this is why i love her...

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icebones

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gather 'round i got a story to tell yall.

seems while i was at basic my wife had a little "visit"

well she told me she had just came home from work at the local clinic/hospital and as she stepped out of her jeep she was "surprised" to see a 325lb black bear rummaging through our garbage cans about 30 yards away across the gravel driveway. pawing at the trash bags and growling. she then said that it STOOD up and started growling at HER... needless to say she FREAKED!!!

any other girl would have screamed, or ran into the house, hid in a closet and dialed 911. whats my samantha do? she grabs my remingtom 700 7mm magnum, steps out onto the front porch, apparently the bear had gone back to tearing apart old pizza boxes. she dropped old 'blackie with a perfect behind-the-front-shoulder shot. well needless to say it make one heck of a story to hear over the phone. and i was kinda dissappointed that we dont have a bear rug in the living room : )
 
naw man, thats what im upset about. she called the sherrifs dept and they removed the remains. seems that black bear encounters are kinda rare in that park of kentuck. oh well. sucker weighted in at 326.3 lbs or somewhere around that. good sized bear, i wish i coulda got pictures...
gotta take her deer huntin again some time
 
So....she went inside. the bear went back to rummaging through garbage. Then she went back outside and she shot the bear once it had stopped being a threat? rather than calling wildlife control or something?
 
well... thats where her story gets a little... well you know. maybe the bear never growled at her, maybe it did. but it shure scared the living heck out of her.

might have just been the stress of the situation. but we live way back in the boonies and i dont want to think how long it would have took for a fish&game officer to get there. like i said after the ordeal she called the sherrif's office (her dads an ex-cop anyway) they got in touch with fish&game and there apparently wasnt a problem.

her and i both have killed several dozen coyoties too, as much as i hate taking the life of any living thing for no pourpose, i still hunt all the time. killing wild animals that pose a threat is a senario that is as old as mankind itself...
 
Well, even if the shot is iffy, at least you know your girl takes action when she perceives danger rather than freezing up. Thats worth something all on it's own.
 
So....she went inside. the bear went back to rummaging through garbage. Then she went back outside and she shot the bear once it had stopped being a threat? rather than calling wildlife control or something?

Don't they refer to that as "mutual combat?" :neener::neener::neener:
 
So....she went inside. the bear went back to rummaging through garbage. Then she went back outside and she shot the bear once it had stopped being a threat? rather than calling wildlife control or something?

Since she apparently called Law Enforcement and THEY apparently again, didn't see any reason to second guess her decision, I don't think I will.
 
She'll be lucky if she doesn't get arrested. DNR people don't take kindly to the unnecessary killing of bears. And in anticipation of future replies, tearing up garbage cans is not a justifiable reason.
 
She'll be lucky if she doesn't get arrested. DNR people don't take kindly to the unnecessary killing of bears. And in anticipation of future replies, tearing up garbage cans is not a justifiable reason.

The bear showed agression to her and was intruding on her property. She had every right to dispatch it. A bear that shows hostility toward humans is a threat to everyone in the neighborhood.
 
Bull. She went into the house which means that she was no longer in any danger. Using your example I could shoot every dog I come across that shows any aggression towards me.
 
Give the woman a break. She took the initiative to grab the 700 and put down the bear. Most women I know would either drive away or run inside, lock the door (and you know they would make sure it was locked) and call 911. At least she isn't afraid and is capable of defending herself, regardless is this was a "true" threat.

BTW-I got my first tattoo (and a few good stories) up in Osan. Never made it down to the wolf pack.
 
Quote by karnaaj:
"I could shoot every dog I come across that shows any aggression towards me."



Living where they live...on their own property, and I perceive any animal
to be a threat...Don't think I wouldn't...The key word here being "threat"...
If it happened like he says, I doubt anything will ever come from it.
Hey, Icebones..sorry about the rug, dude...Maybe next time...:)
 
So lets get this straight some of you wouldn't shoot it, OK. What if it was a Mountain Lion, or a Grizzly. One Kid coming home from school beboping down the road ...........
Id say she saved some lives.
Bears, M Lions, in town is the the sign of Poor Wildlife conservation.
If Fish wildlife and Parks cant do it, then its up to home owners.

Just the fact that it growled at her once is enough for me to assume it would attack, especially if its near Food.
 
MT GUNNY Quote:
"One Kid coming home from school beboping down the road ...........
Id say she saved some lives."



+1, GUNNY...Any given number of scenarios...Very possible...We need to not be so quick to criticize and judge...A lot of people might have reacted differently, but then again, a lot of folks are landlocked in the urban/
suburban gridlock and don't have to rationalize wild animal life & death scenarios...A different choice on her part could have cost her or someone else dearly...:cool:
 
It sure is funny how quick the the urban boys are to say what one should or should not do about something that they can not even relate to in their world. I was a city boy for almost 60 yrs of my life. Moved to a very rural area of south La. of my own chosing upon retirement. We have more than a few black bears in our area and have run into a few here on my 350 acres that had attitude problems. While 90+% are not that way it only takes one with a attitude problem to get your attention. NUFF SAID!
 
It sure is funny how quick the the urban boys are to say what one should or should not do about something that they can not even relate to in their world.
You must get an awful lot of exercise jumping to conclusions like you do. You don't know me or my background.
 
I think she did the least best thing!

I think DNR should have been involved and the bear should have been druged and returned to the wild.

You know ,,,, that would have been the right and responsible thing to do:scrutiny:
 
I also think she did the right thing, I know if I was her neighbor I'd be buying her something to say thank you. Seems to me that bears can become creatures of habit and will certainly come back to a location where they can get an easy meal. Maybe next time she doesn't get the opportunity to get to a safe location, or like it was said above the neighbor hood kid is playing outside or walking down the street. But boy that woulda made a pretty rug :).
 
Funny how some people apply human characteristics and ethics to an encounter with a wild animal. The only thing wrong with that confrontation is that it wasn't skinned a butchered so it could provide food and warmth. Give your wife a kiss, good shot! Bill
 
once animals get used to humans, both supplying food and BEING food, they never change. it doesnt matter if you drug the animal and take it a thousand miles away; if it sees another human it will equate it to the humans it met before...food. im not saying whether or not she did the right thing, but sooner or later that bear would more than likely have to be put down anways.
 
Hmmm. I think the picture of her with a foot on the deceased bear with the rifle butt resting on her hip pointing skyward and her other hand on her hip and a stearn look on her face is missing.
 
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