Posted on 11/18/2009 4:26:00 PM PST by JoeProBono
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Homeowners and authorities in Incline Village, Nev., say they're on the lookout for a marauding, 700-pound black bear .
The bear, they say, has caused as much as $70,000 in damage so far this year, including havoc wrought inside a home it has broken into several times, the Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal reported Wednesday.
"The deputies up there all say he's the biggest bear they've ever seen," Carl Lackey, a biologist and bear expert with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, told the newspaper. "He'll walk right by a trap. He won't go in them. He's really random in where he goes. He's made it real tough to catch up with him."
Lackey said the owner of the bear's favorite home shot it with a .44 magnum handgun this year when he confronted it on a staircase. The bullet struck the bruin in the head but only bounced off its skull, he said.
The bear was back two weeks later, once again breaking into garages, the newspaper said. Police estimate it has broken into 40 to 50 garages this year.
Don’t know what she is doing, but even dead the bear seems to be smiling.......
Nail trim and lanolin on the feet will fix that gal up in no time.......
granny...thanks for the early morning laugh.
Joe,.....Impressive picture, but it doesn’t look right. What’s holding the bear up. I don’t see any ropes or cables. Not questioning you, but it just doesn’t seem to be ‘hanging right’. Severe rigormortis?
Bullets do NOT bounce or glance off bears skulls. It has to do with the angle of the shot. The front of a bear’s skull is extremely tapered and flat. There is also a massive portion of the top of a bears head that is just hide, flesh and fat, with a large and very narrow ridge of bone that protrudes upward, giving the impression that the head is much higher and larger than it actually is.
The brain and stem is actually very low, in line with the eyes and nose in a front on position. Given the proper aim and angle, even a 22 LR is capable of penetrating a Bear's skull. In fact the World record Bruin (Sq. 13 ft., est. 1200 pounds) was killed by an Athabaskan Indian woman near Whitehorse on the newly built Alcan Highway in the late ‘40’s. She killed it with a Mossberg single shot 22 Long. She was protecting her grandkids.
I guided many Brown Bear hunts in Alaska for over a decade and have seen countless carcasses. I also participated in several rogue bear hunts, one where it had killed and eaten a camper out of King Salmon AK. Believe me, the head is one of the worst targets to shoot for. It takes a very heavy caliber, high velocity round from 338 Win Mag. on up. I would prefer the 375 H&H myself and have several for just that purpose.
Shotguns with slugs are one of the worst choices for bear. They just do not have the crushing energy required to break down the heavy bone structure and layers of sinew and muscle that resemble a modern flak jacket. Actual testing has confirmed that shotguns should not be relied on for bear protection. Even though many people believe that they are the ultimate and superior to all others. Believe me, they are not even close when it comes to stopping a charging 1,000 pound Alaska Brown Bear. Which is why I choose the 375 H&H. A 350 grain bonded round nose Barnes bullet, puts up over 5800 foot pounds of energy at 30 yards, moving along at 2500 fps. A shot gun with slugs at the same yards, puts up less than 1500 and the lack of a jacket, causes it to flatten out in impact and not penetrate into the vitals, or inflict enough hydrostatic shock to kill the animal.
that would make a decent wound channel for sure..air rushing in and blood rushing out..thats what they need.
Next time that bear comes back, nail him with a 12 ga. rifled slug..preferrably 2-3 of them.
They will have to drag boo boo out of there with a wrecker, but he’ll be deader than disco.
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