. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH \ XI) GAME. 69 BEAR HUNTING WITH BOWS AND ARROWS. By SAXTON POPE. For some years back a number of us in San Francisco have been hunting with the bow and arrow, purely for sport. A powerful bow is an effective weapon, but it takes months of practice to be able to shoot it well. Such a bow pulls 75 pounds. Having killed rabbits, quail, squirrels, bobcats, skunks, foxes, and deer, we naturally wanted to try our hand on a
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH \ XI) GAME. 69 BEAR HUNTING WITH BOWS AND ARROWS. By SAXTON POPE. For some years back a number of us in San Francisco have been hunting with the bow and arrow, purely for sport. A powerful bow is an effective weapon, but it takes months of practice to be able to shoot it well. Such a bow pulls 75 pounds. Having killed rabbits, quail, squirrels, bobcats, skunks, foxes, and deer, we naturally wanted to try our hand on a bear. We knew that a bear is a hard animal to kill even with a gun, but we also knew that the Indians killed him with a bow. So we wanted to find out just how much there was to the game. Our friends of course were very skeptical. They said that an arrow would hardly go through his Fig. 31. Black bear killed with bows and arrows by Arthur Young and Saxton Pope of San Francisco in Panthen Canyon, Humboldt County, California. We got in communication with Thomas Murphy of Blocksburg, Hum- boldt County, who hunts bear as a business. He has been at this sort of thing for thirty years and never fails to get about a dozen bear every winter. So we packed up our strongest bows and several dozen broadhead arrows, and Arthur Young and I went up to Blocksburg. Murphy was willing to let us shoot at a bear, but he insisted upon carrying a gun in case of accidents. He said he didn't want to lose a valuable dog over the affair. After four unsuccessful hunts, we at last treed a good-sized bear up a tall fir. After securing the dogs, Mr. Young and I took our stand about thirty yards from the base of the tree, on the sidehill, and let drive two arrows at one time. Both shafts struck the bear in the chest, going completely through, feathers and all. Quick as a flash the bear wheeled about and began descending the tree. We ran up close and shot him again as he neared the ground, and bounded
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