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Grizzly Bear Pawed Through The Wrong Canadian’s Cupboards
dailycaller.com ^ | 8/11/2015 | Jonah Bennett

Posted on 08/11/2015 8:09:09 AM PDT by rktman

After a harrowing encounter with a grizzly bear that broke into their home, one woman is glad her husband is a skilled hunter.

Early Sunday morning, Niki Traverse’s dog wouldn’t stop barking like mad, prompting her to wake up and check to see what was wrong. The Traverses live in British Columbia, Canada, in a mountain region, CBC reports. As soon as she entered into the kitchen, she saw a male grizzly bear feasting on cat and dog food in a cupboard after it had climbed through a window left open because of the heat.

Niki immediately ran back to the bedroom and woke up her husband Mark, who then brought out his hunting rifle.

“I went to the kitchen, turned the light on and where the bear was, he came at me and I took a shot,” Mark told CBC.

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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: luredaway; trophy
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To: rktman

“Conservation officers soon arrived”. Knock, knock, we’re from the government and here to help. Ok, 3 shots in the middle of the night and a neighbor is going to call the cops but it wasn’t the cops so the homeowners reported themselves to the authorities. They could very well both be in jail today for that. Whatever happened to Shoot, Freezer and Shut up? Bet all that bear meat was wasted by the “Conservation” officers.


21 posted on 08/11/2015 8:35:09 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Eagles6
"I once shot a grizzly bear in my pajamas".

The bear was wearing your pajamas?

22 posted on 08/11/2015 8:35:33 AM PDT by yoe
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To: rktman

#BlackBearLivesMatter


23 posted on 08/11/2015 8:36:46 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: rktman

I wouldn’t have turned on the light. I’d have used a flashlight. It’d make me feel much better to NOT have an adult male grizzly charging at me.


24 posted on 08/11/2015 8:37:26 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
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To: Jewbacca

.45-70


25 posted on 08/11/2015 8:37:45 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Eagles6

Response: What was the grizzly bear doing in you PJ’s?


26 posted on 08/11/2015 8:40:12 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

#bearlivesmatter?


27 posted on 08/11/2015 8:40:48 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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To: PGR88
"with such power the grizzly can’t even lunge at you in its death throes?"

I don't think such a rifle exists.

I assume a lot has to do with the disposition of the bear. If he's angry and/or scared you'd want at least 50ft. 100ft would be better.

28 posted on 08/11/2015 8:41:28 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: bgill

Why did they have to kill Carl? Couldn’t the “conservation” cops just have cuffed him and released him back in to the wild after a stern lecture? Whatever shall we do. :>}


29 posted on 08/11/2015 8:43:31 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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To: rktman

“An individual needing protection from wild animals in remote areas is one of only four reasons an individual can possess a concealed handgun in British Columbia.”

Uh...I have a valid B.C. fishing license. That means I am “An individual needing protection from wild animals in remote areas....”

Now...gimmee my damn CCW!


30 posted on 08/11/2015 8:43:36 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Better to be cooked then et.

That is one sentence where you MUST be familiar with the difference in usage between 'then' and 'than'.

31 posted on 08/11/2015 8:43:50 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: Albion Wilde

I have nothing to say.


32 posted on 08/11/2015 8:45:47 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: Eagles6; yoe

<I can’t believe I’m the first to say “I once shot a grizzly bear in my pajamas”.

<People are slipping around here these days.

<<The bear was wearing your pajamas?

Maybe he shot a bare bear or the bear bare.


33 posted on 08/11/2015 8:48:02 AM PDT by buridan
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To: rktman

I was just curious because my name is Carl and I have never heard of Carl the Grizzly Bear. lol


34 posted on 08/11/2015 8:49:11 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: G Larry

Pirhana trout cross breed?


35 posted on 08/11/2015 8:50:24 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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To: rktman

Certainly there was enough time to send the grizzly a sternly worded letter to cease and desist.

Stealing kibble is not a death sentence!

The poor critter was getting his life together as an aspiring rap artist. No...wait...what thread am I on now?


36 posted on 08/11/2015 8:52:06 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: rktman

If I’m fishin’ in B.C., I’m in Griz habitat, competing with him for dinner.


37 posted on 08/11/2015 8:52:18 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

LOL! WHAT? He’s the much beloved grizzy in the northern reaches of Canada. Guess he needs more marketing. Oops. Well maybe not so much now. Of course his family could use the money from the sale of fuzzy “Carl Keep Sake” bears.


38 posted on 08/11/2015 8:54:33 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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To: Eagles6
"I once shot a grizzly bear in my pajamas".
"Then I went searching for ivory in Alabama...where the Tuscaloosa."
39 posted on 08/11/2015 8:55:20 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Covenantor

Meanwhile back in Fergdouchistan.


40 posted on 08/11/2015 8:55:54 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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