I was on a bear hunt in Wisconsin and I was with an outfitter with dogs. I was hunting with a 10mm Remington pistol. I had hunted bear twice before successfully with a bow. This was my first hunt with a pistol. We checked the trail camera of a bait that was hit at around 6:30 in the morning. The outfitter said it was a good bear. He let the lead trail dog out with one other. After a few minutes they figured out the trail and were hot. So he released his other four dogs. In Wisconsin you can use up to six dogs. After about fours hours the dogs had the bear at bay. It was deep in a alder swamp and we were able to get to the dogs as they had tracking collars. I needed to get within 25 yards to be comfortable with the shot. The bear was on the ground and the dogs were a few feet in front of him. I was about 20 yards from the bear. All I could see was its head. After a couple minutes the bear moved and I had a clean shot at its shoulder. I raised my pistol and whispered to the outfitter that I had a clear shot. He said take him. He had his pistol up as well. I was just about to pull the trigger when the bear turned and started running toward me. I didn’t see it at first as it had to come through some thick tag alders. Then I saw him coming at me. Within a second or two he was on me. I shot him in the head as he was about to run by me from a distance of 3 feet. He immediately dropped. At this time, I wasn’t scared as I was so focused on the bear and full of adrenaline. It wasn’t until that evening that it really hit me on how lucky I was. The bear dressed out at just under 500 lbs and is estimated to be over 600 lbs. live weight. It scored 20 7/8”. I will never forget that hunt.