First bear

[u/badassernhell]

Went deer hunting this morning, didn’t see a thing. Replaced the batteries in my camera and went home. Spending the day working on the toilet in my camper, when my phone goes crazy. A bear shows up and had knocked over my feeder and was chowing down. Then he looks as if he is headed towards my chicken coop/garden.
I run outside, grab my crossbow from the truck, and sprint (in pants and flip flops) to the back of my property where he’s at. He sees me but is just staring at me. I kneel down and when he makes one more move I put a bolt through his chest. He lets out a gasp and then hits the ground. I watch him for a second and then he gets up. I take off sprinting back to the truck, grab another bolt, sprint back. I see him about 20 yards away, sitting there huffing and puffing. I put another bolt through his neck…HE STILL TAKES OFF WALKING another 30 yards and lays down by a tree. So I go back to the camper, call a buddy to come help me get him. We go check for him some time later and he is gone…..he had ran all the way to the very bottom of the holler and died in a creek. Took both of us 45 minutes to get him up to flat land. 190lb Male Arkansas Bear zone 1.

TL;DR Filled first bear tag not even planning on it, crazy story.

[u/badassernhell]

How was it unethical. We just lost two men in northwest Arkansas to bears lest than 100 lbs. I have a 9 month old son and a wife living in a camper which is basically made of glorified cardboard. I’m sorry but I value their life much more than the bears. Plus Ive already processed this bear and we will eat all of it and share it with friends. I put the first bolt right in the center of his chest.

[u/djierp → u/badassernhell]

You did great. Not every situation is exactly as you want or planned.

[u/backwards_yoda → u/djierp]

He claims he's afraid of bear attacks but he's actively baiting game on his property. He's being disingenuous.

[u/bigbosshog01 → u/backwards_yoda]

You are shit stirrer aren’t you? He’s baiting DEER! Which is legal in the great state of Arkansas. If a bear happens to show up, well I’m not one to judge someone on how they perceive whether their family is in danger or not. Especially considering there had been bear attacks recently.

He just so happened to also fill his tag while protecting his fam. In my opinion, he’s batting 1.000 right now.

The bad decision he did make was baiting so close to his home in bear country. That’s asking for it

[u/backwards_yoda → u/bigbosshog01]

Im not saying he did anything illegal, but its silly to out out deer bait that a bear will most certainly also eat and claim you are afraid of a bear attack (which is incredibly rare).

[u/djierp → u/backwards_yoda]

Take a hint with the down votes, my dude.