( Michigan ) Battle Creek girl bags 448 lbs. black bear on hunting trip

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."

Though I personally was not offended but appalled at your original post I think it appropriate you apologized.

A serial killer of humans kills for the thrill of it. With few acceptions genuine hunters kill to put food on the table no matter what you may think.

You've already admitted you eat meat though very little, how do you justify the people that killed the animals of which you have eaten? How is that any different than the hunter that goes into the field to provide for himself, family or others.

One person already posted that hunters and fishermen provide more monies for the benefit of wildlife than any other source.

The FEDERAL AID IN WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT (PITTMAN-ROBERTSON ACT) was passed in 1937. This Act, commonly called the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, provides federal aid to the states for the management and restoration of wildlife. The aid, funded through an excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition, may be used to support a variety of wildlife projects, including acquisition and improvement of wildlife habitat.

That's just the federal tax. The states collect huge sums through the sales of licenses and tags for hunting and taxes from the sales of eguipment. Much of this money goes for wildlife habitat and their management.

So you see, without hunters there would be far less wildlife in this country of ours.

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