They said they were exhausted and it was about midnight when they finally arrived at their base camp with the skinned bear. Then later on they said they spotted a sow bear while en route to the camp. They took a lot of chances even after that bear was down, they had to survive.Did you notice the bear coughing up blood as it was coming down the mountain. He may have only had one lung shot out.
After it was all said and done I don’t think I would have rested that last night until I took my rifle apart trying to fix the problem. After all, they’re still in bear county with only 5 shots left in the revolver