Sorry to hear you didn't connect on a bruin this trip, Ed! That always sucks, but it's happened to any/all of us.
You pay your money for such a trip not to kill an animal, but to hunt that animal. Hunting and getting aren't the same thing. I know you know that, not tryin' to preach at ya... just for some reason I'm thinkin' this morning of all the elk tag soup I've had to choke down...