KODIAK Brown Bear at 12 YARDS | The Most INTENSE Bowhunt Of My Life!

[@shawnkelsey6224]

Something you can’t teach in hunting is poise . The ability to focus on what you are doing without allowing the emotions get in the way . Great shot man I appreciate you explaining your thought process and why you did what you did ! Thank you man Great hunt and Shot once again Thank You!!!

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

No doubt, only comes with experience. It was almost a eerie calm moment where everything was happening in slow motion prior to the shot. He was so close that when I aimed through the peep all I saw was brown fur. Had to open both eyes and confirm what I was looking at and where I was aiming. 😅

[@michaelohmann2856]

Terrific hunt! When the fellow talked about Kodiak being unforgiving, he is not being dramatic. It can be, and it is often a very tough place. Congrats to these guys for the adventure and sharing it with us.

[@mtman2]

Especially the west coast on the upper end where all the WWII barracks are rusting away...!

[@azamiazam]

you guys have a huge set of balls for this honestly... grizz at 12 yards with a bow?! ffs mindblowing

[@Micscience]

They did have rifles as well.

[@bearhunterjay]

@@Micscience Ya stupid guide shot it running away.

[@swilderspin]

Kodiak bears aren’t grizzlies. They are relatively non-aggressive.

[@jamesisom3364]

Quite brave when you have a rifle behind you

[@bestopinion9257]

The bear is in front of execution by firing squad.

[@donavandean1078]

Nerves of steel!! I can hardly believe he got that close to you without you losing it! Congratulations

[@bobertkallahan4392]

What an AMAZING shot… Many hunters dream of shots like that their entire lives.

[@jamesschneider2091]

The varmint call in to point blank range added a lot of entertainment value. Nice to see the guide NOT shoot the bear - I see threat happen way too often. Great hunt & trophy!

[@tortillasarenotbiceps7622]

At no point in my existence have I thought "Man, I sure wish a massive killer Kodiak would eek its way toward me in murder mode." Minimally, I'm sporting a grenade launcher.

[@jacobstinchcomb6207]

Amazing shot, fell him quick "An animal, is an animal. Even a maneater does not deserve to suffer"

[@Beasel]

That had to be A MASSIVE adrenaline RUSH! WOW

[@jeremywood1342]

That went from ask, to tell, to make real quick haha “GET DOWN”! Great content

[@Farmerbrown32]

So amazing. What an incredible hunt. Love watching you guys. Your show is one of the best.

[@thyslop1737]

Beautiful creature. The size of those paws are unreal

[@mattm5505]

Was a beautiful creature

[@z48843]

And now it’s dead

[@davidhammer154]

What an awesome hunt. Congrats. When the guide was saying shoot. shoot. shoot. i started tripping just watching lol

[@dropshells]

So much respect seeing you use a bow instead of a rifle

[@stephendimarino5570]

I'm subscribed to your channel so I don't know how I missed this video but that was intense! Great job keeping your composure when a brown bear is stalking you and closing the distance fast!

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Thanks! It was intense for sure!!

[@86309]

Always impressed with the lethality of a properly placed razor sharp broadhead. Simply amazing and fast!

[@jimputnam7539]

That was incredible footage!! You talk about a please don’t mess this shot up moment. Amazing hunt

[@normanham8566]

Great shot. One shot, one kill. Cool under pressure.

[@michaelbryant2071]

The patience, tracking, and, ability to make even a shot this close,is amazing. Congratulations!

[@stelladavis7832]

Now that is real hunting.

[@D-A-1776]

Nice I always have my 45/70 and 10mm when bow hunting in grizzly country

[@doughaga3542]

That was a great thing to watch. I was hollering Shoot shoot

[@frankalmeida8695]

Testicular fortitude at its finest! Great shot placement. Direct hit in the boiler room and then some👍

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

Intense, pucker factor there! When you first shot it looked high and right but apparently not....great job and big congrats on an archery bear.

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Heart shot!

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

wow amazing shot there sir well done. thanks for the upload

[@Longtrailside]

Got my heart pumpin and i wasnt even there, good job guys!

