Whitehorse man killed while hunting bison over the long weekend
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Am I missing something? Hunter shoots animal, gets tragically killed by animal. I dont consider that "tit for tat".
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I may have posted this somewhere else,but,I learned at a young age to carefully approach a downed animal after a pal was kicked by a twitchy "dead" Deer for ten stitches in his leg. A couple of years later (same camp) another "elder statesman" hunt camp member put a .308 Win into a big Black Bear @ 40 yards that stood on it's hind legs,stared the old fella down for a second and charged while still standing up. Buddy put two more rounds into it's chest and as it expired,it lunged out with a paw and claws caught him square across the top of his head and down his chest before dropping dead at his feet. That was good for an ambulance ride to the hospital (after he walked a 1/4 mile back to camp in the dark,toughest SOB I ever met in my life) for almost 100 stitches and a few days in the hospital. Those lessons I learned 50 years ago and never forgot.
I have shot a few cows and a couple bulls, center of the head takes a strong load, I have use 38 special at 2 ft, had no effect at all,mind it was a lead rn, but behind the ear, a 22 LR will do it
Don't think I would mess with Bison
Don't think I would mess with Bison
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- The Conservative part of Ontario
I tell my friends if I die hunting I died happy.
It's a good reminder not to assume any animal you shoot is dead as you approach it.
It's a good reminder not to assume any animal you shoot is dead as you approach it.
Two 250 grain .338 Partition Gold bullets from a 338 Win Mag recovered from a Pink Mountain bison shot by a friend of mine several years ago, The first shot was broadside through both lungs at about 100 yards and was recovered under the hide on the far side. The second - most deformed - was just behind the skull from the side taken to put the big bull on the ground. These big animals can take a lot of lead before they die.
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Cameron SS
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- Ground Zero
Perhaps he should have been.
From the OIC Amnesty for firearms prohibited by the May 1 amendments to the classification regulations.
The bit about until you can obtain another firearm is interesting, because it presumes obtain another firearm USEFUL FOR THAT PURPOSE, but is not prohibited.
When your purpose is to hunt with a firearm of sufficient power to put down bison, any such firearm would also be prohibited.
So the real question here, if this guy was NOT hunting with a 10k J E firearm, WOULD he have been hunting with a 10k J E firearm were it not for the ban. IF this guy would have been hunting with a more powerful firearm, but didn't because of the ban, than its entirely possible that this ban has as much to do with his death as the Bison.
I've got a skull hanging in my cabin, looks like he got popped TWICE in the head with a LARGE caliber rifle.
Grizz
If some of these comments above were beneath a CBC article related to this hunt, there would be outrage towards the poster. However, on a hunting forum it is somehow acceptable to post that this man's death was "karma" or "tit for tat"...food for thought.
I believe both the events and some posts on this board are pretty sad indeed.
I believe both the events and some posts on this board are pretty sad indeed.
Sad for the family, but it really IS part of the accepted risk when you pull the trigger on a "dangerous" game animal. Hunting Grizz and getting mauled would be the same thing.
Kind of like racing nascar and hitting the wall at 200mph, or sky-diving. Accepted risk.
I'm not suggesting that he deserved it or such, just that these things can happen in a dangerous sport.
Kind of like racing nascar and hitting the wall at 200mph, or sky-diving. Accepted risk.
I'm not suggesting that he deserved it or such, just that these things can happen in a dangerous sport.
