78- year-old woman charged for killing bear accidentally

Pickens County Progress ^ | Thursday, July 25, 2013 | Angella Reinhardt

[Pfesser]

Pickens... (a 76 year old)resident(with arthritis) Judy Gardner said the citation for the Georgia DNR issued her a citation for hunting out of season... that she had no intentions of killing the black bear she felt was threatening her safety.

... "The bear" was chasing her cat and he crashed into the door.... I was scared to death.

...she grabbed her .22 rifle... and fired shots into the air...<>...the bear moved toward the north end of the porch...she shoot three more times at the ground<> (she returned later) and spotted it later...lying by the driveway.

"I thought I saw movement and purposefully shot it twice because I didn't want to see it suffer...

...contacted DNR...which issued her a citation for illegally hunting out of season ...

[nickcarraway]

Was it a black bear?

[Pfesser]

The print issue comes out a day later.

[Tenacious 1]

She killed a black bear with a .22 on accident?

I think she must have stabbed the bear with it. I’m not sure how you claim that was an accident.

[Gaffer]

I’ll be damned. This is my county....Well, now I know if I have to shoot a bear round my home, I’m gonna hook it and drag it off before anybody sees it. Police? I’d don’t need’em.....

[Tenacious 1]

Was it a black bear?

If Obama had a bear....

[Pfesser]

Yes. Why?

[Navy Patriot]

Was it a black bear?

LOL, but she needs a jury anyway.

[xzins]

Testimony about the lethality of the .22LR round.

Takes out a bear.

At a normal 20-30 dollars for a 300-500 round brick, that’s a lot of lethality.

[Gaffer]

She shouldna been allowed to stand her ground if it was a black bear.

[Mr. K]

I would not exactly say she was “hunting”

dumbasses...

Self-defense is NOT hunting

[topher]

If environmentalists hear of this, they will demand the woman be euthanized for killing the bear.

Bears [and other such animals] are more important than HUMAN BEINGS... ... according to the environmental movement...

[Responsibility2nd]

If she had just stayed in her car like the 911 operator told her to.

[ConservativeMan55]

I don’t see this story on their website at all?

[ZX12R]

Was it a black bear?

Racist hag!

[Pfesser]

The 76 year old woman could hardly stab a bear to death.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Was the bear wearing a “Hoodie?”

[mountainlion]

I couldn’t find anything like that at the link.

[dirtboy]

Self-defense is NOT hunting

Of course self-defense is hunting. Just ask any libtard Zimmerman critic who claims he was stalking Trayvon.

[sten]

if its on your property, let alone your front porch, its not hunting.

if you feel threatened for your safety in your own home... especially by a large bear (ffs)... it’s self defense. especially for an elderly woman

these people need to be fired