“I would have got my 12 gauge and shot the bear until dead. Not because I care about the deer and not because I care that the bear caught a deer. But because if that bear isn’t afraid enough of me or my house and would attack a deer in my backyard then he’s probably not going to feel to bad about attacking me, my wife or any other member of my family.”
I was going to say “He’s a bear, he has a right to kill deer and I certainly have no legal standing to shoot him.” Your response is logical, but I can’t see how it’s legal. Legally, you can’t shoot him for being in your yard, knocking over your garbage can or even attacking your pets. If you went out and tried to drive him off the kill, it seems to me there would be a good chance he would go for you and then you could legally shoot him but then you would have to explain why you were out there bothering him in the first place. Since he killed that deer without breaking any laws does that make the deer his property?
“or even attacking your pets”
I many states it would be very legal to shoot a bear doing this Wis. is one of them
“He’s a bear, he has a right to kill deer “
Animals do not—can not—have rights. The very notion is logical, philosophical, and theological gibberish.
Any law predicated on that notion is without moral force.
You shouldn't drink and post. Unless you'd like to explain what laws apply directly to a bear.
I have to explain why I am in my own backyard?