Bear Speared

[yellow dog]

Curious to hear reaction to this story.

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/...5x6?li=AAggNb9

I would stay clear of an i*iot like that.

[sawbill]

I don't give a rats what antis say or animal rights groups like SPCA's but I do care what fellow hunters say and most are disgusted with this guy and his hunt antics.

[fratri]

I went to visit some family in the GTA yesterday, (non hunters).... It was good to see them...... During our conversations, (trying to catch up on what has taken place in our lives since we last seen each other)....I asked if they heard about the bear spear hunter, they all said no, why what's up?......
So maybe the common family working guy/girl is too busy trying to get through the day to give a rats .... (let it go)

[delmer]

\My issue is NOT with the method he used to kill the Bear. It's with the decision to record,then publicize, a hunt that went horribly wrong by any standard of the ethics of a quick,clean kill that all of us,as hunters,aspire to,then,adding insult to injury by acting like an total immature a**hole after the fact like he'd done something heroic on the video. I think he needs a kick in the berries....more than once,for his appalling conduct.

You nailed it Trimmer21. Hunt within the law any way you want, but leave the videos for your own private viewing. As mentioned earlier, I don't understand peoples' need to post everything they do online.

[LowbanksArcher]

You nailed it Trimmer21. Hunt within the law any way you want, but leave the videos for your own private viewing. As mentioned earlier, I don't understand peoples' need to post everything they do online.

Yes, we should hide our sport in the closet. Take it off the internet, off the television, off the magazine racks. What if an anti-hunter finds this forum? We should probably shut down this site too, just to be safe. Opening day is around the corner. Let's make sure no one posts any successful hunt pics/videos on here. Keep those to yourselves for private viewing

[delmer]

Yes, we should hide our sport in the closet. Take it off the internet, off the television, off the magazine racks. What if an anti-hunter finds this forum? We should probably shut down this site too, just to be safe. Opening day is around the corner. Let's make sure no one posts any successful hunt pics/videos on here. Keep those to yourselves for private viewing

I was talking specifically about the spearing video. I wasn't very clear in my wording.

[LowbanksArcher]

I was talking specifically about the spearing video. I wasn't very clear in my wording.

I just feel it's a slippery slope once you start censoring our sport. Now spears. Next arrows. Videos of a bear running off with an arrow in it will be just as offensive to the bleeding hearts of social media. This is just the tip of the spear. [emoji6]

[TrapJack]

I created a new thread about this topic, but i'll make the statement here too. it appears that this hunt was entirely illegal from the get-go.
the Alberta regs state very clearly that there are only two legal hunts for bear in alberta, and neither allow for spears, they are clear in exactly what you can legally use. and a spear doesn't qualify as a firearm, cross-bow, or bow and arrow according to their definitions. So he was never legal at all.

"1- Archery Only Seasons are those where only a bow and arrow may be used to hunt.
2- General Seasons are those where either a firearm, cross-bow or a bow and arrow may be used."

[trimmer21]

I just feel it's a slippery slope once you start censoring our sport. Now spears. Next arrows. Videos of a bear running off with an arrow in it will be just as offensive to the bleeding hearts of social media. This is just the tip of the spear. [emoji6]

There's a huge difference between censoring something and simply keeping one's mouth shut.

[LowbanksArcher]

There's a huge difference between censoring something and simply keeping one's mouth shut.

So, should I take my archery bear hunt video off YouTube? It's no different really.