Alberta black bear ... with a spear
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That was finding the bear the next morning, they didn't want to track it after dark.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Southern Saskatchewan is long range country, and there was concern that the trebuchet, required to propel the spear, would tear up too many fields.
wowzer... He would be in a world of trouble if that bear was looking for a fight after it was hit. I personally know somebody that got chewed on by a 6' grizzly and he still wears the scars to prove it. He doesn't hunt bears anymore. Congrats on a successful hunt.
bearkilr
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- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
Black bear and grizzly are a totally different animal temperamentally.
99.9% of the time black bear will pick flight over fight. Grizzly are the opposite.
I wouldn't expect a similar video from that hunter with grizzly.
It would be more fun to watch though
- Location
- South Ontario
Epic!
bearkilr
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- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
Yup, and probably harder to find an unarmed camera man!
No kidding, but stranger things have happened. Don't kid yourself a black bear is nothing to toy with.... especially when its hurt.
Bearkilr and some others have more bear experience than most...
While I have had a number of "hairy" experiences with black bears, I have also spent more time in close proximity to them than most... and I would support Bearkilr's statement... blackies will choose "flight" 99.5% of the time... 0.49% of the time they will choose "bluff..." But people like to talk about that one encounter in ten thousand.
Were there any anti hunting comments, or were they just anti method?
The fact that the bear only ran 60 yards is not a measure of how long it took to die, or how much it suffered.
I'm not anti hunting, but this did not float my boat.
The fact that the bear only ran 60 yards is not a measure of how long it took to die, or how much it suffered.
I'm not anti hunting, but this did not float my boat.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
Is that Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone's adopted son?
Right on. The first ### marriage in the colonies.
Ardent
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The drug's called adrenaline and endorphins, 100% natural believe it or not, the reward mechanism programmed into us from a couple million years of hunting evolution. Many seem to have forgotten where we come from, but not this guy.
I understand your mindset...... But over the years, I have learned not to judge others legal hunting choices.......
There was a time where I would have agreed with you and would have been calling for the spearchucker's head......
But there are two things obvious to me in that video.... The first is that he was obviously very practiced in the method and had put in the work needed to be proficient with his weapon of choice.....
Secondly, the weapon certainly did it's job.... That penetration was impressive IMOP.......
The only thing I am critical of, is that he had no firearm as a backup..... And exhibited machismo about it...... Which is all well and good, but if he had a firearm as a backup, he could have waited the traditional 20 minutes and gone after his kill.... From the video, it's obvious to me that the bear didn't suffer (entrails and such hanging off foliage is a sure sign)..... But due dilligence and all that.....
I will take ten of these guys in the sport over one guy using grandpa's 30-30 hitting a pie plate at 50 yards and saying "good enough" any day.......
Ardent
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Not the way I see it, he decided to try and do it the most challenging way possible, and it was legal. If it's true he was a champion javelin thrower that adds even more to it.
As my digital age climbs slowly less and less am I interested in judging people's legal methods of taking game. In fact I find the nanny statism of self censoring rather irritating now, though I've been as guilty as any in the past.