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Was not the ideal shot, but it was the only shot. Glad it worked out!

[@bigbear5585]

First let me say that was an awesome bear my brother. Being able to keep it together when the creature of that size is 12 yards from you is a testament to your intestinal fortitude and determination and harvesting the ultimate predator on Kodiak Island. I have to admit I had flashbacks of the day when I was red salmon fishing on a creek that fed into Volcano Bay that is west of Dutch Harbor Alaska back in the mid 80s when I was working for Trident seafoods commercial fishing processing salmon. Our floating processor was anchored in volcano Bay and we had gone ashore to stretch our legs and have a little fun fishing. I had just caught a nice red salmon and was turning around to put it on a stringer and I looked into the alders about 30 ft from me was a 700 to 800 lb sow watching me. I guess it was just an instant reflex because I really didn't know what to do so I threw the salmon at her and started screaming at the top of my lungs and thank God she turned and ran. Needless to say myself and my homeboys got our gear got back to the boat and went back to the processing barge. That was as close as I've ever been and yes that's close as I ever want to be because I didn't have a gun that day or anything to back me up that is if you don't count that loaded salmon that I threw at her. LOL

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Wow. Glad she turned and ran!

[@mrdr1ggy]

Bro was about six human sizes away from a Big Bear! Bears like that can rush you down within 0.5 seconds from that distance! Incredible Arrow and Bow shot!! my forfathers would make you one of their tribe leaders my friend!!

[@petersimmons4982]

Great video, great footage…and a couple huge sets of cahoonas 😂 awesome!

[@achillesalexander5327]

Awesome Job Fellas, that was a once in a lifetime shot, right through the chest, if you shoot a bear with a gun sometimes they can still charge, but almost every Animal. Bears too, Once they feel the Power of The Arrow, they want no part of it and quickly run away.

[@jefferyparker5622]

What caliber rifles did they have as backup? What kind of load did they use, powder and bullet?

[@sonnypate6808]

Fur covered Volkswagen. That'll get your heart pumping. Awesome.👍☮️

[@CringeMogTV]

this is my dream hunt great vid man!

[@Uriiii.]

when the bear started to run my heart dropped 🙃🙃 you guys have balls of steel

[@douglasfalkner2423]

What gear did you use? I see it's a bowtech reign. But what poundage? What arrow/broadhead combo? What was your arrow weight?

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Was about 525 total arrow weight. 100g insert and 125g broadhead. 74lb

[@alejandromolina5645]

Congratulations on your hunt! Great looking Bear and a big beauty.👍👍

[@coffeehunter8742]

Nerves of steel! Great dedication, determination, and completion of a hunt of a lifetime! Well done sir!

[@andreydolganin2974]

he has nothing to be nervous about he has nice coverage with a gun of a very good caliber and a curious animal that even does not try to revenge to its killer. I understand why it's necessary to reduce bear population but it's odd to see the guy to be so excited by this killing.

[@andreydolganin2974]

And by the way to keep health of the population you need to kill the weakest bears and not aplha males.

[@montuckyman4982]

@@andreydolganin2974 your wrong . Even with the rifles , a bear can do a LOT of damage if shots miss the brain or spine at such close range it would be on you in a split second. And things would get seriously messy. Once it's on a man, it's risky and hard to get a killing shot into the bear without risk to the man getting chewed on. One bite to the neck or skull and your done. But he held it together very well!

[@BowCamTreeCam]

It is fair to say that you have bigger balls than most!! Keeping yourself calm enough to pull that shot off is the sign of an awesome bowhunter!! Amazing footage!! Great work!!

[@puyallupwrestler]

So cool! Great shot & great camera work!

[@saltedllama2759]

I had never seen this part of the islands with that browned-out foliage before. Has an eerie beauty to it. Also, what an incredible shot - that bear was in sprint/burst distance and could have closed in a second.

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Thank you!

[@chrisweber5041]

Dude! That’s crazy! Awesome hunt!! What broadheads are you using for Grizzly?

