Running Gator Posted May 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.73 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted May 26, 2017 24 minutes ago, HisFirst said: I understand Shiloh. It just doesn't seem right to hunt a hibernating animal. Then you should not do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 23 minutes ago, HisFirst said: I understand Shiloh. It just doesn't seem right to hunt a hibernating animal. I don't like it either. I just don't think it is safer, especially when we are talking about bear. It could take several shots to kill a bear and he will like be on top of the one shooting before he can kill the bear. But it is very unsportsmanlike to kill a sleeping animal. Bears will leave us along if we leave them alone. When I am alone in the woods, and our woods are bear country, I whistle and maybe clap my hands and make noise so that bears will know I am coming. Never want to walk up and surprise a bear. I also carry bear deterrent spray. I is much more powerful than law enforcement pepper spray and is non lethal. Hope I never have to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted May 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted May 26, 2017 12 minutes ago, Running Gator said: Then you should not do it. I couldn't kill an animal RG. I feel sorry for ants when I have to kill them:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted May 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted May 26, 2017 10 minutes ago, shiloh357 said: I don't like it either. I just don't think it is safer, especially when we are talking about bear. It could take several shots to kill a bear and he will like be on top of the one shooting before he can kill the bear. But it is very unsportsmanlike to kill a sleeping animal. Bears will leave us along if we leave them alone. When I am alone in the woods, and our woods are bear country, I whistle and maybe clap my hands and make noise so that bears will know I am coming. Never want to walk up and surprise a bear. I also carry bear deterrent spray. I is much more powerful than law enforcement pepper spray and is non lethal. Hope I never have to use it. Just the thought of being in the same vicinity as a bear freaks me out but 100% agree that it is unsportsmanlike to kill a sleeping bear or any sleeping animal for that matter and I don't agree with hunting animals for sport anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted May 26, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.73 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted May 26, 2017 20 minutes ago, HisFirst said: Just the thought of being in the same vicinity as a bear freaks me out but 100% agree that it is unsportsmanlike to kill a sleeping bear or any sleeping animal for that matter and I don't agree with hunting animals for sport anyhow. This is not being done by sport hunters. It is part of the population control and is only allowed by those who use the bear for sustenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 26, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,784 Content Per Day: 6.23 Reputation: 11,227 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 26, 2017 7 hours ago, shiloh357 said: I don't like it either. I just don't think it is safer, especially when we are talking about bear. It could take several shots to kill a bear and he will like be on top of the one shooting before he can kill the bear. But it is very unsportsmanlike to kill a sleeping animal. Bears will leave us along if we leave them alone. When I am alone in the woods, and our woods are bear country, I whistle and maybe clap my hands and make noise so that bears will know I am coming. Never want to walk up and surprise a bear. I also carry bear deterrent spray. I is much more powerful than law enforcement pepper spray and is non lethal. Hope I never have to use it. You have black bears, not grizzlies. They behave more predictably than the brown bear/grizzly bear does. I know a woman in alaska who was mauled by a brown bear when she went to the generator to her house. So if you leave them alone you have no guarantee they will leave you alone. For alaskans, it is not a matter of living peacably in the wilderness with bears or being sportsmanlike. Its a matter of survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, ayin jade said: You have black bears, not grizzlies. They behave more predictably than the brown bear/grizzly bear does. I know a woman in alaska who was mauled by a brown bear when she went to the generator to her house. So if you leave them alone you have no guarantee they will leave you alone. For alaskans, it is not a matter of living peacably in the wilderness with bears or being sportsmanlike. Its a matter of survival. Well, if you leave them alone, you are far less likely to get mauled by one. Yes, it is not a guarantee, but it doesn't hurt to do what you can to stack the odds in your favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 26, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 593 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 55,875 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,625 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted May 26, 2017 From what they told us in Glacier National Park, most of the bear attacks happen when people stumble onto the bears and the bears don't know you are coming. They requested that if we were going to hike, or especially run on any of the trails that we wear bells so the bears can hear us coming and not be surprised. They can also get you when they smell your food and you get in thier way of taking it from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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