Posted on 04/08/2013 10:53:03 AM PDT by JohnPierce
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A Massachusetts man is facing charges of illegal possession of a firearm and failing to secure a weapon after using a shotgun to kill a bear that began chasing him in his own backyard while he was stocking his bird feeders.
The man in question is 76 year old Richard Ahlstrand of Auburn Massachusetts and the bear was 7 feet tall and pushing 400 pounds. But despite the reasonable fear that a 76 year old man might feel in such a situation, the local prosecutors have gone after Mr. Ahlstrand with a vengeance.
When he went out that afternoon, he took his shotgun because he had seen the bear the day before and feared that it might still be around. But local officials have used Mr. Ahlstrand’s bird feeder and the presence of the shotgun as the basis of additional charges of illegally baiting a bear and illegally killing a bear.
Apparently, the only thing that Mr. Ahlstrand could have done to satisfy local officials would have been to lay down and die. He says that “They got me set up now like I’m some kind of murderer. And then the environmental guy told me ‘You should have called me instead of shooting it.’ What was I going to do, say ‘Mister Bear would you excuse me please while I go make a phone call?’”
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The ‘Innocent Victims of Gun Control‘ series of articles details the effects of gun control policies on law abiding citizens and exposes the lie that gun control is only aimed at criminals.
They did what to them secretly? LOL
Cougars roam. And I mean really roam. They have collard some and tracked movements that, in some cases, criss cross a good chunk of the country. It's not surprising that there are more coming to the Midwest.
That said, If I ever find myself in a tree with a cougar on opening day of deer season as the sun comes up, I won't be calling the DNR. (whichever kind of cougar that might be)
I was amazed that there was a bear in such an urban environment as well.
Black Bears are smart, they will lay low in the bush and hide till you come out and then charge. They know that if you see them you will not bring food. Normally people just scream, drop the food and run. Of course if you dont drop food, then you are the food.
It is not unreasonable to call animal control, it is however foolish to believe they give a rats ass.
Do they no longer have trial by jury in MA?
Premeditated bear-murder! Almost as bad as "Bait Car", in which desirable vehicles are left where the entitled class will see them and feel entitled to take them! Or pretending to be harmless in an urban mall full of "yout" gang members, while armed and ready to respond to wilding.
bkmk
One was hit on the Merritt parkway in CT. They said it was a pet until the tag tracked it back to South Dakota.
I couldn't give a rat's ass whether they care or not as long as they come out and get the bear out of my back yard.
Duh! Call animal control and have them come out and get it.
If black bears are so smart, then how are they caught when they come into suburban/urban areas like Glendale, CA? (See: Glendale Bear, Sleeping In Tree, Tranquilized & Returned To The Wild -- Again)
We had a girl dumping trash in a burn pit here at the mine. Cardboard boxes go to the pit, general trash goes into an incinerator that is diesel fired to prevent any garbage being edible for bears.
She saw a large black bear when she drove up, and it ran into the brush. She called security requesting he come out and keep her company, sat in the car 15 minutes without seeing security or the bear. Figuring it had moved on she got out of the truck and started tossing flattened boxes into the pit. She then walked into the center of the pit to light the boxes, just as the EMT/Security guy drove up. The bear charged out of the woods at her as the Security guy got out of the truck. He dropped it with a single 12ga shotgun slug.
If the bear could not get garbage, it decided it was going for some warm liver. They like liver...
The girl quit the job. Hard to get good trash burners out here in the Alaska Bush.
Introduced. I misspelled. When the wildlife camera got the one on film in west central Indiana, the DNR folks began telling about migrations eastward, which I suppose technically could happen, but they would have to swim some significant rivers to do it. The DNR in Indiana has done this, believe me.
Fascinating. I know bears can swim, but do you know how wide the Missouri River is in central South Dakota? The big valley where the interestate goes east and west at the river is HUGE.
Okie-dokie....or...you could just dial 911. That usually works...
FMCDH(BITS)
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