Father and son attacked while sleeping
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/06...olina-orig.cnn
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Father and son attacked while sleeping
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/06...olina-orig.cnn
Glad it turned out so well... Credit to the dad and son for a great will to live.
I can't think of a horror worse than knowing a large animal is about to kill you and rip you apart piece by piece until it does. I'm glad these guys made it out alive. I don't know how many times in my life that I've heard people say "Aw,it's only a blackie,they won't bother you." I often wonder how many times that was a person's last words on this Earth.
Been there done that
In the fall I grouse hunt in an area frequent by bears. I like to carry some heavy stuff, just in case I run into a bear that has a fixation on me instead of fleeing. I came across an article on ask a CO. The CO indicate if you have heavy stuff aboard, you better have a bear licence and be clad in blaze orange. Why? I have no interest in bear hunting, my primary concern is self-defense and self-preservation. Is a CO likely to be present to deal with an attacking bear? I'd be kind of curious to known how many other take similar precaution and I don't mean bear spray. My suspicions are that many do. The 'why' is the MNRF doesn't want people poaching bear. So the only thing that they seem to have to go on is, the presence of the have stuff, in order to separate the grouse hunter from the poacher? To me that shows a real want of investigative skill. As well as placing legitimate hunter at risk. It also would appear that a lot of this has to do with the length of the bear season, in a number of WMU it runs from the beginning of September to the last of November. I'd like to see bear hunting season, have the same narrow confines as deer season within respective WMU. I can't understand why bear hunters deserve a greater window of opportunity than deer hunters. But, then again, I have no interest in hunting bear, my only concern is in having the where with to ensure I'm not mauled or killed by a bear.
We don't stop hunting because we grow old. We grow old because we stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
Over the last few years,I've been buying a bear license just in case I happen to surprise one (and me) going to my Deer and Moose watch and need to shoot it. It's happened to me twice,now,and luckily it quickly buggered off,but,I'd much rather buy a license than explain to a CO and take the time and expense to tell it to a Judge why I shot a bear without a license.
I have no idea why hunters want to carry bait to their baiting site. ( accident waiting to happen perhaps ). The bike produces more noise and gives a warning to the Bears. After a while, the noise is associated with food. Campers need to take every precaution necessary to ward off attacks.
You are one confused lawyer. You just argued both sides of the case in one breath...:joker:Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenhorn
carrying food in by hand attract bears to you, but riding a quad/bike/snowmobile will scare the bears off.
Yes good argument for not walking to the bait. :thumbup:
bears will come to the sound of the quad/bike/snowmobile because they learn that it means food is coming to the bait site.. even if that person riding it does NOT have bait.
Again a very good argument that bears can learn that humans mean easy food.:thumbup:
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Would you please explain to me ..who side are you on here..:confused: :joker:
I feed the Bears about 7 months a year and run video cams on the sites. I know the distance and time it takes to ride to the bait. 99.99 % of the mature Bears leave , the minute I start down the road. It's usually young Bears that are hungry,and reluctant to leave. I haven't found an aggressive bear yet, but I feed them well.
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Originally Posted by Greenhorn
I carrybait to my site daily during my bear hunt. If I get attacked then so be it but I always look before I approach my bait site. I use a cross-bow only for bear hunting & if one wanted to attack me I guess I would be an easy target... :)