Homeowner Shoots, Kills Bear After it Climbs Through Window(OR)

ktvl.com ^ | 28 July, 2009 | Sebastian Robertson

[marktwain]

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- A Grants Pass man woke up in the middle of the night, and came face to face with an intruder. That intruder was a bear, and the man jumped into action.

Everett Skinner was awakened by his daughter in the middle of the night. Skinner grabbed his shot gun.

"I shot him once with the gun and that didn't bother him" skinner explained. "I put a third shot into his mid section and he was still growling and roaring" said Skinner. It took three more shots to finally put the bear down.

The bear eventually collapsed dead. Ironically, Skinner explained the bear did with his head next to a picnic basket. Skinner says it was all over in about a minute. He says the bear had run out when the two saw each other, and is sorry that he had to kill the bear, but says it had to be done.

[marktwain]

I think another story has been posted about this event. I don't remember the picnic basket, though.

[rawhide]

PETA is now organizing a protest against this man, because all the bear wanted was a bite to eat. He meant no harm to the homeowner. /s

[mountainlion]

Alternate 00 buckshot and slugs for bears at close range.

[Beagle8U]

The other story was in CO.

[coloradan]

... or, just have a .375 H&H under the pillow.

[taxtruth]

The peta people would had been making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the darn thing probably.

[Ukiapah Heep]

Picinic basket? Where's Mr. Ranger Smith when you need him?

[taxtruth]

Soon the peta people will want animal friendly eco friendly weapons like squirt guns to control these beast.

[mountainlion]

... or, just have a .375 H&H under the pillow.

No thank you!! I have already had my ears blown out and the shotgun will be sufficient without blowing out my ears again.

[norraad]

I don't need no stinkin' Ranger!

Two legs or four, don't matter to me if'n there intrudin', they get fed lead!

[umgud]

A better nightstand gun?

[SelfishCapitalist]

This is a great argument for allowing higher capacity shotgun tubes.

[norraad]

...oh, no worries, there's always time to put in your earplugs.

"You know where to stick the cork."

The Who

[Cvengr]

105mm smooth bore?

[Bean Counter]

[WKUHilltopper]

Cripes...six shots? What was he using? 6 shot?? I’m surprised he could load that many in without the bear not being flaming pissed after getting peppered.

Maybe this will teach the guy to keep a box of double ought handy.

[mountainlion]

The other story was in CO.

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jul/27/bears-break-boulder-county-homes/

[Free State Four]

A bear with six holes bleeding out on the living room floor has got to make a real mess. Of course, it’s probably nothing compared to the mess in the guy’s skivvies.

[coloradan]

Sleep with earplugs, and then just rig up a little machine to wake you up when the bear comes in (because you can’t hear it, because you’re wearing earplugs). Sheesh.

[AnAmericanMother]

Guy needs bigger shot size or a larger gauge.

I bet it made a noise in the house - and a mess. But at least he had SOMETHING on hand to deal with the bear, and he's better off than I would be because all I have is a .45 ACP pistol by the side of the bed. My shotguns are in the safe.

[Bratch]

Picinic basket? Where's Mr. Ranger Smith when you need him?

They've killed YOGI! THOSE BASTARDS!!!

[JimRed]

"I shot him once with the gun and that didn't bother him" skinner explained. "I put a third shot into his mid section and he was still growling and roaring" said Skinner. It took three more shots to finally put the bear down.

Sounds like he wasn't loaded for bear!

[Dustbunny]

"Birdseed is often times the first thing that bears get in trouble with," Churchill said, "and that starts the vicious cycle of them getting too comfortable with humans."

Every early Winter and early Spring we have problems with bears. They destroy our bird feeders and run off with the suet cake feeders. We keep the bird seed in the cellar in metal cans.

Friends learned the hard way to not keep the bird seed in metal cans on the porch. Not only do they open and eat the seed, they rip up the screen door and door trying to get in.

[Oldpuppymax]

He’ll be hearing from Hussein’s BEAR CZAR!

[org.whodat]

Smart people don't sleep with their windows open where bears live. Feeding the bears could be your body!

[DogBarkTree]

I want one of those!

[exDemMom]

Well, I’m wondering about the carcass. I don’t suppose the man is allowed to have it butchered and put it up in the freezer? There’s a lot of meat on a bear.

[sasquatch]

You gotta big pillow!

[Titus-Maximus]

Why are they covering up the racism!

[sitetest]

Humans - 1, Bears - 0

[DemforBush]

That'd do the trick! :-)

I also like this one:

[Lion Den Dan]

Well, I’m wondering about the carcass. I don’t suppose the man is allowed to have it butchered and put it up in the freezer? There’s a lot of meat on a bear.

Can't be allowed to keep the meat. It is contaminated by lead, at least six ounces of lead.

[DemforBush]

I had my first taste of bear meat when I was thirteen. My mom worked with a couple of guys who did a wild meat roast every year. It was delicious stuff, second only to the whole roast wild boar.

[Beagle8U]

I know..lol

[School of Rational Thought]

Get a screen in that window.

[umgud]

Somewhere I saw a video of someone shooting that thing. Not as bad as I thought it would be, but certainly not something I’d like to light off.

[Mentos]

Opressed Ursian-Americans across the nation will be protesting for their right to arm bears

[marktwain]

Yes, Bear is delicious.

[Bigg Red]

Lordy, why do they let 4th graders write these stories?

Examples:

1) Ironically, Skinner explained the bear did with his head next to a picnic basket.

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Umm, the bear did what? Oh, it should be “died”.
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2) He says the bear had run out when the two saw each other, and is sorry that he had to kill the bear, but says it had to be done.

^^^
The bear had run out where?
Why are those clauses just strung together like that?

This clown of a “reporter” needs to attend a workshop on sentence construction.

Yes, many of us on FR make dumb mistakes like this, but we are posting on the fly and are not getting paid to report.

[gundog]

I don’t suppose the man is allowed to have it butchered and put it up in the freezer?

One of the guys...I think there have been four bear home invasions recently in CO, as well as this one....tried to give the meat to a food bank. They wouldn't take it so he buried it. Some people deserve to go hungry, but it's usually someone else.

[gundog]

Sounds like he wasn't loaded for bear!

Most of these guys sound like they go to sleep expecting a grouse to break in to their home. It's called birdshot for a reason.

[HighlyOpinionated]

What’s the kick on that 50 cal BMG?

[umgud]

What’s the kick on that 50 cal BMG?

It's a photoshop, but I have seen a larger single shot 50BMG.

[Disambiguator]

This is a great argument for allowing higher capacity shotgun tubes.

They're already available. Here's a Mossberg 590, 8-shot tubular magazine.

[Redcitizen]

Birdseed = Birdshot. Maybe it thought it was a big bird.