My Most Memorable Hunt

My most memorable hunt would have to be my bear that I took with my compound bow on Oct. 14, 2002. I'm not really a bear hunter by any means. I don't hunt with dogs. We always buy a bear stamp just in case the opportunity presented itself. I was actually Whitetail hunting in my tree stand on a nice sunny fall evening. I kept hearing something in the leaves behind me and every time I turned slowly to check it out it would end up being a grey squirrel. After about the tenth time I checked I just wrote it off to that darn squirrel. Some time had passed before I thought I would make sure for the last time. As I slowly turned, out of the corner of my eye I could see something big and black. I thought ohhh no, what is my dog doing out here, my hunt is ruined. I have a Rottweiler. As my eyes focused in I realized it was a black bear, about 250-300lbs. It was making it's way up the hill straight under the stand. My heart started pounding out of my chest and I thought I have got to calm down before I get to dizzy and fall out of this tree stand.I looked away and pretended that it wasn't there to regain composure. I waited for the perfect shot when it took a step forward with the leg facing me and lined up right behind the back of the leg and let loose. The shot could not have been more perfect cause it didn't go but about 25-30 yards. I could still see it on the ground. After I was sure it was dead. I picked up my walky-talky to tell my husband that I had just shot a bear, which took quite a bit of convincing. He said whatever you do do not get out of the stand till I get there.He came from his stand on the next farm over. We had to hook the winch cable from his 4-wheeler to get it out of the woods into the field. From there we got the tractor to load it in the back of the truck. I'm from a small town and needless to say I am still known as the girl that killed a bear with a bow. The bear is now a shoulder mount on the wall. My husband has about 6 nice Whitetails on the wall, but no bear! Let's go girls!!!!!