One long day

[coastrangecathunting]

It's 4 in the morning when the alarm starts making that terrible sound. I get up load my three dogs cindy 12yrs brutis 1yr candy 1yr. Had a stroke of bad luck so i was rebuiding. drove to where i was going to hunt and started roading the dogs. Made it about a mile when they started getting excited. Up the bank they wentand started to open. Ran around in a replanted logging unit that was 10 to 12 yrs old with alot of briars in it for 20 to 30 min before they treed. I wear 22 pistol and I keep 2 guns in my rig a ruger 10-22 and a 45-70. From listening to the race i new to take my 22. Iwent into the tree which was a school arm hemlock left from the previous loggers. Found the cat praised the dogs and started back to the truck. a couple hundre yards from the truck i turned the dogs loose . They useually stay pretty close on the way out. When i reached the truck the dogs were not there. After a couple min i heard the old dog . for 10 min or so i could here her cold tracking. looking at where she was a big steep draw with a creek in it i figured she was messing with a coon. So i started calling the dogs back.The 2 young dogs showed up and i snapped them on the box. Not long after the old dog started telling me a different story. So i turned the young dogs back in and the sht hit the fan for a min then hammered treed. I looked at the 2 guns and picked the bigger of the to. As i was heading to the tree i could see where a bear had been feeding in the salman berries, if you dont know what they are you should go find some they are great to walk through in a t- shirt. Getting close to the tree jacked a shell in my gun. About 75 yds i spot him and down the tree he comes i know im farther than i want to be but im out of opions . knowing that most of the time the bear will give you that 1 peak around the tree before he hits the ground i was ready . He peaked i shot and he did the paused hold on then fell.I ran down to put the finishing shot and on the way my trusty never felled gun jammed. I never missed a move pulled my pistol stuck it to his head and click.Dogs and bear rolling through the brush i start loading my pistol. Look up and here he comes pop him as he goes by at 4-5 ft dosn't do anything he goes up the hill dogs right with him. I'm going nuts tring to get my big gun unjammed when here he comes again about 10 ft i pop him again with the piece of sht pistol same resoult. Down the canyan they go so i head back to the truck . Call my dad to see if he could bring me another gun . His reasponce was pretty tipical GET DOWN THERE AND KILL THAT SOB OR I'LL TELL EVERYONE WHAT A PUSSY YOU ARE. So i got my gun fixed and headed back in 3 more shots with the 45-70 6 more with the pistol 2 wipped off pups and it was done. story dedicated to Cindy best dog i have ever had, you showed me alot of game and i made it to every tree and bay up, i miss you hpoe you got the devil bayed up when i get there.

[Bearsmom]

That sounds like a nightmare day and I know I am tired and slow today so bare with me if sounding stupid but assuming you lost your older dog that day? Obviously you lost her but it's a little confusing to me if that day from your post?
I'm so sorry either way...and I hope your younger dogs did not get whipped so bad to not run bear again.
Hope you have a better weekend....
Darla