3 cameras have been up for almost a week,have 3 bucks so far this one is the best looking so far .

Hey everyone, Grant asked me to do this week's challenge. It's a simple walk back drill, but designed to simulate when we inevitably miss in the woods!

I finally had an opportunity to hunt my friends property. Goal was to take a bear. I arrived around 3pm. Replenished the bait. Parked the truck and made my way back to the stand. I was barely settled into the tree when two black bears emerged from the bush line. Not ten minutes from my arrival. Both walked directly at my location. The bigger boar came around a tree and gave me a quartering away shot. I came to full draw, loosed an arrow. I was able to see it enter behind the shoulder. Unfortunately I also saw that it had hit the far shoulder blade. As the bear ran it snapped off the wooden shaft. I waited an hour before getting down to check the arrow. Good penetration and immediate blood so was under the impression I got the heart. I’ve had instances where it took many yards before blood made it through the fat and hide. Causing tracking to be difficult until it had soaked through. The property owner had seen the bears on his trail camera as he gets immediate notification of movement and messaged me to see if I was successful. I said I had a good shot. He mentioned he would there to help with the recovery. As we got to tracking he mentioned this should be a quick recovery based on the amount of blood and how it looked. I respect his opinion as he is a great hunter and guide. We tracked the bear for three hours finally losing the blood trail. I crawled around at the last spot we found blood but was not successful in acquiring the blood again. We expanded our grid, increasing the circling without success. The bear seemed to lead us further and further into thick brush and blow down. Reflecting on the shot, everything was perfect. Only thing I can think of is the bear vitals sit further back than a whitetail. I may have been too far forward and only got one lung. I’m going back tomorrow to continue the search.

Took part in my local leagues 3D tourament. Had an excellent turn out with over 20 trad shooters. Fortunate enough to take 1st in mens trad out of 16 shooters.

Shot at York County Bowmen today had a nice walk,best shot was on the Moose and Buffalo both 30 plus yds.