Bear stole my deer

Written by Dick Enerson on January 30, 2010 at 11:49AM | Categories Big Game Hunting

This fall I had my most unusual hunting experience.  I was bow-hunting for deer and a bear stole my deer.  After shooting a nice ten point buck earlier in the season I was out to fill my doe tag.  After being out in my stand for a short time a nice doe came in and I shot her.  The arrow hit a little high and I was a little worried as I watched her run off through the woods.  I figured things would work out well as I had a couple hours until dark.  After waiting about half an hour I got down and started tracking her.  After going about 150 yards I came to a fork in the trail.  As I looked to my right there was a bear sitting looking at me about 50 yards away.  It crossed my mind that he might be guarding my deer, but thought that was unlikely.  I was surprised as I had never seen a bear in those woods before.  After searching all over for my deer and not finding her, I starting heading over toward the bear to see if she was over there.  As I got close he was still sitting there where he had been.  Quite a bit of time had passed and it was starting to get dark.  I thought it best not to get to close to the bear and possibly challenge him for the deer so I left for the night.  The next day I went back to where the bear was and found the deer right away.  It was right below where he was sitting, but now it was half eaten.  I was bummed that I lost the deer, but at least had the small satisfaction that he had a good meal before going to sleep for the winter. 

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  Jake Gehrke on 01/30/2010 at 11:58AM

  You are really lucky that he didn't think YOU were dinner too!!! I bet he wouldn't have been in a good mood if he thought you were there to take HIS supper! Interesting story

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  John Vigil on 01/30/2010 at 01:18PM

  That is incredible, never heard of that before!

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  Adam Dunnom on 01/30/2010 at 01:35PM

  That's a great story! Not many people will ever experience something like that in their lifetime!

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  Nakoa Lawson on 01/30/2010 at 01:43PM

  i do belive that your a lucky person to not have ended up half eatin as well

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  Preston Herr on 01/30/2010 at 07:04PM

  That's crazy!

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  Greg Peterson on 01/30/2010 at 11:42PM

  Wow I hope I never run into a bear under them circumstances.

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  Kris Shelite on 01/31/2010 at 01:58PM

  I am glad I don't have to worry about bear in KS! I'm not sure I would be in teh woods with someting that could eat me! Great Story!

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  Kyle Miller on 01/31/2010 at 03:44PM

  Leaving before dark was probably a wise decision!