[@kevinneumann3845]

Hi. Does a non resident have to go through the draw process as well?

[@bigwhisky6157]

What an incredible experience for you guys. Congratulations!

[@jjustinbrown]

Amazing, great patience, wonder what your heart rate was 👍🏻

[@bobkin611]

What a shot dude!! WOW... I was shitting myself sitting here. Can't imagine the feeling.

[@michaelpozzini6426]

" He couldn't have got any closer". Close enough for me. Great shot, great hunt! Congratulations

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Too close for comfort! Haha

[@jonesboyshunting8673]

Oh buddy that would have made me feel like I'm going to mess myself. But what an awesome shot man. Awesome video keep up the great work.

[@logandouglas481]

Thank the Good LORD!!! That was awesome

[@theolovaj4844]

I'm speechless. I'm humbled.

[@Bucky5068]

Congratulations that was a great shot and beautiful harvest!

[@KingOfYourMouth]

Man you guys have the best hobby in the world. Greetings from the Philippines.

[@mohammadnashitsiddiqui2168]

You guys are by far the ballsiest group I've seen on KZbin! Went on trouble Island for the biggest brown bears🙌

[@johnbeavers6497]

Great video!!! I thought the shot was high right but I was definitely wrong!!! Please make more videos like this!

[@adamcumley3950]

Very well done. This is hunting people.

[@fishhunt9874]

That was awesome! Brought back some scary memories. I lived on Kodiak back in 1984-1986. Had some close calls with bears in the antenna field at the Coast Guard transmitter site. Good on ya for putting that boar down quickly. 🍻

[@roblescurbappealconcrete]

I surely can appreciate it that this is a younger man’s game. I’m truly not too old, but I rolled my pickup 19 years ago and I broke my neck injuring Ç-3,4,5 leaving me a quadriplegic for over 3 months. But by the grace of God, lots of prayers and determination I’m now able to walk and do a few things around my place. Obviously I couldn’t hunt kodiak, but man just watching this video made me remember how at 38 I was strong enough that I could have made a hunt like this. Just gets the blood pumping. Thank you very much for sharing the video. It’s good to know the next generation is hunting hard. Because to me there’s never been a better high.

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Glad to hear your story and your recovery. You are 100% correct there is nothing else like it. Thank you for kind words. God bless!

[@stfuplsok]

well, God is right..

[@big727d3]

Kodiak bears are a unique subspecies of the brown or grizzly bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi). They live exclusively on the islands in the Kodiak Archipelago and have been isolated from other bears for about 12,000 years.

[@michaelanderson7715]

"Kodiak bears are a unique subspecies of the brown or grizzly bear" - WRONG, not 'of the grizzly bear', only 'of the brown bear' - grizzlies _themselves_ are a brown bear subspecies; U. a. horribilis - _both_ are brown bear subspecies

[@fuquan1281]

That's a powerful bow that arrow went through the entire bear wow great job guys!

[@JJH-jc1fg]

I’m wondering what broadhead was used

[@michaelperez81583]

I’ve seen almost every video on the net but this beats them all

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Thank you!! 🙌🏻

[@KMuTery]

among all bear hunt video this is number one, thank for sharing

[@robsrandomrants1183]

What a gorgeous bear!!! Truly amazing. Good job on the hunt.

[@bowslingeroutdoors3653]

Trailing my last black bear i went around a stump he crawled in. He looked at me from four feet then i ended it. A brownie at 12 yrds u probably felt the same way i did!

[@OutdoorSolutions]

Damn, nerves of steel! We head to Chichagof for brown bear (with a gun) I think 50 yards will be close enough 😂 Great footage

[@dmw1306]

Just what can you say but WOW. Great hunt Brother

[@rbakboy]

there was no need to kill that beautiful Bear.

[@ryanishkonk3446]

No need to comment either. If it wasn’t for hunting seasons and regulations, bears wouldn’t be protected. You can say what you want but your feelings don’t matter

[@rbakboy]

@@ryanishkonk3446 mattered enough for you to reply

[@hardlikesomethinghard]

How did the bear died after one shoot? Was the arrow poisoned or you shot an important organ.

