Posted on 09/27/2016 7:16:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
We might be stating the obvious here: You should always approach an animal with caution after it has been shot, especially a ticked-off black bear.
In all fairness, who would think a bear could survive a fall out of a tree that high after being shot three times? But regardless, this young man learned the hard way . . . never jump the gun too fast after shooting a bear.
Bears will often let out what is known as a death moan as the animal is taking its last breaths, so its a good idea to wait for that signal before approaching the downed animal. That said, not all bears emit a death moan, so caution is always advised.
Fortunately for this young man (who was probably so close to the base of the tree because he was trying to control the dogs), he was left with only a few cuts and scrapes, because this easily could have ended in disaster.
Plotts have a reputation for not being the prettiest of dogs, but I’ve seen a few that were. Sort of liver colored, with darker brindle.
I have an American bulldog who thinks he can swim like a labrador and scent like a bloodhound. A squirrel ran right in front of him on our walk today, and I think he has eyes like Mr. Magoo. I was involved in a court case involving a Walker and was surprised at how many thousands he was worth
Yeah...Mostly a dark brindle, but there was once a light colored dog out of White Hollow Kennel owned by Gene White that was the damndest good bear dog I ever saw..Her name was Blondie...Blondie once won first place in the treeing and first place in the bear fight contests at the national Plott Hound Association’s National Trials...
This was in the 70’s...Gene was offered $5,000 dollars for Blondie but would sell..
Later that year, a bear killed Blondie outside of Haliburton, Ontario...
I thought Worf only gave out death moans?......
Oh yaeh!!! Hounds are happiest when they are on game...They can have a bear cornered and fighting and their tail wagging are going 90 miles an hour....
Anyone recall the three Canadian teenage boys, CAF dependents who
did not come home from fishing back in the 70s? All three were klled by a black bear. IIRC, that was in Ontario.
An NYC Jewish family was at a cabin in upstate New York and a black bear
snatched an infant an carried it off and ate the baby.
'Course, could be the same thing, lol!
LMAO .... Yep !
Very true !
“Dear God, please let me go down fighting lions. Amen.”
I’m stealing that last line for something.
Does anyone remember the kids who got into the polar bear cage in a New York Zoo in the 80's? That was awful.
Only three posts before the usual hunter deserved it brain vomit from a weak tree hugger
You win the prize pendejo!
A weekend with freeper sungirl at some hairy shins thigh sideburns ashram somewhere in Marin county where you and sun can attend lectures from yogi bare and bull twinkle
Have fun
Or choose second place with North Carolina lesbohippies crying over dead old growth trees in the Pisgah
I’d opt for sunny...she might even paint her toenails
Bears need culling where not endangered
And plenty eat bear meat and use the hide
I owned two abd
One was a pure Johnson from the kennel in Summerville ga
A mean horse snout grabbing bitch....killed anything but boy dogs and humans
A real slattern for the lads
130 pounds
Deceased from tumors at nine
My other was a male Scott from confederate kennels in se ga
About 110
Tuff tuff tuff
Hogs and bears
But he bit everybody but me and momma
Now he’s at stud in France
His pups bring 2500
“A weekend with freeper sungirl”
lol...haven’t thought about that insufferable broad since she was banned....oh...13 years ago.
I spoke to Joe Painter at length about getting a GAB in the late ‘80s. Never pulled the trigger.
Got bit by one years later on a trail. Pulled back quickly enough to keep the damage to a minimum. Didn’t file charges.
Was in 2A-restrictive CA, so I wasn’t packing. Shoulda been anyway.
black bears taste like crap...
Probably because you don’t know how to cook it...
If you shoot a bear out of a tree then a mauling is justly deserved.
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Agree. I don’t see a lot of sport in that. May as well put it in a pen and tie it down and shoot it. A 3 year old kid could have made that shot.
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