10:00 PM
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Post by: razorsharptokill on October 07, 2009, 06:17:00 PM
Post by: David Lewis on October 07, 2009, 06:18:00 PM
Post by: jcar315 on October 07, 2009, 06:24:00 PM
Super pics and story telling was 1st rate!
What a thrill to be shared between 2 hunting buddies.
Post by: pitbull on October 07, 2009, 06:24:00 PM
Post by: Over&Under on October 07, 2009, 06:26:00 PM
:clapper:
Post by: NorthernCaliforniaHunter on October 07, 2009, 06:40:00 PM
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Post by: BowHuntingFool on October 07, 2009, 07:09:00 PM
Post by: tradtusker on October 07, 2009, 07:15:00 PM
Awesome! wont ever forget that one! :thumbsup: :clapper: :clapper: thats what its all about!
Post by: Blackhat on October 07, 2009, 07:21:00 PM
Post by: Bryan Burkhardt on October 07, 2009, 07:25:00 PM
Bryan
Post by: steadman on October 07, 2009, 07:37:00 PM
Post by: Bowhunter4life on October 07, 2009, 07:39:00 PM
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Post by: fatman on October 07, 2009, 07:50:00 PM
:clapper:
Post by: Bonebuster on October 07, 2009, 07:59:00 PM
Congrats.
Post by: Charlie Lamb on October 07, 2009, 08:31:00 PM
;) :thumbsup:
Post by: Arrowslinger on October 07, 2009, 08:35:00 PM
Post by: bloodyarrow on October 07, 2009, 08:53:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 07, 2009, 09:13:00 PM
Thanks for the comments guys...we are still riding the wave for sure!
Deadpool....it was one of those 'special run' Silver Flames that's 2 inches wide.
BTW...Doug made a couple of calls while I called mom and Carmen. There were crowds at both houses when we arrived. Lots of comments about the size of the gash in the chest and out the back of the bear from that Silver Flame. 'They' just couldn't believe a broadhead could do such a thing.
Post by: Masham Man on October 07, 2009, 09:22:00 PM
Post by: gregg dudley on October 07, 2009, 09:40:00 PM
:goldtooth:
Post by: deadpool on October 07, 2009, 09:45:00 PM
by special run you mean "no longer made anymore" huh lol
Post by: 2treks on October 07, 2009, 09:50:00 PM
Post by: Dsturgisjr on October 07, 2009, 09:59:00 PM
Post by: wv lungbuster on October 07, 2009, 10:05:00 PM
Post by: House on October 07, 2009, 10:16:00 PM
Beauty of a bear, sounds like an awesome adventure. Good for you guys! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Travis
Post by: Bear on October 07, 2009, 10:24:00 PM
Post by: Greyfox54 on October 07, 2009, 10:25:00 PM
Post by: John3 on October 07, 2009, 10:39:00 PM
Congrats
Post by: John3 on October 07, 2009, 10:48:00 PM
Yeah, bears are cool...!
Again thanks for sharing the hunt with us.. Man, it just cannot get any better than that!
John III
Post by: SKYLER W on October 07, 2009, 11:00:00 PM
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Post by: Sharpster on October 08, 2009, 08:45:00 AM
Great job guys, Congratulations!!! :thumbsup:
Ron
Post by: Jack Denbow on October 08, 2009, 10:21:00 AM
Jack
Post by: BobW on October 08, 2009, 10:28:00 AM
Post by: Jeff D. Holchin on October 08, 2009, 11:21:00 AM
Post by: preflex on October 08, 2009, 11:40:00 AM
and terry you should consider directing tv shows with the way you kept the "to be continued" thing goin and the suspence
and that arrow looks more like a shovel than an arrow
Post by: FerretWYO on October 08, 2009, 12:00:00 PM
Post by: IndianaBowman on October 08, 2009, 12:23:00 PM
Great job guys and what a memorable hunt.
Post by: Gatekeeper on October 08, 2009, 01:50:00 PM
What did the autopsy show as far as the first arrow's hit?
Post by: NEB on October 08, 2009, 03:48:00 PM
Neil
Post by: John Havard on October 08, 2009, 05:04:00 PM
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Post by: Pierre Lucas on October 08, 2009, 05:26:00 PM
God Bless, Pierre
Post by: bayoulongbowman on October 08, 2009, 06:08:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 09, 2009, 09:15:00 AM
My arrow entered the chest left of center, hit vertical, and exited the left side of the spine out the top of the back taking out a lung but went over the heart. The bear was definately in its death bed when Doug spotted it as it had lost a LOT of blood in the 150 yards. But I'm certainly glad Doug got in on the action. We had breakfast yesterday and are already planning next years season.
BTW, that head is still starp as the day I got it cept one little spot.
Also broke in my newest Doug Campell knife. :thumbsup:
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/cohuttabearknife1.jpg)
Post by: joebuck on October 09, 2009, 09:22:00 AM
Post by: Terry Green on October 09, 2009, 09:38:00 AM
Sorry for the sucky pics....we got a camera full of blurry ones as we were just too excited and hearts were a beating.
Entrance....Doug kinda had this spread out a bit...it was open about 3rd of that, but was also a 3rd longer.
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/cohuttabearwound1.jpg)
Exit......
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/cohuttabearwound2.jpg)
Post by: Bob Walker on October 22, 2009, 05:08:00 PM
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!!!
Awesome bear and story!
Post by: IB on October 22, 2009, 05:22:00 PM
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/IronBull_/Smileys/awesomesmiley.gif)
Post by: dakota tim on November 01, 2009, 06:13:00 PM
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Post by: stujay on September 01, 2013, 02:19:00 AM
Terry great story and pics too! Congrats to you both on the fine bear!
Post by: Terry Green on September 01, 2013, 04:53:00 AM
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on September 01, 2013, 09:12:00 AM
Nice going, and more to follow this year, you say?
Post by: Pheonixarcher on September 01, 2013, 12:30:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on September 01, 2013, 02:04:00 PM
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/bearnun2.jpg)
(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/bearnun1.jpg)
Post by: SKITCH on September 01, 2013, 02:09:00 PM
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Post by: Blaino on September 04, 2013, 12:12:00 PM
Looking forward to this years hunt! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Post by: bowhuntingrn on September 04, 2013, 01:00:00 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on November 07, 2019, 02:27:54 PM
Post by: Captain*Kirk on November 07, 2019, 02:50:10 PM
The story reads as good as your podcast, but I didn't have to endure the wait like everybody else in this thread! :campfire:
Post by: Wudstix on November 07, 2019, 03:09:35 PM
Post by: Terry Green on November 07, 2019, 03:36:56 PM
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Post by: Pat B on November 09, 2019, 01:04:56 PM
I've never hunter Cohutta but fished it once. It was more mountain climbing than fishing.