New Jersey bear hunt ping and bump.
Thanks. That's about 30 miles from my house...the hunt can't come soon enough for me.
"Black bear attacks on humans are rare"
Thanks for the PING.
Black bear attacks have been rare due to the infrequency of contact between large numbers of bears and large numbers of people - an increasing occurance in densely populated states like New Jersey.
Nonetheless, more people have been killed and attacked by black bears than by grizzlies. They are potentially extremely dangerous animals.
In more rational states, this scenario would have ended with an onlooker shooting all three of them dead with a handy fire-arm.
However, in New Jersey citizens - excuse me - subjects - are not permitted to go about armed and even if they were, would face legal action if they attempted to defend themselves or anyone else.
Decisions on a bear hunt should be made by professional wildlife biologists and animal ecologists - not by some cheap political hack like Campbell who takes his marching orders from the party (DemocRat) political machine.
Incidents like this will only go on until someone there IS killed by a bear.
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