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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
Seen plenty of bears in the wilderness over the years, and so far have had zero reason to mess with them. None have ever messed with me, so far. I hope I never need to shoot one. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Problem is, if you need to shoot at one, it's more than likely too late. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
My bud down the street is headed soon out to a nearby state under a disabled vets program with tags for deer, elk, and yes bear. Said he's had it before and the eatin' isn't bad if prepared properly. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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| Nature is full of magnificent creatures |
To each their own, but I am not interested at those prices. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
With a Red Rider in .177? Definitely not. | |||
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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
I'll be as ready as possible. I just hope it never happens. And it most likely will not. | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Same here. They have always run away when I have come across any in the wild. These were all Black bears. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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| 186,000 miles per second. It's the law. |
Yeah, it is more risky to drive on the Interstate on a Friday or Sat night, than to walk around in the woods. Bear attacks are very very rare. | |||
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Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
unless I was hungry and hunting was my means of feeding myself, yes-but not with an air rifle.... but, no i wouldn't hunt a bear when I was in high school, my teacher did...she told us all about it, and then told us she used the meat to supplement her income, and then went into how she grew up poor (imagine that in Appalachia). "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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I hear the black bears in this area can be quite delicious if handled and prepared properly but I've never had the occasion to try any. It's illegal to hunt over bait here so the only way to get one is either with dogs (doesn't interest me) or to have one randomly show up while you're hunting something else (highly unlikely). I buy the tag every year just in case, but I'd rather try some meat to make sure I like it before killing one anyway. If I ever do shoot one, it won't be with an air rifle of any caliber. | |||
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Air rifle? Sure, why not? I don’t care the means of propulsion, only the physics. First video said 180g at 1200 FPS. That is 10mm level of power. I don’t hunt, but it makes sense to me having sportsmen pay to control animal populations (even for trophies) instead of taxpayers paying conservation officers to do it. “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
This is a bear with some skin condition that makes it almost bald, but that aside ... look at that shit... I'm not scared easily in general, but fuck this thing right here... I hope I never have to shoot one, but if one looks at me wrong I'm emptying a magazine into it while crawfishing like a pro. This is some scary business right here, like a demon dog or something under all that cuddly hair/fur. This triggers my Oh Hell No reaction:  | |||
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Bow hunting elk in Montana a few years ago, this guy got to within about 40 yards of me before he decided not to have me for lunch.  I've been hunting for a lot of years, but never really had the urge to go after a bear. | |||
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Be careful, they bear arms... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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"Longbows in the Far North: An Archer's Adventures in Alaska and Siberia" is a very good book. The author hunted Grizzly bear alone in the wilderness with a traditional long bow without a buddy or ANY gun backup. That's pretty big brass balls for a Naturalist and MD. It's short but very well written. https://www.amazon.com/Longbow...ntures/dp/B008W4CHFW I hunt but don't have desire to take down really majestic creatures like the great bears but I don't knock those that do particularly if they are outstanding human beings, which I think is much more important than particular belief systems. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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I'm reading Undaunted Courage for the 3rd time in around 25 years. I read a little each day when I'm tasked with "Hall Duty" in school. A few weeks ago, I read the passage you quoted and had to laugh at your last sentence in the quote. The expedition learned very quickly they misjudged the power of the grizzlies. Living the Dream | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
I have only eaten grizzly/brown bear made into chili and tacos (both were good). My buddies in Alaska said bear meat is greasy so you need to make into food you don't mind being greasy. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
I hunt some but have never gone after bears and have no desire to do so. However there are reasons some fish and game authorities permit black bear hunting. Over population is my guess and I hold nothing against anyone who hunts them legally, ethically and makes use of the animal other than a trophy head. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up  |
Normally their numbers are managed and at some point controlling population is necessary, just like any other animal. I’d like to hunt them some day but at this point I doubt it will ever happen. If I do I will definitely not use an air rifle, I think my rifle in 375 H&H would be my choice on bear. | |||
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