Stopping a bear

[Mike Oxbig]

I figured the .22 bouncin off his beanie would scare him away. Boy was I surprised when he dropped.

Is this supposed to be a joke? You forgot the smiley at the end so people don't believe you'd actually think something like this!

The bear meant you no harm. You were in a tree. If you yelled at it i'm sure it would split.

You don't scare something away by shooting it in the ####in head!!

Why would you even bring up a story like this in public?

 

[chopper 1]

Hunting What ?

Partdridge or anything tasty (love snappin turtle).
Didnt use the .22 for defense,just to shoo him off - I expected the pill to bounce off.
I assume there was a bait cause the bear was sniffin at the ground at the base of the tree .
Boiled the head on a coleman to get the skull, and there was a crack from nose to rear looked like the skull was in 2 seperate plates and the mashed .22 pill was in the pot - surprisingly whole -

 

[bill c68]

Partdridge or anything tasty (love snappin turtle).
Didnt use the .22 for defense,just to shoo him off - I expected the pill to bounce off.
I assume there was a bait cause the bear was sniffin at the ground at the base of the tree .
Boiled the head on a coleman to get the skull, and there was a crack from nose to rear looked like the skull was in 2 seperate plates and the mashed .22 pill was in the pot - surprisingly whole -

Reminds me of a guy who firmly believes a .22 is useless "I could probably stop the bullet with my finger over the bbl" he says. He claims he knows from experience as he was once "shot in the head with a .22" (ricochet of a stump)

Anyway, the funniest part about listening to him rant about how he can stop a bullet with his finger, is when you look down to se he only has 9 fingers!

 

[mooncoon]

Umpteen years ago some fellows I knew killed a large black bear in a live trap with a .22 (needed the body for scientific samples). Point is that the first several shots were from above and behind the eyes but too far forward and did not kill the bear. It was killed with the .22 by a final single shot farther back into the back part of the brain above the medulla.

cheers mooncoon

 

[sealhunter]

Alright Chopper. Weird story, right from the first post, piss poor explanation, but basically you managed to kill a bear with a .22

I am not extremely surprised that it died from an above shot at close range. I believe the bullets are well known to ricochet around inside a head.
Lucky you weren't on the ground or you may have needed to use the bear gun you had with you.

I understand the curiosity of it. "can I take this bear with my .22"
I guess I just leave those things to "curiosity" and logic and bit of ethic keep me from acting on it.

( I think as I've gotten older, my conscience has gotten louder

 

[carew]

I have butchered cattle by shooting them in the head with a 22 however i prefer to something a little larger for bear defense. I know a fellow that killed a black bear with a 22 mag and it only took 15 shots ( it was after his mother in laws poodle). I personally would have let the bear have the dog. The problem is somebody might read this and next time he sees a bear he might decide to take a crack at him with only a .22 Use the proper gun for the job.

 

[chopper 1]

Assassins!

Remember that the Mossad's preferred assassination weapon is a .22 short - right behind the ear - - no noise -
Never used a .22 on a snapper though to much chance of a ricochet off the shell

 

[22lr]

chopper1 - hunting with more than one gun is not very legal, don't do that. I can understand why you mixed up and shot wrong gun - but thats why you are not alowed to have more than one. It is unsafe. Neither it is fair to the rest of us who is playing by the rules.

 

[chopper 1]

Rules ?

chopper1 - hunting with more than one gun is not very legal, don't do that. I can understand why you mixed up and shot wrong gun - but thats why you are not alowed to have more than one. It is unsafe. Neither it is fair to the rest of us who is playing by the rules.

My memory is not perfect - but I cannot remember any hunting rules back then that said you could carry only one gun in the bush - even now you can hunt in Kanuckistan legally with a pistol strapped on your hip as well as your main boomstick.

 

[sealhunter]

Can you hunt in Canada with a pistol on your hip and a rifle??

Two loaded firearms, illegally hunting in a tree stand , come on now
There's no defense.

