Posted on 09/06/2014 9:00:32 PM PDT by cutty
A Washington state hunter is recovering after surviving an attack by an angry black bear that chased him up a tree, chomped down on his leg and clawed him with one of its big paws.
Retiree Jerry House knows how lucky he is to have fended off the bear. He said he got the bear off him only after he kicked the animal in the nose as he hung onto a tree branch.
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Most Canadians can’t stand them, they are dangerous pest up there. Some times the bear eats you, sometime you eat the bear. I’ll have to say some of the best meat I have ever ate was bear. I’ve been a hunter and fisherman all my life. I give thanks for the game that crosses my table. I can’t say that for most Americans, meat has become a commodity, nothing else.
Apparently House didn’t have enough time to try drawing a red line.
Well thats a good thing.
Don’t be bitter. I am talking from the SE United States and
want folks to leave the bears alone here. I also ask for them to carry a piece to stop confrontation.
If your hunting and don’t have a sidearm, don’t be surprised if a cat jumps on your throat and your rifle is abandoned.
Just got back from Alaska and had a bear guide along for protection while we did our work. He was very smart and respectful of the Brown bears. He could smell them and would wander off sometimes just to keep tabs on them. And then inform us later - “Yeah, he was coming up the hill and caught wind of us, so he went around.”
It seemed the locals were more concerned with the wild dogs in the area. That they would kill you just for the sport of it. There was a pack in one area, and the guide went to hunt them down and shot two. He figured that would keep them from getting ideas while we were up there.
Although after that, one of the guys augmented his .44 (bear) with a .223 (dogs). (And I wished I had some buckshot!)
There’s been reports even in my southern Ohio area of panthers. I no longer take a nap in the woods for some years now and watch my back at all times. Not even counting the bigfoots, haha. We had a serial killer years ago stalked hunters in Ohio, no stranger to danger.
WoW! You had a good guide.
Take out the Alpha and they all go away.
Hunting is a sport and it isn’t easy. It defines the difference between Man and Beast.
We know this.
God Speed
And make sure he has 1round left.....
I’ve never come across a black cat in TN but there are folks that say they are here.
If I had to say anything to young hunters on this thread....
- Don’t ever let a Bear bite you in the butt
- Don’t waste your money buying ammo in Washington State
- Keep a sidearm, that cat is watching
- Sometimes socks are more important than shoes
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It’s not a black bear - it’s an african-american bear.
“WoW! You had a good guide.”
I did give him a hard time that it took him three shots to kill two dogs!
Play with all the wildlife you want. I will be shooting the black bear that comes too close to me.
Bear and beans is great. A bear neck in a big mess of beans cooked up on the woodstove is an awesome winter meal.
But I guess it's really a thank you.
Seems like there is some famous person who uses the word bear as a radio call sign.
I hunted in back woods of northern Michigan (lower peninsula) during the early 70s from the time I was legal until I graduated high school. During the years of my childhood I had seen two bear in the lower peninsula and we never worried about bear attacks. Even as children we played in the woods all day long with no worries.
I returned for a couple of years in the early 80s to finish my college degree and the reports of bear were getting a little more frequent so I purchased a S&W Model 29 (44 Mag revolver) and started carrying during my hunts.
There are now bear all around the area where I lived and it is a very good idea to carry even if you are just going for a walk. Children up there can’t play in the woods anymore.
I’m trying to understand your comment.
Are you saying that bears gotta eat too?
A large caliber handgun isn’t a bad idea for bear country. I too am wondering how a hunter gets put up a tree.
“Bears in Texas is a new show on CBS.”
I suspect they don’t do too well, assuming that the show is reasonably accurate.
I think he would of been justified shooting this bear, it was trying to chew him up, and succeeded a bit.
Up here in northern Alberta, I don’t leave home without my 45-70. If a bear gets too close, it’s a dead bear, I don’t take chances with my family.
Cougars are also a problem, and wolves, so damn many of them.
We have bounties on wolves, I actively hunt them, sure can be dangerous though.
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