[@SwartzyTheAngler]

This is insane!! That bear is giant wow congrats man 👏

[@calgal7828]

I have never hunted, but the strategy involved is interesting to me. Same with golf. Great job! Thanks. 😎

[@SheepdogsHeart]

That was pretty intense! I kept waiting for the bear to turn broadside but he just kept coming! Hardest part had to be finding the aimpoint, not the shot we bowhunters are conditioned to take. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[@behindenemylines3361]

I bet that was a pucker factor of 10!

[@metaphyziks7579]

This is insane, didn’t even think it was possible.

[@warlockgonzalez9050]

Nice shot bro what kind of bow is this I really need a good bow

[@grandmastersniper]

What type and weight of broadhead?

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

125g Hellrazor

[@gordylee8421]

Looked like arrow went through clavicle area? Where’s the aim point on a straight on shot like that on a bear? Awesome hunt!

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Went straight through the heart, hit the shoulder blade, deflected and exited the hind quarter, full pass-through. Pretty crazy!

[@gd_gnz]

@@HeartlandBowhunter that’s nuts!

[@fuquan1281]

@@HeartlandBowhunter wow that's amazing!

[@Woodsyone]

I've noticed more and more hunters are relearningh that a frontal shot can be extremely effective.

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

@@Woodsyone not ideal, but in certain scenarios it’s money

[@theindependentreviewer9814]

What do you do with the bear afterwards ? Do you eat it ?

[@crossroads5885]

Awesome vid for an awesome hunt. Unsolicited advice: Can we next time show some more footages of the bear in distance during glassing and the sneak? Hope it’s not too much to ask. The moment is intense as it is so totally understandable if it’s beyond what you guys are comfortable with to stay safe. It would just be super cool to see the animal and their behaviour and really appreciate them!! Keep it up guys👍🔥🔥🔥

[@HeartlandBowhunter]

Thanks for the feedback! This was our first bear hunt so it was also a learning experience behind the camera as well. We will definitely keep in mind down the road!

[@mjlives5428]

I'm gonna stand on the nighbourhood roof..wait for you to go shopping,..than go yayyy i'm amazing!!!:)

[@danielmahusky5780]

My you know what hole would of been puckering. Intense footage!

[@normanbraslow7902]

What was his backup using? Amazing adventure!

[@justinwhite5859]

OMG right 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼wow way to get it done ! That was one plush furry ass Bear 🐻 lol ! Great Video

[@plutoplatters]

Wow !! man kills yet again !! How fantastic !

[@cowboymouth6429]

I've had several bow techs and loved them.

[@toddvandyke1023]

Great shot

[@goorant]

I was yelling "shoot! Shoot!" Watching this. Talk about not firing until you saw the whites of his eyes! U r braver than me sir

[@fahhhque2255]

Beautiful bear. Beautiful shot.

[@ALL4SCUBA05]

I couldn’t tell. Did it hit him in his left lung?

[@victorrossomano5025]

This bear and my cousin Dominique are alike in this way: they both thought dinner was free, and they both ended up nailed

[@monklove6683]

super sweet great shot

[@sandrataylor8861]

Cool shots

[@billyperry6016]

since the beginning of time man has overcome we was the hunted but we've come so far now we hunt those monsters

[@jasonmiles3263]

What did u do with the animal after?

[@JDbroker1]

Missing can get you FUBAR! Definition of pressure!

[@Akarnf2]

Play the video on ×0.25 speed and see the massive bleeding on 3:47!

[@skylermummert24]

Hell of a shot

[@codyantrim8700]

Nicely done men 👏 👌

[@bobbwest]

A pair of Plutonium core, Tungsten Carbide and Diamond Clad BALLS!

[@billy7805]

What broadheads you use

[@Dougarrowhead]

Very nice bear and shot.

[@HuntinHorns]

hell yes congrats awesome video and bear and damn close

[@jasondauzat1619]

Incredible!!!