Neat sighting....

[seabast]

IMO the MNR is to blame for letting bear populations skyrocket and then doing nothing about it. They have let things go so long with no action people are tired of living with them in town and take matters in to their own hands, imagine what would have happened if a kid ran in to momma bear and she took it as a threat.

I don't think there are more bear around this area today than twenty years ago, not sure where you get this from (it isn't Timmins). Guys I know that hunted bear around here in the spring, still hunt them in the fall.
The guy and wife that shot it are also really proud to shoot one of the cub too, let the meat go to waste, didn't cover it and let all the kids of the street see it the next morning (another neighbor cover it for them) and didn't shoot it to protect anything. It might be a good thing they shot it but the all town ran into that bear and cubs for two weeks now without incident so no one really understand... Kind of like, I'm going to shoot the next dog that cross my yard just because it looks dangerous. It's giving us a bad name.

[MikePal]

Yea, good to hear shooting firearms in the burbs is frowned upon...

As a result of the investigation, a 65-year-old male from Bracebridge is charged with careless use of a firearm.

According to Const. Maureen Tilson, of the Bracebridge OPP, a high-power rifle was used.
He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Dec. 1 to answer to his charges.

[jaycee]

Yea, good to hear shooting firearms in the burbs is frowned upon...

Not to start an argument but, the police are allowed to do it and not necessarily are they as good at shooting and hitting their intended target as a lot of hunters are !

[fishfood]

Where my mom is someone took out a nuisance bear in town. Apparently it was already wounded but the bears just take night walks every night through town. And walk up the streets daily. Its only a matter of time before people get frustrated and take action into there own hands.

But taking a momma with a bunch of cubs is not a good thing.

[Richie Hastings]

City limits or not
There was a sow with Cubs that was clearly not afraid of man
It should have been shot much sooner.
As stated before. They need to manage the population better.
That sow could have seriously injured or killed a wandering child or adult.


Why should he be charged?
For discharging within limits??
Maybe so.

The authorities should have been called to deal with it.


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Agree, the right action was taken dispatching the bear while in a residential area, cubs or no cubs. The cubs would have associated the area with food and would return here or another residential area when older. The only "crime" committed was discharging a firearm within a certain distance of a roadway as well and discharging a firearm within residential limits. I would put good money in the person not getting anymore repercussions, perhaps even having the current charges dropped.

The right action was taken, too bad the opp/mnr dont have the "man power" to deal with these issues which would be the proper plan of action to take and let them deal with this nuisance bear.

[Richie Hastings]

Not to start an argument but, the police are allowed to do it and not necessarily are they as good at shooting and hitting their intended target as a lot of hunters are !

So if you dont want to start an argument, then please dont post idiotic comments. Comparing a hunter to a trained police officer in marksmanship is not an argument worthy of debating in any context. Find something else to spend your time contemplating.

[seabast]

So if you dont want to start an argument, then please dont post idiotic comments. Comparing a hunter to a trained police officer in marksmanship is not an argument worthy of debating in any context. Find something else to spend your time contemplating.

LMAO!!!!!!!

[jaycee]

So if you dont want to start an argument, then please dont post idiotic comments. Comparing a hunter to a trained police officer in marksmanship is not an argument worthy of debating in any context. Find something else to spend your time contemplating.

I know and have hunted with so called trained in marksmanship police officers, that could not hit the proverbial broad side of the barn.
They used to shoot with us at our club, the damage done in the indoor range was done by "trained in marksmanship police officers " it got so bad they quit coming out on our regular shooting nights.
Also shot against many of them that had joined different clubs in "The Ontario Intercounty Handgun League " in all the years there was only one cop in 9 different clubs that was ever in the top shooters of these clubs.
I was not making any statements that are not true after my "contemplating".
Just 2 years ago , my friends wife hit a deer just outside of the nearby village, he called me to let me know about it , when I arrived there were already 2 cruisers there and 2 cops, I asked when they were going to kill the doe as it was not dead yet, well after walking across the road and advising me to "stay back" the one cop took five shots and missed with all five, and with teary eyes said "I cant hit it " yes this is the truth as my friends wife was a witness ".
I took my .22 call rifle from my vehicle , walked up to the severely wounded deer and placed the barrel up to the deers head and killed it , while being warned by this cop "to watch out it is still alive "

Been there done that , I know what I am talking about!

[seabast]

I know and have hunted with so called trained in marksmanship police officers, that could not hit the proverbial broad side of the barn.
They used to shoot with us at our club, the damage done in the indoor range was done by "trained in marksmanship police officers " it got so bad they quit coming out on our regular shooting nights.
Also shot against many of them that had joined different clubs in "The Ontario Intercounty Handgun League " in all the years there was only one cop in 9 different clubs that was ever in the top shooters of these clubs.
I was not making any statements that are not true after my "contemplating".
Just 2 years ago , my friends wife hit a deer just outside of the nearby village, he called me to let me know about it , when I arrived there were already 2 cruisers there and 2 cops, I asked when they were going to kill the doe as it was not dead yet, well after walking across the road and advising me to "stay back" the one cop took five shots and missed with all five, and with teary eyes said "I cant hit it " yes this is the truth as my friends wife was a witness ".
I took my .22 call rifle from my vehicle , walked up to the severely wounded deer and placed the barrel up to the deers head and killed it , while being warned by this cop "to watch out it is still alive "

Been there done that , I know what I am talking about!

Well, that's because there are not trained to shoot in the head, obviously!

[duckmassacre]

And if you wonder.....
http://vid1056.photobucket.com/album...pscl6tmxbu.mp4

Bears not only $**T in the woods they'll do it in our backyards!