I think I’ll call the Governor and ask him to change the State’s Motto to, “All We Do Is Kill Shit!”. That is, if he’s not too busy killing shit.
:rolleyes:
and ate the meat raw.
Still, even if it is being fired out of a youth model gun, isn’t a .223 going to hurt like an SOB if you are a 5-year-old who probably tips the scales at around 50-60 pounds?
The biggest part of absorbing recoil is having a gun that fits.
If y’all don’t want it, I’m going to suggest it as an addendum to “Don’t Mess With Texas.”
…which would make a great motto for Arkansas, if you ask me.
I would never want to be in a hunting party where 5 year olds are getting high powered rifles. He is 5 . He does not even understand Sesame Street.
When I worked for a taxidermist, I was horrified that so many hunters were willing to give up the wonderful game meat, caring only for the trophy. My freezer was always packed full of game & fish goodness, along with all the free hides/skulls/bits I wanted when the hunters decided they didn’t want them either.
I can’t stand waste of this kind.
To be fair, there are areas where, owing to restoration efforts, the American black bear (Ursus americanus) is becoming prohibitively thick, especially since there are almost no modern predators upon the black bear. Because they’re an omnivorous scavenger and require independent ranges (especially females, who ususally inherit a portion of their mother’s range) population density can become a problem. In the San Gabriel Mountains, for instance, they’ve become so numerous that California Fish & Game has had to take (i.e. kill) bears because they’ve become pressured and/or accustomed to encroaching on inhabited territory (though you could also look at it the opposite way with the expansion of Los Angeles suburbs).
So hunting can be a necessary wildlife population control activity. However, I agree with your sentiments (as I percieve them, anyway) regarding trophy hunting. Bears provide an excellent source of protein, and I’ve never had the meat but have been told that it is palletable; at the least it could be provided to a charitable organization or shelter.
As for the story, it sounds like complete bullshit to me. There is simply no way at 2-1/2 year old could be competent to handle firearms, or a 5 year old could manage a rifle appropriate to bear hunting. I started learning to shoot at a pretty tender age, and was managing to demonstrate credible marksmanship with a Browning Hi-Power at age 9, but there’s no way I would be hunting bear at 5, nor do I find it likely that a 5 year old would sit still long enough (or cover enough ground) to hunt bear.
I don’t know the details of this alleged “unsuccessful attack”, but I’ll wager that the bear was simple demonstrating defensive behavior. I’ve been “attacked” by bear a few times (including being knocked down once); all of these incidents involved bears who smelled food, and it never took more than some yelling and waving to scare it off. Black bears to vary rarely demonstrate predatory behavior (estimated by Lynn Rogers to be about 1:600,000) but if a bear does come after you there’s very little you’re going to do to defend against it; despite their bulk, when they want to move stealthily and stalk prey they can be quite silent.
Stranger
Good. She’s a patriotic American who’s doing her duty to protect us from the neo-nazi bicuits
I read it - I thought: "Brownies? How the hell would you hunt Brownies? Could you could put a saucer of milk on the step and use, like a .22 with birdshot. Do you need a separate license than for Pixies? How hard are they to clean I wonder. It would take hundreds to fill a freezer. Ick. "
Then I read it again.
You just cracked me up, I am laughing so hard I am crying! When I was young I had an old book handed down from my mom which contained a story about brownies and pixies, and I had completely forgotten it until just now.
To clarify, Grizzly bears are officially Ursus arctos horribilis. Kodiak bears, while being Grizzly bears, are officially Ursus arctos middendorfi. Kodiak bears grow much larger than grizzly bears due to a diet rich in fish protien. The locals refer to Grizzly and Kodiak bears as brownies to differentiate them from the blackies, even though brownies can be very dark, almost black, and black bears can be very light cinnamon in color.
heehee…a bowl of milk and a .22 loaded with birdshot to take down a brownie…bwahahaha!!! Thanks for the funny!
Well, it is technically feasible. You just have to shove the .22 down the brownies throat, and when he chokes on it (and you) he falls forward and drowns in the bowl of milk. 
That’s just not very nice. While Brownies may be pests, they do grow up to sell us all Samoas and Thin Mints. Who’s going to fill that ecological void?
I do think you have to wait for the brownie to mature before you can take them.
Can someone explain the OP’s outrage? I’m afraid I’m not understanding.
Also, thanks to “Kim Deal’s Law,” hunting Pixies has been banned outright.
Speak for yourself.
You can’t miss the bear!
That’s funny. I was thinking of the kind of brownies you hunt with a spatula and maybe a glass of milk.
With or without nuts.
Mmm … brownies.