Man devastated after trophy hunter shoots the 900 pound bear he had fed for years
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Hunt? Like hunting blueberries?I guess they do eat newborn elk and moose calves.
Biologists estimate that bears take 25-30% of the calves when they come out of their dens.
Yep - habituating a wild animal to people in an area that has active hunting is asking for the animal to get shot.
That said, if the bear's been there for 17 years then likely the locals knew about it, and which one it was, and avoided shooting it.
That said, if the bear's been there for 17 years then likely the locals knew about it, and which one it was, and avoided shooting it.
Or maybe nobody was able to get a shot at him while he was in a legal hunting area until now.
the guy sucks at hunting and took a known easy kill. end of story.
thats my opinion. i wont change it for you.
Hey bud this is a Firearms/hunting site if you don't like talking about legally taking game maybe you should exit before your name gets lit up in pink...other wise your just a TROLL....the hunter did NOTHING wrong...no laws broken...
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The only person who broke the law was the gentleman who tamed a wild animal by feeding it and he should be charged for it too....it was his damn fault the bear died....Full Stop
Don't like it princess then don't read about it and get down from your moral high horse....
According to your logic If my neighbor feeds the deer and blackies because he thinks their cute and cuddly I am no longer allowed to hunt them?......
if anybody should have their name lit up in pink, it would be the kid that hides behind a monitor to throw insults.
thankfully for guys like you, the internet came along and you can finally get away with it for once in your life.
pathetic.
To summarize,the hunter broke no laws,and killed the bear in a legal manner.As such,he has done nothing wrong.Whether or not someone feels that the bear was too easy to kill because of it's tameness, is totally irrelevant as far as the law is concerned.
The person that fed the bear,made it dependent on hand outs,and made it unafraid of people, which made it easier for the hunter to kill it.If anyone is to blame in this situation,it is the bozo that fed the bear.
End of story.
The person that fed the bear,made it dependent on hand outs,and made it unafraid of people, which made it easier for the hunter to kill it.If anyone is to blame in this situation,it is the bozo that fed the bear.
End of story.
I'd use regular swear words if this was CGN in the good ol'days when there was no swear censoring software.
This is the Hunting Forum. Like it or not, animals die when you go hunting. Well...animals die when *I* go hunting, don't know about your success.
The hunter clearly killed the bear by legal means and now has a nice rug and a few hundred pounds of sausage meat. I don't see the problem.
Seems like you are just trying to invent a problem because some moron liked to feed predators. (Illegal in BC and likely illegal in Pennsylvania, too.)
The bear feeding moron facilitated the bears death, I guess the hunters should drop him by some bear sausage as a thank you.
i really could care less that the bear died, i just think it is weak sauce of the hunter. im sure many bears died today as well and i will have just as much concern for them.
how am i trying to invent a problem by stating my opinion on a message borad that i think a guy is a poor hunter?
a bit dramatic on your part, dont you think?!
You're right, he must be an ass because he shot a fed bear. BTW, if you were my neighbour and feeding a 900 pound bear which happened to walk under my treestand I'd still shoot it.
no you wouldnt.
you would meekly say hello to me and thats about it. dont kid yourself.
guys like you only act tough online. in reality, you probably go out of your way to not piss off your neighbors like most normal human beings.
exactly.
You are basing your opinion on a few news stories. Maybe if you had more detailed information on exactly how the bear was hunted, and past history of the hunter, your opinion would actually have some merit. Without detailed information, your opinion is just hot air.
Drama? You should re-read your posts and decide who the dramatic one is.
If you were feeding a bear, you aren't showing any regard for your neighbors, so why would anyone worry about pissing you off?
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
The way most black bear hunts are conducted is over bait, so there you are sitting in your blind, that you either constructed yourself over your bait station or you are paying to use a guides bait station, and in come the biggest bear you've ever seen in your life. What would you do? It is not unusual to have a bear approach you even if no food is involved, so do you take the shot or pass? If you choose to pass up the shot what is your logic for doing so. The bear doesn't have PET painted on it and you would have no way of knowing it was not wild. I don't see how that makes Mr. Price a poor hunter.
The bear was killed during Pennsylvannia's new archery season? Maybe now you can hunt in a trailer park with a bow but not a gun?
I hunt over bait but not in a dump even if it were legal ( I could then put a tree stand on a dozer in the dump ) but since shooting Bozo was done legally and you feel good about your hunt thats all that matters. Some people feel good about taking a trophy in a game farm. Just think of the thrill shooting a Yellowstone buffalo in front of the tourist. What a trill, what a rush.
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I hunt over bait but not in a dump even if it were legal ( I could then put a tree stand on a dozer in the dump ) but since shooting Bozo was done legally and you feel good about your hunt thats all that matters. Some people feel good about taking a trophy in a game farm. Just think of the thrill shooting a Yellowstone buffalo in front of the tourist. What a trill, what a rush.
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If Jim Shockey can get his career made, dumping piles of bagged bait out for the deer to get used to, and call those deer trophies, this count about as much.
Comes down to what's legal, as opposed to what we particularly like, or feel is "sporting".
I'm surprised one of the neighbours had not left out an anti-freeze flavoured bag of goodies for the bear over all those years of him being a pest. Or the otherwise standard 3-S disposal.
Cheers
Trev
I'm one of those who feel that the hunter did all his neighbors a favour. The only way this could have turned out better is if Lewis was attacked and killed by the bear, THEN the bear shot.
Anyone stupid enough to feed bears deserves a spot on that year's list of Darwin Award nominees. Lewis (idiot!!) was lucky he didn't become responsible for the death of one of his neighbors.
Anyone stupid enough to feed bears deserves a spot on that year's list of Darwin Award nominees. Lewis (idiot!!) was lucky he didn't become responsible for the death of one of his neighbors.
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