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( Michigan ) Battle Creek girl bags 448 lbs. black bear on hunting trip
The Enquirer ^ | 9/28/2010 | Matt Campbell

Posted on 09/28/2010 5:40:10 PM PDT by george76

Jessica Olmstead has no problem staring down wild animals. The 17-year-old Harper Creek High School senior has taken up one of nature's oldest, and possibly most dangerous sports, hunting.

In the middle of August, Olmstead and her father, Tim, took a hunting trip up to Oba, Ontario, Canada, where the high school senior shot down a bear more than twice her size.

"When I go out hunting, it's really exciting," Olmstead said. "Whenever I see a bear I just want to go at it. When you're hunting, your heart is racing, your blood is pumping, and you feel that adrenaline rush. I really love to hunt."

Olmstead killed a 448 lb. black bear with a Matthews Passion bow and arrow set, designed for women, from a little over 16 yards away.

"The bear was the first animal I killed with the bow," Olmstead said. "As soon as my dad got it for me I was immediately comfortable and I was ready to use it the next day."

(Excerpt) Read more at wzzm13.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; ar; battlecreek; bear; blackbear; bowhunting; canada; fishing; hunters; hunting; huntingtrip; michigan; oba; ontario; sugarspice; twanglist
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To: george76

Tastes like chicken.....


21 posted on 09/28/2010 6:06:55 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: george76
The girl harvested a very nice bear....

What she did, is on my bucket list.....

22 posted on 09/28/2010 6:07:51 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Kill them all...let God sort them out.)
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To: george76

It’s great to see a young woman who participates in outdoor sports.


23 posted on 09/28/2010 6:12:10 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: jazusamo
I've a daughter that lives in L.A. that love's to hunt, and shoot guns.

She's a hair stylist...making darn good money. Cutting hair of some "star's"...too. Ha!!

She's coming back to OK...this Thanksgiving...and we will hunt together. Can't wait.....

24 posted on 09/28/2010 6:14:02 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: george76

I’d guess she’s well under 150 lbs.


25 posted on 09/28/2010 6:22:11 PM PDT by G Larry (Patty-cake diplomacy must give way to strong, decisive action!)
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They sure it wasn’t Oprah?


26 posted on 09/28/2010 6:23:24 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Osage Orange

That’s great! I wished at times my daughter would have had an interest in it but she never did and I wasn’t going to push it, they have to want to do it.


27 posted on 09/28/2010 6:31:42 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: george76

Disgusting post. You all think she’s remarkable because she gets a thrill killing animals? Hunting is NOT a sport. In a sport both sides should know they are in the game. Shame on all of you who lust on blood sports....just for the thrill. Go grow a pair or compensate for your inadequacies in a more humane way.


28 posted on 09/28/2010 6:34:17 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: DefeatCorruption; george76; Osage Orange

You call yourself a conservative? You’re on the wrong board friend. You speaketh libtard BS.


29 posted on 09/28/2010 6:39:20 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: DefeatCorruption

Ouch! If your around my house around 5:00 AM the alarm need not be set. It gets active and firearmy in the woods.


30 posted on 09/28/2010 6:40:53 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: DefeatCorruption

Get a grip on reality please.


31 posted on 09/28/2010 6:47:41 PM PDT by therut
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To: jazusamo
Yes...tis true.

My youngest loves to shoot also.....

Her BF...has never shot a gun. Tried to get him to shoot a couple months ago....but it was so hot...we ditched the effort.

I think she likes the fact..she's done something..he's not.

He's a first year med student.....

Appreciate you...

FRegards,

32 posted on 09/28/2010 6:50:59 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: jazusamo

You call yourself a conservative? You’re on the wrong board friend. You speaketh libtard BS
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This board, as I was led to believe, was a grassroots political conservative give and take forum, to exchange views and opinions...yet over and over we have posts of dogs killed by chainsaws, and an never-ending supply of animal-abuse stories and WhoTF said to be a conservative you had to “make your bones” by killing a living, breathing creature...I am a conservative so lay off with that libtard BS.


33 posted on 09/28/2010 6:57:05 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: DefeatCorruption

Nothing you brought up in your post has a thing to do with genuine hunters or hunting.

I’ll stand by my libtard BS remark.

I have one question for you and hope you’ll answer it honestly.

Do you donate to PETA and/or HSUS?


34 posted on 09/28/2010 7:02:12 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: DefeatCorruption
Disgusting post. You all think she’s remarkable because she gets a thrill killing animals? Hunting is NOT a sport. In a sport both sides should know they are in the game. Shame on all of you who lust on blood sports....just for the thrill. Go grow a pair or compensate for your inadequacies in a more humane way.

Are you a girl?

Have you ever ate anything you harvested?

Are you a vegan?

Do you depend on others to make your kill's?

Talk about disgusting?

35 posted on 09/28/2010 7:02:30 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: DefeatCorruption

Your reply was inadequate. Wildlife management is a method of keeping game to a livable standard in their habitat. Some game are hunted while others are off limits and this is a very important part of keeping a species growing stronger and ever more vigilant. You should be mature enough to know that.


36 posted on 09/28/2010 7:02:49 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: DefeatCorruption
Are you, or are you not a Conservative?

Yes or no....

37 posted on 09/28/2010 7:07:04 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: DefeatCorruption
Disgusting post. You all think she’s remarkable because she gets a thrill killing animals? Hunting is NOT a sport. In a sport both sides should know they are in the game. Shame on all of you who lust on blood sports....just for the thrill. Go grow a pair or compensate for your inadequacies in a more humane way.

Who homosexual'd in your Corn Flakes this morning?


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

38 posted on 09/28/2010 7:09:28 PM PDT by The Comedian
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To: DefeatCorruption
"You all think she’s remarkable because she gets a thrill killing animals? Hunting is NOT a sport."

She is remarkable because she isn't a sissy girl who is afraid of her own shadow. She went head to head against a huge bear with nothing but a bow and tiny arrow. Just as the Native Americans once did. Yes, it is thrilling. It is a test of your fortitude as a human against nature. The hunting not being a sport comment is just silly.

And before you tell me to 'grow a pair', I am a woman and I am proud to say I hunt. It is a way of life and a way to feed our family. I love animals, but I also understand conservation and the need to control the population. We could also delve into the large sum of money hunters bring to each states economy and the fact hunters fund conservation efforts with purchases of tags and hunting good taxes. Hunters are at the forefront of restoring and saving animal populations, I dare say, they do more to protect wildlife then any animal activist ever will. I could go on and on about the benefits hunters and their money do, but you will only see the killing and never understand the whole experience.

39 posted on 09/28/2010 7:15:56 PM PDT by buschbaby (Beware! Momma Bear on the prowl. Grrrr)
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To: Navy Patriot

Even after death, that bear was not going to let go of that moose.


40 posted on 09/28/2010 7:16:42 PM PDT by fish hawk (there is only one God and he is not called Allah)
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