Posted on 09/22/2014 10:59:31 AM PDT by george76
The bear began to follow the hikers and they scattered... Four of them regrouped but Patel was missing and they contacted police, it said. Patel's body was found about two hours later.
"Evidence at the scene indicated that the victim had been attacked by a bear.
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In New York state, a bear killed a 5-month-old girl in 2002 after knocking her out of a stroller and dragging her into the woods of the Catskills Mountains.
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Put a normal boy in the woods and the first thing they’ll do is pick up a stick. There’s a reason for that.
Unfathomable that these boys split up and ran different directions.. WTF????!!!!!!!!
So based on the victim’s name, we can assume the bear liked Indian food.
The population of bears and other predators are growing rapidly. Even the CDOW is surprised by how many predators there are.
The liberals from cities banned historical spring bear hunting seasons, banned traditional bear / mtn. lion hunting practices, and have forced the vacating of grazing allotments from the 1800s [ cowboys and sheep herders would quietly resolve any harassing of their live stock ], and more.
SSS, as in shoot, shovel, and shut-up about a crazed suburban bear that needed to be dispatched for safety?
12 gauge slug with 000 buck as second shot.
Why did kill the bear. Awful
And don’t forget, he was turning his life around.
I’m looking at 15 rounds of 10mm
I was at the shooting range and a guy had a .560 S&W. He hunted a lot in Alaska(or so he said) and it was his back up bear gun. 4” barrel. Asked me if I wanted to shoot it. I did.
I’d rather be eaten by the bear.
If you’re any kind of FReeper at all, just carry a knife.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670661/posts?page=1
Not really illegal, but a carry permit is darned near unobtainable to the unconnected. What part of "shall not be infringed" do they fail to comprehend?
Being armed is illegal in NJ pretty much.
Bear spray has NOT been shown to be effective against black bears (as opposed to brown bears). I’m pretty sure bear spray is illegal in NJ anyway.
They should have stayed together and attacked the bear by throwing rocks or whatever they could.
I have hiked Apshawaw many, many times. Bears are common and it’s not really remote at all. The trails pass by several backyards.
And the bans on hunting many of these predators (especially mountain lions) has allowed them to become habituated to humans (i.e.; losing their fear of man).
That made me laugh out loud, great line!
“if this is an area which was known to see occasional bears...”
Black bear sightings are extremely common (almost daily) in the area where these folks were hiking. They were unprepared for the dangers of that locality and it cost one of them their life.
I grew up in the area, hiked through much of it especially the Appalachian Trail. Back then bears were seldom mentioned more than the usual “stay away from the cubs”. Apparently things have changed. Bear spray should be a minimum deterrent and the human population should be aware.
Perhaps the population is aware of the threat, but the victim is an Indian immigrant, more aware of tigers at home than bears here.
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