[Pan_Yans Wife]

I'm not a hunter, my father is. He shot and killed a No. American Black bear, on a hunting trip in Canada, many years ago. He was sitting in a tree stand, with a very powerful gun (Yes, I'm a woman, don't know the type of gun) and shot the bear, three times. Killed it.

Later, his friends teased him about shooting it three times, the first shot probably did it, alone. He agreed, they were probably right.

He said, with the adrenalin pumping, and the bear rising on it's hind legs, staring up at him in the tree... he didn't stop to think. He just shot and shot and shot.

He always wondered what would have happened if he had shot only once, and only injured the bear. Think the bear would have retaliated? Most certainly!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Remember when your friend stated that there were no black bears in North America? Good for a chuckle. Check out the picture on this thread. Care to go hunting?

[org.whodat]

Think the bear would have retaliated? Most certainly!

No the bear,if able, would have run away. I'm in my fifties, my father gave me my first shotgun when i was nine,so you could say I've been hunting a couple of times at least.