Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Man (Freeper kanawa) stabs bear to death
The Record.com ^ | Jul 22, 2006 | MELINDA DALTON

Posted on 07/22/2006 5:30:03 PM PDT by kanawa

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 461-480481-500501-520 ... 1,021-1,039 next last
To: Calpernia

Thanks for bringing back that memory, Cal.


481 posted on 07/23/2006 9:15:55 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 467 | View Replies]

To: Old Student
He had to dispatch the bear quickly with the bear biting Sam even harder as he was stabbed.I think thats why he stabbed the sucker so many times, and didn't stop uintil Bruno did not move,as he has said. When a bear has a mouth full of something and it is stabbed or attacked,it tends to blame it on what it has in its mouth. This I know from men who have had the misfortune to have their forearm in a black bear's mouth, while others beat on it.

Kanawa succeeeded admirably in this and it likely saved Sam's life because Sam's back could have been broken, a bears mouth can deliver a bite which is in the 1000 pounds per sqaure inch range, stronger than a wolf's, (look at the mouth muscles on a bears head.)

Again a great job by a dedicated and loving man.

482 posted on 07/23/2006 9:16:51 AM PDT by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 465 | View Replies]

To: kanawa

OK That's a Knife!

483 posted on 07/23/2006 9:23:58 AM PDT by xp38
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 265 | View Replies]

To: kanawa
My boys and I salute you, sir! You and Sam are both highly deserving of membership in the Order of the Big Brass Balls....


484 posted on 07/23/2006 9:36:28 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Tench_Coxe
The spear keeps you from having to close with a bear if all you have is a knife. Most bears will turn and run with such a spear, and if they stand on their hind legs to fight, you have a very good target. Frontiersmen in the old days could close with a bear because they wore leather and/or heavy wool coats and shirts, even in summer at night. People these days do not wear such heavy clothing, because synthetic fiber keeps us warm without the weight.

If the spear would not work for whatever reason, my camp axe would be the second thing I would pick up, the belt knife would be the last resort.I know several men who have killed black bears with a camp axe, Dona Hache of Bathurst, New Brunswick being one, who killed one with his first blow right on top of the head as it came at him on all fours outside a cook tent in the Gaspe. The boys actually blew a bear up with dynamite that summer ( it's a long story) and they had to move camp because of it. Rotting bear guts attract more bears, so blowing one up doesn't work well.

I really like bears and they have rarely bothered me, but have gotten close enough to spook me over and over. I guess Kanawa must smell better! I have a bear that visits my land every spring, even looked in my windows, but has never attacked or made a nuisance of himself.LOL.

Of course , if Canada would change its gun laws, there is nothing better than the Ruger Super Black Hawk in .44 magnum cal., 7.5 inch barrel, which I have hanging in my bedroom closet here in Vermont, in a cross draw fast break holster. Perhaps my bear friend knows I have it.

485 posted on 07/23/2006 9:37:47 AM PDT by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 443 | View Replies]

To: kanawa; Travis McGee; Squantos; joanie-f; betty boop; Noumenon; soundbits; Lurker
Kanawa, God bless you!

In remote areas of Montana and in Idaho I have been blessed on a couple of occassions to be able to back away from situations that I felt may have led to severe problems. Nothing like your situation...just becoming aware of the potential before it occurred (like hairs raising on your neck when you smell a recent kill and you note that distinctive Bear smell while hemmed in by Willows)) and then luickily being able to avoid the problem.

I always travel in those remote areas now with my dog and a firearm.

What a harrowing experience, and what a good dog you have and a good owner you are. You two have won our undying respect and admiration for how you both handled this and were, in fact, one another's salvation. Again, God bless and keep you. Thank you so much for sharing.

486 posted on 07/23/2006 9:38:27 AM PDT by Jeff Head (God, family, country)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kanawa
I didn't notice until the next day but my ribs are pretty tender, I guess from the tussling.

LOL! Bear tussling will do that to you I guess!

I'm happy to hear you both are going to be OK.

:-D

487 posted on 07/23/2006 9:41:01 AM PDT by fanfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 438 | View Replies]

To: Calpernia; fanfan; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; ...
... and worse still:

7. he displayed individual initiative,

8. didn't depend on the nanny state to save his butt,

9. took personal responsibility,

10. and rightly figured & showed he knew more about what constitutes a good dog than every slimeball, opportunistic Liberal politico & brownshirted, statist, pro-dog-killing thug in the entire Province of Ontario !!!


