From: OhioSteve
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/05/25/bear-attacks-hunter.hln
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From: Salagi
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Sure don't want my wife seeing this video. Everytime I go bear hunting with my recurve here in Arkansas, I pray I'll get one. My wife prays I won't. She seems to be the better prayer. ;)
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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I've had four or five run-ins with them over the past decade. Here in Pa. we have more bears than ever, something we almost never saw south of I-80 twenty years ago. So far no issues. Maybe they know I don't hunt bears.
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From: Lowcountry
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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That wasn't too cool on the Bear's part. They are supposed to peacefully turn broadside at 10 yards. That's what they do on TV! He looked like he ended up OK, but I bet his pants were ruined.
The thing I kept thinking is "What happened to his arrow and broadhead." Getting impaled or cut up with your own broadhead while be abused by the bear is just adding insult to injury - or injury to insult.
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From: Longcruise
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Now, if that had been a Hill style bow that bear would a run the other way.
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From: Stix
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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I was charged by a bear a couple years back on our archery range. When I saw it I made myself look big and started yelling at it. Well it took offense and charged me. When it got 10 feet away I threw my bow at it and it stopped and walked away.
I also had one come up behind me while I was elk hunting. It came withing 8 feet or so, and took off when I saw it. So it all depends on the individual bear.
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From: Daven
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Swing Draw?
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From: KeystoneBows
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Salagi, I'm in the same situation, my wife is concerned for me when I talk about wanting a bear to come within archery range...I never felt too scared when I have seen black bears but I've yet to have one that close.
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From: NJWoodsman
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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I have a friend who's been something of a trad bowhunter mentor to me. He was bear hunting in Alberta and got one that was coming up the tree after him. Quite a story.
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From: mission man
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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" how's the bear ?" She says lol typical
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From: Pointer
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Southern zone of NY is loaded with them too...I see way more bear than deer in Sterling Forest State Park these days..been that way for a couple years too.
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From: Paul O
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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I have bear hunted here in PA N of I -80. Lots of bears with no success. I have had 3 run ins with bears. All with cubs. Mumma bear has no sense of humor when they have cubs with them.. I'm very nervous walking to my stand in the dark mornings. If I'm going out in the woods my wife always ask if I have my revolver on me. PA has a lot of bears. Starting to here many people complain about bears already..
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From: BATMAN
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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I don't know if it's posted anywhere but LYNN HAROLDSON went bear hunting back in the day and had a version of black bear climbing up HIS tree to see what HE was! Lynn had to kick the bear in the nose to get it to leave! Be careful out there!
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From: Newhunter
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Nice to have a handgun when one are out alone where there are nasty beasts. It takes some training to drop the bow and pull the gun fast. The gun give more peace in mind even if we are too slow when we need the gun.
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From: larryhatfield
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Black bear will bluff charge for sure, but in all the years I've been killing them I have only had two I thought might actually bite me. It IS good advice to fight a black bear or a cougar. Grizzly bear are a little bit different.
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From: Bushytail
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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That's one heck of a video. :-? I seen bears while hunting, but nothing even close to that much excitement!
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From: Mpdh
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Date: 25-May-17 |
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Talked to a guy who was attacked by a bear while hunting from a treestand. This was 30+ yrs ago, but I think he was bitten on his feet, right through his boots. I seem to remember he said he had to take antibiotics for 6 or 8 months because of infection.
MP
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From: Ron LaClair
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Date: 26-May-17 |
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I've taken 5 bears with a bow in Canada without incident. The odds that a black bear will attack you is rare but rare doesn't mean it can't happen.
You're not allowed to carry a gun for backup in Canada but In places you hunt with a bow where you may have an encounter with a bear, cougar or even a two legged predator, if a gun is allowed it may be wise to have a little extra insurance. This is mine a S&W .44mag carried on the hip. I also have a "Chest holster" which is popular in Alaska.
Fred Bear carried a S&W (Dirty Harry) .44magnum
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From: Ron LaClair
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Date: 26-May-17 |
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This is a "Guides Choice" chest holster like I referred to.
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From: Ron LaClair
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Date: 26-May-17 |
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When I hunted with Jay Massey in Alaska he carried a cut down 45-70 rifle with 405gr bullets. I had a sawed off double barrel 12ga. plus a Ruger .44 mag. I never needed them but they were reassuring after seeing all the huge bear tracks that you could hardly cover with your hat on the sand bars along the river.
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From: GUTPILE PA
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Date: 26-May-17 |
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No thank you that Is craszy!!!
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From: bearfootin
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Date: 26-May-17 |
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I had a very close call bear hunting last fall. I was in my ladder stand which was about 8' from the ground to the foot platform and had been watching a small boar coming and going from my bait back to the black spruce. My stand was on a large pine tree about 3' in diameter. I herd a rustle behind me and peered around the tree to see if the boar had snuck around.....nope it was a small cub. I thought hmmmm that's unusual a new cub all by itself. Without making any noise, I looked around the other side of the tree and there she was right at the bottom of my tree and the other cub was trying to climb the tree at the back. Holly sh!t, I just froze, standing there with my longbow with an arrow nocked and looking down at this very large sow and cub with the other cub scratching at the tree I'm in. At one point she put her paws up on the tree and sniffed the air for what seemed to be minutes, then went to the ladder and sniffed some more. She and the one cub completely circled the tree then mosied away out the trail I came in on with the second cub wandering behind them. Those bears never went near the bait pile, I think it was because of the small boars scent around there. Now it was getting near dark and I have to go out the same trail, boy did I make a lot of noise walking out that trail in the dark LOL. Oh ya, I did have my 12 gauge with slugs with me....hanging from a hook behind me,,,,not too bright eh. I think if I would have moved a muscle she would have been up that tree pronto. I did get the small boar 2 days later using my longbow, but now I sit in the stand holding my 12 gauge in my hands and my bow hanging from a hook in front of me. I was hunting alone that week from our bush camp and that could have been a nasty situation. Yup,....you never know about those black bears eh. Lloyd
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From: StikBow
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Date: 27-May-17 |
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When I lived in AK, Ihad a shoulder rig with a 375 JDJ. on another note to bears, ever notice 'ground shrinkage'? Every bear I ever took looked huge, until I walked up on them
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From: Scooby-doo
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Date: 27-May-17 |
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Best back up is a 12 gauge with slugs. A short barreled 12 gauge at close range is pretty good bear stopper. Shawn
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