Buck Knife 119 (there are several variations of the 119, mostly in handle material) Posted on 11/27/2022 3:32:14 AM PST by marktwain
On July 20th, 2006, Tom Tilley of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada was on a canoeing trip with his dog, Sam. A predatory black bear stalked them during a portage.
Sam, an American Staffordshire, warned his owner Tom of the bear’s presence. As the bear closed in, Tom’s dog Sam interposed himself between the bear and Tom. When the bear attacked Sam, Tom leaped on the bear’s back, Tarzan style, and killed the bear, using a hunting knife with a six-inch blade.
Wawa is a township not far from Lake Superior, about 400 miles North and West of Waterloo. It is about a 600-mile trip by car.Buck Knife 119 (there are several variations of the 119, mostly in handle material)
Kanawa is the screen name Tom uses on the conservative discussion website, freerepublic. His fight with the bear is discussed and detailed there.
The night before the fight with the bear, in his trip journal, Tom wrote: “Finding it quite easy to wear the knife on belt”
The Buck 119 has a six-inch blade, Tom said he considered a longer blade, but wanted it to be easy to carry. It was on the fourth day of a planned 12-day trip when the attack occurred near Abby Lake. Tom and his dog, Sam, were on their third trip across the portage when the bear stalked them. A portage is a trail used by canoeists to move from one body of water to another.
The bear appeared and Tom waved his arms and shouted. The bear moved off the trail, into the woods. Then it suddenly reappeared, blocking Tom’s route back. Tom had already drawn his Buck knife, as a precaution.
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Freerepublic is referenced in the article.
One part of the motivation for this article was to be able to reference it in the future.
Many people today have never heard of your (Kanawa's and Sam's) experience.
The article updates what happened to Sam.
What does this bear kill with a knife have in common with the title?
Don't know how the magic of editing substituted another title for the correct one of:
Bear Attack Stopped by Man with Knife, Tarzan Style
I have reported the problem to the moderators.
Had me confused for a second there, too
LOL
The last I saw this mentioned here was October of this year.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4098865/posts?page=103#103
kanawa is still around and still posting.
Okay! Thank you. Anyway, that style Buck Knife always hangs on my belt when I venture into the woods. I’m glad I never had to use it to kill a bear. I hope I never do. I don’t need that kind of excitement in my life.
Here’s the URL that matches the headline:
A test to see which freepers post based on the title vs the article. By the way, you failed to follow FR tradition!)
Man, a dogs best friend.
They sure are. I also don’t go out without at least a 12 gauge. This man did it exactly right though, he didn’t abandon his dog.
Interesting article.
There are two former mma fighters from Russia, brothers, who claim that they hunted brown bears with knives and a stick. I normally dismiss stories like that, but these 2 dudes are nuts and fiercesome fighters, so there may be some truth to,the story. Plus they are from Russia, so being part nuts and fearless is a requirement lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RcH0iDY6D0M
Tim wells hunts brown bears and black bears too, and all kinds of animals with spears and blowouts, and the fella is an unreal bow hunter, taking flying ducks, pigeons etc with a bow
https://www.morrelltargets.com/blogs/archery-blog/tim-wells-kills-a-grizzly-bear-with-a-spear
The Tootsie Pop Owl is asked how many stabs does it take to kill a Bear with a hunting knife? “One...Two...Threee...”
Hmm...Is that anywhere near Walla Walla, Washington?
What no picture of the dead bear?? I find this very hard to believe.
There were pictures in the original article, and also some of Sam and Tom and their respective wounds.
Bear Attack Stopped by Man with Knife, Mountain Man style.
Many stories of the events to bad they didn’t have Bad Ass patches then.
In Hawaii it’s common for hunters to kill boar by jumping on it’s back and cutting the boar’s throat - this of course after three or four dogs have the boar’s legs and it’s splayed out on the ground.
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