Firearms were invented so we don't have to throw pointy sticks at things bigger than us.

Armed only with a sharp stick and a learning disorder.

The luck to IQ ratio there seems very, very high.

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Whew! I can almost fee the chill in the air and smell the woods! Luckily he's ok. Back in 1985 I hunted on Kimberly Clark property near Lake Nipigon, Ontario. The landscape was very similar. At dark I was on a similar area with an elevated road. I was down in the ditch like this guy. As I walked back and forth below the road I could see the silhouettes of several bears sniffing for me and following me back and forth. My friends drove up to get me just as I was about to start shooting. This video made me break into a sweat.

Several years ago while bow hunting a sow and three cubs appeared quickly. As I was vacating the area I stepped on a branch and it snapped. The sow instantly when up on her rear legs and was sniffing the air profusely trying to figure out where I was. I was 60ish yards from them. I was able to high tail it out of there. It was an adrenaline rush for sure. I can relate. He is pretty lucky.

This video seems apropos for the bow hunter:


Link to original video: https://youtu.be/tdhQWkTl1PQ

Never had the urge to kill a bear. We coexist with them here quite easily. We keep garbage and stock foods in a building, so no issues.

I'd never eat one, the times I tried the meat it was terrible. To shoot the thing simply for the hide is IMHO a sad end for the animal. I'm a hunter, but if you kill it, it should be eaten.

This guy was LUCKY.

He is lucky it was only a black bear and would probably be dead otherwise.

I remember years and years ago seeing a film of Fred Bear hunting a Kodiak up in Alaska. He had the good sense to not only hide behind a huge boulder, but to have a guy with a big caliber rifle standing by for assistance. As I recall he shot the bear as it past him about 10 yards away. He got it through the heart, but it ran at least a couple of hundred yards down the river bank before it fell. If it had turned on him, it obviously would have had enough strength and rage to do him in even if the rifle got involved. Bow hunting for bear? No, nothing I'd want to do.

Lots of people do eat them. Especially fall bear. Make smokies out of them. Pretty tasty. They are a predator and kill and eat better tasting animals like deer fawms One of their favorites. So FN it is not like they are not worthy of a hunt by any means.

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Lots of people do eat them. Especially fall bear. Make smokies out of them. Pretty tasty. They are a predator and kill and eat better tasting animals like deer fawms One of their favorites. So FN it is not like they are not worthy of a hunt by any means.

My Alaska friends said Spring bear tasted better since they just woke up from hibernating as opposed to fall bear which has been eating a metric shit ton of fish.

I've eaten bear but it was bear chili or bear tacos so I can't confirm whether or not spring bear is better.

Nope, just the opposite. Spend the summer eating berries and fattening up. In hibernation they survive by nourishing them self's on the fat they put on during the fall. Maybe you misunderstood him or Alaska black bear are different?

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Nope, just the opposite. Spend the summer eating berries and fattening up. In hibernation they survive by nourishing them self's on the fat they put on during the fall. Maybe you misunderstood him

Not a chance. I lived in Alaska for 5 years and this was multiple convos not a single convo.

Have you lived in an area where salmon make runs up rivers? Bears are omnivores and eat what is available.

I am very familiar with how bb taste and the difference in taste and the reason. As I said maybe alaskan bb maybe are different. A bb right out of hibernation is not the ideal one to eat. I am sure of that.

Did you see my comment about bb's love for deer fawns? Yes I know what they eat

Also, bear jerky is some of the best there is if done right. A guy in Alaska was doing a creel survey at the dock and was handing out some he had made. Best I have ever had.

A traditional (native) long bow maybe?

What was the guy (I almost said moron) carrying in the video? It looked like a toy bow & arrow.

We hunted bear with the Smalls and Campbells in the Three Ridges Area which is now Wintergreen. They killed 30+ bears a year.

The meat is just like beef and is good since the bears feed on berries and acorns. Three Ridges is one of the best bear habitats due to the white oak acorn food supply.

Did I see a rubber suction cup fall off the tip of the arrow before the bear charges?

It really depends on where you hunt. I hear that fish fed bears are terrible. Spring bears are also on the dicey side, but fall bears can be delicious if they're eating much grass, berries, acorns, etc. I killed a fall bear (Colorado) a couple years back and it was some of the best meat I've had, and I've had many, many elk and deer.

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What was the guy (I almost said moron) carrying in the video? It looked like a toy bow & arrow.

A plain recurve bow of some sort. Extra "sporting" compared to a compound.