BEAR ATTACK THREAD

[keith44spl]

What to do what to do what to do.............???????????????

Gary,

I have personally been in on a couple of black bear deals,

Blackie's can be a lit'l aggravatin' sometimes.

But, do make purty nice rugs....


Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[Rustyt1953]

What's this "jogging" that you speak of?

 

[greenmachine]

I think this thread has 'drifted' somewhat. I'm quick like that.

 

[Frank237]

Following the old axiom "If the comment is not nice, don't make it".

Never mind.

 

[Dominus_Lex]

Some of the comments at the bottom of the linked article are priceless.

You are correct sir, in fact they are better then the story.....

 

[11B Lifer]

Avoidance

Avoid the " unusually agressive " bears-the ones exchanging gang signs, those that bite car tires, make sexual gestures.

 

[finesse_r]

This is the Chicago Bears we are talking about isn't it? Sometimes I get confused on these Bear threads.

 

[fiasconva]

Well, it is mating season. Was one of the joggers female?

 

[federali]

Meals On Wheels

Received this timely photo from my cousin.

 

[sureshotbob]

I checked into this bear attack as it is next to a friends house.
The DEEP got the bear and killed it and are testing it for rabies.
Another friend has a 100 acres not that far from Granby and he see's bear a lot. It might be time for a limited bear hunt in this small state of Ct.

 

[Chuck24]

I had a mail route near the dismal swamp, there was a bear that liked to nap by one of the mail boxes. FYI dog spray does squat for a bear, mail at gas station across the road.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Even I get this:

 

[Johnmuratore]

Oh my GAWD. I live only about 100 miles from this almost attack.
I better get all my ducks in a row.

Do bears eat ducks?

 

[JohnSW]

I was chased by a big hairy guy once. Oh, that's a different kind of bear.

 

[yeti]

Bear chases some joggers..ok.

But... did you get a look at the skeletons in lawn chairs in the river story in that link? Wha??

 

[rwsmith]

Put salt...

Put salt on his tail?

 

[CptCurl]

This is the type of bear attack I feel more comfortable with.

Curl

 

[GatorFarmer]

This is the type of bear attack I feel more comfortable with.
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Beautiful rifle that you took them with. Can you tell us the details of it?

 

[CptCurl]

Beautiful rifle that you took them with. Can you tell us the details of it?

It's the same rifle in both photos. It is a SxS double rifle made by Josef Winkler of Ferlach, Austria chambered in .300 Win. Mag. It has a Pentax 1.5-5 scope in lever detachable mounts. The rifle is very accurate and will consistently group 4 shots - 2 out of each barrel - into 1.5" at 100 yards. It is regulated for 220 grain RN bullets.

In the eyes of a traditional British double rifle collector this Austrian rifle is very un-traditional in terms of style and caliber. To those who like Continental rifles it is more mainstream. I like both.

The first time I hunted with that rifle I killed a Virginia white tail deer with one shot at 265 yards across a harvested corn field. It's really a great hunting rig.

Curl

 

[Squarebutt]

I lived in Western Mass. for 20 years and when we left in the early eighties there were many bear sightings and officials urged everyone to take in their bird feeders when the bears came out of hibernation in the spring. It was not unusual to see them in the Northampton area. There were way to many for safety sake.
A friend on mine had his car run into a half mile from my house by a black bear crossing the highway. He was freaked out to no end.

There are a lot more of them now. Fish & Wildlife Dept. has radio tags on a couple dozen of them in Northampton. They walk down the street at high noon, don't hibernate, but eat all winter from trash cans and bird feeders. They had to stop one woman who baked pies and left them out in her back yard for them.