Traditional Bow Hunting Black Bear – Another Scout

Traditional Bow Hunting Black Bear – Another Scout

I walked into the forest about four miles past the natural spring that I found several weeks back, looking for another place to hunt black bear. I found a seep with about two feet of water in it right at the intersection of two ravines. Bear scat was everywhere above the seep at the top of the ridge. No doubt at least two different bears had this seep in their daily routine and were drinking water from the seep.

I found a small patch of White Oak trees that had started to produce acorns. A large Pondarosa Pine was lying on the ground, providing a natural blind for me to take cover behind. This would put me within ten yards of a bear if they decided to feed from this patch of oaks. Food and water all in the same area has got to improve my chances of bagging a bear when the season opens in a few weeks.

One of the things that I love about traditional bow hunting is how close you need to get to the animals you are shooting at. With a rifle and a compound bow, you don’t need to get close and can blast animals from a great distance away. Traditional bow hunting demands wordsmanship and a higher level of courage than other methods of hunting. To be within ten yards of a powerful predator is enough to get your heart pumping and the adrenaline flowing!

In a world of ever-increasing speed and ever-increasing complexity, traditional bow hunting allows me to get back to basics, to get back in flow with nature, to get back to living on Earth.