AggieDave 6 #1 October 2, 2002 http://www.news-journalonline.com/2002/Oct/1/NOTE2.htm I thought this was really damn cool, just saw it on Fark. Talk about one squared away Dad!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessefs 0 #2 October 2, 2002 Wow! that's a great story, helps restore a little faith that sometimes, things just work out! J <* Spread the Love! *> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 October 2, 2002 Wow...I once had a somewhat near encounter with a Griz in Eastern Washington State while bow hunting elk. Not a good feeling. That's why from that day on I ALWAYS carry a pistol while bow hunting. Nothing like taking on a bear with a sharp stick.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #4 October 2, 2002 Every Dads a hero,some just more than others. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #5 October 2, 2002 Cool story! "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #6 October 2, 2002 Great, now another ophaned bear to get set loose into the wilderness of the bear foster system. It's mother slain and her killers touted as heroes. There are no winners here. -Doug"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #7 October 2, 2002 Quote________________There are no winners here. Your joking right? Dad should have let the bear kill his son or himself when the bear charged? Dad and son are both alive,sounds like a win win situation to me! ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #8 October 2, 2002 I just hope they dragged the son-of-a-bitch back with them, skinned it, kept the hide and mounted the head. Hmmm...I wonder how bear would taste... probably like chicken.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #9 October 2, 2002 Damn Dave your still awake,I'm not the only insomniac. DAVE!!!Have you been working out,did you get your truck fixed and are you studying?!!!!!!Consider yourself YELLED At!!!!!! Bear is kinda greasy but good. A new bearskin rug and a really cool necklace of bearteeth and claws sounds good to me. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 October 2, 2002 I've been trying to work out, something about my workload at school this week is hampering it. I'm up studying for my test later today and yup, got my truck fixed. Yeah, a bear claw necklace from the bear that you killed yourself does sound very cool and I've always wanted a bear skin...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #11 October 2, 2002 QuoteThere are no winners here. The little boy is the winner.Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R00tj00se 0 #12 October 2, 2002 Little boy? The son was 29 - how old does he have to be before he's considered grown up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #13 October 2, 2002 I saw them on Good Morning America yesterday, and you're right, the son wasn't so little. The dad said he had to take the shot from about 10 feet away and knew he only had one chance. They also said that the bear attacked only because they startled it and they were upwind of it so she couldn't smell them coming.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #14 October 2, 2002 QuoteLittle boy? The son was 29 - how old does he have to be before he's considered grown up The big boy is the winner. Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bivar 0 #15 October 2, 2002 This if the way I would fight that bear: Bear Fight BI---------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #16 October 2, 2002 but.... 200 lb bear? Seems kinda small, I know it's just a black bear not a kodiak or grizzly. Is that how big they are? I hope they found the cubs and put them in a zoo or refuge or somehting. r"Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.", Ambrose Bierce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 0 #17 October 2, 2002 Roll around clutching ribs giggling insanely. ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414 Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #18 October 2, 2002 The cubs may have been very large and able to survive on their own. I once shot a bear that had cubs almost as big as she was. A sow bear will often stay with their cubs for two years. If they were born this last spring they may not be able to survive on their own but maybe they will. In some areas of northern Idaho and Western Montana there are too many black bear. They end up killing most of the newborn elk calves and dear fawns in an area during the Spring. I guess I don't feel too sorry for these cubs. What was the guy supposed to do? Let the bear kill his son? Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cajones 0 #19 October 2, 2002 Definitely does not taste like chicken. It's very greasy. Closer to bison, actually. The laws of physics are strictly enforced. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #20 October 2, 2002 So, if the mother bear was protecting her cubs, then what the hell was this dude doing to the cubs to provoke the mother? Maybe the guy should smarten up a bit. I feel bad for the bears. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #21 October 2, 2002 QuoteI wonder how bear would taste. Bear is yummy. When I was a kid, my Aunt and Uncle lived up in Montana and every year they'd visit and bring us all sorts of goodies; deer, elk, bear . . .quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #22 October 2, 2002 Bears eat anything. Just like people. They probably taste like people. Soylent green is people! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schroeder 0 #23 October 2, 2002 I think it's totally understandable that bears attack people, and in the case of hunters, I honestly feel that you're as much fair game out there as they are. I grew up hunting in northern BC, and have seen/dealt with _alot_ of bears. For years, I'd see 2-3 a week, not often from the safety of my car. For the most part they're cool, in a don't fool with them, and they don't fool with you kind of way. I've been approached by them quite often as they're curious/hungry, but never charged. weegirl, Mother bears don't have to see their cubs in headlocks before they attack, it's a proximity/risk thing, if you're within a certain perimeter (that is always changing) and you're not edible like a dear, then, they shift from the Food attack to what they percieve as a defensive attack Lucky shot for the guy, and his son though. If I ventured in the slipstream; Between the via-ducts of your dreams.......could you find me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #24 October 2, 2002 Shroeder, I agree with you. Bears are really cool critters and deserve a lot of respect. I have shot a few, when I was a lot younger. I don't really want to shoot another one. And I agree hunters are fair game too. The last one I shot was with a recurve bow from about nine yards. It was on a steep sidehill and walking right toward me. It ran right by me on this same trail when the arrow hit it in the chest. The pucker factor was pretty great for a little while there. Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #25 October 2, 2002 Weegegirl, It doesn't always take much to provoke a bear with cubs. Sometimes all it takes is being too close to a cub. A lot of people in bear country make a lot of noise to let bears know they are coming. Some have small bells on their packs etc. This doesn't work well when hunting though, because you'll also scare everything else away. Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
