Funny. I read this post last week, laughed, and thought that I'd never get to experience it. I was wrong.
I have a few cameras out on MCB Quantico here in NoVA and (had) a new hunting blind near one of them. Took my 10yr old out for his first deer hunt on Saturday during the base-wide youth deer hunt. He took a shot at a big doe and sailed the bolt underneath her. He was in good spirits about it and learned a lot from our scouting which paid off with a shot opportunity right out of the gate. This was around 7pm on Saturday. Later that night, my phone starts blowing up with trail cam pics and videos....and unfortunately it was a bear having a little chew fest with the camera. Knowing how close the blind was, I assumed it was a goner too. We headed into the woods the next morning to check things out and sure enough, he trashed the brand new blind and chewed up the camera BUT the camera is still fully functional. Rehung it a lot higher on a different tree and brought the blind home to see what we can do with it. Stupid bears...definitely a target for us when bear season opens up.