This is why bears get to attack at negative hit points...

[Old One]

Not a commentary for/against hunting, but interesting nonetheless...

Bear Bites Man

~ OO

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I'm seeing the background but not the story.

 

[Old One]

I'm seeing the background but not the story.

???

I just checked the link and it is coming up fine for me...

Here is the same story from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/25/bear.attack.ap/index.html

~ OO

 

[CronoDekar]

"This is just what I've been saying for years -- bears are godless killing machines that are only after us for our honey!"

 

[Bront]

Yeah, first link doesn't come up for me, neither did the second, then I allowed the popup, on the second, and both worked.

Odd

 

[RangerWickett]

I recall a few years back, hearing a story about a Japanese man on vacation in Yellowstone. Little short Japanese man, something like 80 years old, is in the woods when a bear charges him. When the bear lunges to swipe at him, the Japanese man throws the bear.

Jiujutsu rocks.

The bear? According to the story, after it was thrown it just stood up, shaked its head, looked at the little man who had thrown it, and just walked away into the woods.

 

[buzzard]

Hmm, I guess that demonstrates that either the hunter was one heck of a lousy shot or that one would be wise to stick to magnum cartridges for bear. The .444 is a heavy, but slow bullet. Bears are quite tough customers with very heavy bones and flesh, so if your bullet doesn't do a lot of penetration, you can just make a flesh wound and tick it off.

The old saw from rec.guns about what to do if faced with a bear and all you have is a 9mm was that you stick it in the mouth and hope you break some teeth so it can't eat you.

buzzard

 

[Angel Tarragon]

The second link works fine.

Weird story. Down to the bone, eh? I guess bears really do have a powerful bite.

 

[Mark CMG]

Bears

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Bears

aye!