Your ramblings don't even seem coherent, or at least thought about

You feelin alright?

I hope stirring the pot is all you're doing, becasue if you're being serious, you are definitely a poor example and represenation of the hunting community based on the posts.

 

[stubblejumper]

Uh, no.
She hit that bear many times, in the head - I've seen a pic of the skull.

The story that I read stated that the grizzly dropped apparently dead at the first shot,but out of fear that it wasn't dead,she fired all of the remaining 22 rounds she had into the bears head.

 

[pharaoh2]

Can you hunt in Canada with a pistol on your hip and a rifle??

Two loaded firearms, illegally hunting in a tree stand , come on now
There's no defense.

Your ramblings don't even seem coherent, or at least thought about

You feelin alright?

I hope stirring the pot is all you're doing, becasue if you're being serious, you are definitely a poor example and represenation of the hunting community based on the posts.

Damn straight. I can imagine the Green peace commercials now:

Redneck "hunters" wandering around in Northern BC bush, coming across either a chained circus bear or panda and proceeding to shoot it over and over until it stops crying.

 

[chopper 1]

You Can - Heres How -

Can you hunt in Canada with a pistol on your hip and a rifle??

Two loaded firearms, illegally hunting in a tree stand , come on now
There's no defense.

Your ramblings don't even seem coherent, or at least thought about

You feelin alright?

I hope stirring the pot is all you're doing, becasue if you're being serious, you are definitely a poor example and represenation of the hunting community based on the posts.

Heres how - Get a uberti 44 black powder colt - 200 bucks , register it. Go to a gun show and buy an original bp colt 44 - 2000 bucks - antique - no registry. Take everything off the frame and replace everything with new uberti parts. - Non registered antique that shoots - You are allowed to carry it in an open holster in areas that allow the discharge of firearms (provided that you have at least a small game licence) - by the way the bore butter melts around the caps in the summer - boil a little beeswax in it so it stays solid -
I am not a representation of the hunting community - stopped hunting on land about 1970 and started hunting underwater in the caribbean - different ballgame - U COULD GET EATEN - what a challenge !

 

[22lr]

the funny thing is - theoretically you can have on you handgun and ONE rifle legally. If you manage obtaining ATC for the area. But not two rifles. You can have O/U firearm though. Complicated isn't it?

Gentlemen, generally these hunting boards seems a bit too nerdy, agressive or plain frigging too inflamatory. Can we change the tune a little bit?

 

[chopper 1]

Stir the pot

 

[bedrock]

Stubble - You're right, Bella dropped that bear with one shot then she pumped a bunch more into it. She shot it behind the ear when it walked by her.
Some years ago a friend was talking with a guy he knew that had been mauled by a grizzly. My friend asked what he packs for a gun now in grizzly country. The guy told him he packs a .41 magnum. My friend said isn't that a little light for grizzly. The guy's reply was "It's not for the grizzly".

 

[chopper 1]

Tune

the funny thing is - theoretically you can have on you handgun and ONE rifle legally. If you manage obtaining ATC for the area. But not two rifles. You can have O/U firearm though. Complicated isn't it?

Gentlemen, generally these hunting boards seems a bit too nerdy, agressive or plain frigging too inflamatory. Can we change the tune a little bit?

I really like yankee doodle --

 

[chopper 1]

Oops - Forgot -

 

[pharaoh2]

Oh man, I hear the legion lighting torches and starting to march...









IBTL!

 

[troutseeker]

Well now, if someone was confessing to illegal activity on the board, I'm sure the moderators would have preserved the IP address from which the offender logs on. From then on it's a simple matter to request the address from CGN using a PIPEDA request. Once you have the IP address, you trace it to the Internet provider. Once you know who that is, you obtain subscriber information, if it's Telus use a warrant, if it's Shaw Cable or a local provider then use a PIPEDA request again. Once you have the subscriber info, pass it on to the CO's who can go knock on your door and treat you like the a**hole you sound like you are...

Troutseeker