BRAVO !!!
Tom & Sam

488 posted on 07/23/2006 9:42:24 AM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 453 | View Replies]

Comment #489 Removed by Moderator

To: Calpernia; kanawa

Yes, the libs are asking why he didn't try a little conflict resolution first!


490 posted on 07/23/2006 9:44:10 AM PDT by fanfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 453 | View Replies]

To: NonValueAdded; Inyo-Mono
That will be 5% of your profits as my consulting fee.

Since you want in on the ground floor, you have to take the bad with the good.

My salary of $500,000 comes off the top, plus an operating loss of $250,000 the first year.

$750,000 loss.

5% of 750 thousand comes out to $37,500.

NonValue please forward your personal check to me in the amount of $37,500 on or before August 1.

Contact Inyo-Mono as to his operation. Then forward my Finders Fee of 35% of what ever money you can extract from him.

491 posted on 07/23/2006 9:45:05 AM PDT by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 452 | View Replies]

To: kanawa

Excellent story...and thank God it had a happy ending.

Not to sound morbid, but would you mind telling me where and how you stabbed the bear in order to kill it? The reason I ask is that I often hike in the Cascades. I've seen black bears up there. I know that they don't attack often, but when they do, it is to eat, and that your only chance is to fight for your life. I always carry a large Buck hunting knife, but there's always the nagging doubt that I wouldn't be able to get through the muscle and fat to hit a kill zone.


492 posted on 07/23/2006 9:48:18 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kanawa; GMMAC; fanfan
YOU THE MAN!!!
493 posted on 07/23/2006 9:49:37 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 488 | View Replies]

To: Irish_Thatcherite

Isn't he though!


494 posted on 07/23/2006 9:50:52 AM PDT by fanfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 493 | View Replies]

To: Candor7
Going postal in such a situation is an appropriate behavior. IF you're going to fight, hand to claw, fight berserk! (even if you have a knife)

Sam is both blessed, and a blessing. Kanawa is likewise, both blessed, and a blessing. They bless each other.

I had my daughters read this story as soon as I finished it. Bears aren't common here in Oklahoma, but they may not live here all their lives. I'll have my son read it when he gets home from church.

I think I'm buying them all a good knife and a camp ax. When they're a little bigger, that Ruger Super Black Hawk sounds like a good idea, too.

We have a cage full of Grizzly Bears in our local zoo, and I've pointed out such things as the size of their teeth and claws, and how muscular they are, to my kids. We have our own hero-dog story in the family, as well, although her opponent was another dog, two or three times her weight.
495 posted on 07/23/2006 9:56:17 AM PDT by Old Student (WRM, MSgt, USAF(Ret.))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 485 | View Replies]

To: Monkey Face; Kathy in Alaska; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Darksheare; NicknamedBob; Tax-chick; ...

Did you see this?


496 posted on 07/23/2006 9:57:01 AM PDT by fanfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 494 | View Replies]

To: Malsua
Can you confirm that the buck knife you purchased was the 119BR?

My knife has 119 engraved at the base of the blade.
The 119BR looks like the same knife but with brass trimmings.
As others have pointed out a longer blade would probably be better.
One of my considerations was whether an 8 or 10 inch blade might be a bit cumbersome to carry around with me.
Not saying they would be but I opted for one that I felt I would be comfortable wearing.
Any knife is, of course, no help if you don't have it readily at hand.

It's interesting to me to look back at my trip journal
and see my last entry from the night before the incident...
"Finding it quite easy to wear knife on belt"

497 posted on 07/23/2006 9:59:01 AM PDT by kanawa
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 473 | View Replies]

To: fanfan

I wish there were bears in Ireland... I could prove my manhood!! ;)


498 posted on 07/23/2006 10:00:28 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 494 | View Replies]

To: fanfan; kanawa
Yes, the libs are asking why he didn't try a little conflict resolution first!

kanawa should have at least sought a UN resolution first!! :P

499 posted on 07/23/2006 10:02:52 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 490 | View Replies]

To: Irish_Thatcherite

LOL!

You don't need a bear, grab a shark or something.

;-)


500 posted on 07/23/2006 10:02:55 AM PDT by fanfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 498 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 461-480481-500501-520 ... 1,021-1,039 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson