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Big Game => Black Bear => Topic started by: mudbrook on October 18, 2007, 10:04:21 AM

Title: Wisconsin treestand hunter gets caught between bear cub and sow
Post by: mudbrook on October 18, 2007, 10:04:21 AM
Bear batters hunter
Cub's cry lures mother to man's tree stand

By MEG JONES
mjones@journalsentinel.com

Hunters know it's not wise to come between a bear cub and its mama.

But what happens when a frightened cub climbs up your tree stand while you're bowhunting, gets scared and starts bawling? Then the cub's angry mother comes running and climbs up after it?

Kevin Schultz, 42, found himself caught in that ursine sandwich while sitting in his 12-foot tree stand late Friday near Ladysmith. Now he has a load of stitches closing up his wounds as well as an incredible story to tell.

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