Double Naught Spy
Sus Venator
This happens to gun hunters as well, the difference being gun hunters often have better opportunity for emergency follow-up shots than bow hunters.
It is always good to keep your composure and to be sure of your kill before making the rookie mistake of running up to it to see how well you did. This "experienced" hunter got his answer and it was not what he was expecting. His haste in checking out his "kill" resulted in apparently significant injuries to his face, arms, and torso.
In my experience, you virtually never read of a bear attack (defensive of offensive) on a human where the human didn't need time at the hospital or in the morgue. This is NOT the kind of mistake you want to make.
I know people hate to do it, but it is far better to deliver a 2nd, well aimed follow-up on a downed animal to assure that it is fully dead than to be in a position of needing to make an emergency defensive shot to save your own life.
Other links...
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/calif-hunter-mauled-black-bear-bow-arrow-archery-13188577.php
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bear-attack-20180828-story.html#
It is always good to keep your composure and to be sure of your kill before making the rookie mistake of running up to it to see how well you did. This "experienced" hunter got his answer and it was not what he was expecting. His haste in checking out his "kill" resulted in apparently significant injuries to his face, arms, and torso.
In my experience, you virtually never read of a bear attack (defensive of offensive) on a human where the human didn't need time at the hospital or in the morgue. This is NOT the kind of mistake you want to make.
I know people hate to do it, but it is far better to deliver a 2nd, well aimed follow-up on a downed animal to assure that it is fully dead than to be in a position of needing to make an emergency defensive shot to save your own life.
Other links...
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/calif-hunter-mauled-black-bear-bow-arrow-archery-13188577.php
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bear-attack-20180828-story.html#