Canadian Black Bear

[Gatekeeper]

For the full story of the hunt go here  

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=086308;p=51

I shot this blonde muzzled black bear during Bear Quest IV, June 17, 2010 around 8:55 PM. The boar weighed 154#. I shot him with a 56" Pronghorn that draws 55# at 29". The arrow I used was 31.5" Carbon Express Heritage 250, with a front-end weight of 250 grains. The total arrow weight was 650 grains. The broadhead was a 125 grain Wenzel Woodsman with a 75 grain steel screw in adapter, backed up by a 50 grain brass insert.

The shot was at a quartering away angle at 8 yards from a stand that was 5.5' off the ground. The arrow entered the left side of his ribcage and exited through his right armpit and stuck in the ground. He died within 30 yards and his death run lasted about 10 seconds.

 

If you look at his left paw you will notice a wear spot around his wrist. That is where he was putting his weight when he walked. His paw was turned pad side up when he walked.

Bears are snared around La Tuque, Canada and sometimes the Bear Quest guys will see and sometimes shoot bears with only three paws. Since he had a callus worn on his wrist I can only guess that the paw was injured late one season and when he denned up for that winter the injury took a set with the paw turned back.

 

[Bill Turner]

Congatulations. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.  

[curlis]

Nice bear.

[bolong]

Nice bear....and hat also.  

[cacciatore]

Congrats nice set up.Lefty too.

[fryar34]

nice bear....

[wv lungbuster]

Nice bear

[Wal]

Cool mate, well done.

Cheers

[Jeff Romans]

[rastaman]

Nice bear & pictures!  

[Guru]

Congrats again bother    

[Tom Phillips]

Gatekeeper,
Congrads on your 1st Bear,it is great being in the same camp as you.Can;t wait till 2011' SPRING !!!

[hitman]

Beautiful animal. Congratulations on a nice bear and thanks for the picture.

[Arwin]

Nice pics!! Man someday.............. Hey whats going on with the end of your arrows. They look really reflective. Would be nice for finding them in the dark with a flashlight.

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Arwin:
Hey whats going on with the end of your arrows. They look really reflective. Would be nice for finding them in the dark with a flashlight.

Yes it is reflective tape.

I bought the tape you see from here.  http://www.identi-tape.com/hi-intensity.htm  This stuff is heavy duty and has a tough protective top layer that wants to pop up when I wrap it around the tight circumference of the arrow shaft. To fix this issue, I put a little super glue along the exposed edge of the reflective tape and then wrap the reflective tape with electrical tape and let the glue set. It's one more step to building arrow but it does make finding the arrows in the dark a lot easier. As you can see, the feathers and the nock are bloody which means the tape was bloody too, and it still reflects the light nicely.

Congrats!

Bisch

[BigJohn]

Can't wait till I draw down on a big bruin. Congradulations Gatekeeper.  

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Congrats again Tom    What a year your having!!

Tracy

[NIGEL01]

Just bought some reflective tape today myself, thanks for superglue tip.  Like your hat where did you get it?  Oh, yeah Beauty Bear!!

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Congrats on a beautiful bear! Great pictures too. I'm a fan of the hat....nice!!!...Ryan