took a "friend" black bear hunting last spring,get to my spot & he jumps out of the truck, slams the door and starts putting on his steel toe work boots -so we can walk up a dry dirt road - not an ospicious start.
I start walking as he's muckin with his boots.150 yards I see a large bear ripping apart an old cedar stump,can't believe he never heard the door slam.chamber a round + start a stalk.I hear crunch crunch crunch ,its not the bear its my buddy double timing to catch up.big wave ,he stops i give him the freeze and resume stalk. crunch crunch crunch I give the freeze hand signal again,bears still shreading stump,resume stalk. dam he starts again,this time i give him the f-u finger .he stops ,he watches me take my boots off and resume stalk in socks for last 75 yrds.bear is just around other side of stump now but moving to give me a shot.drop to one knee take a breath.CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH . bears books it down a steep slide into a river and gone.buddy says he wanted to "see" what i was stalking,very very quite drive home.