# Pedals is Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850 "2016-10-17T16:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PAjoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pajoe/32/58_2.png) [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/1 "2016-10-17T16:58:46Z")
“Pedals” New Jersey’s famous bi-pedal bear appears to have been killed by a hunter. > **[Outrage in N.J. after controversial hunt appears to have killed Pedals the bear](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/outrage-in-new-jersey-after-controversial-hunt-appears-to-have-killed-pedals-the-bear/)** > > Well-known bear nicknamed Pedals -- because of his upright pedestrian walk -- appears to have been killed in a bow-and-arrow bear hunt Why? Why would any one feel the need to kill this poor guy? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/2 "2016-10-17T17:13:38Z")
Ddamn that sucks. RIP Pedals. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/3 "2016-10-17T17:13:48Z")
Because it’s a bear and it’s bear-hunting season. They don’t wear nametags. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/4 "2016-10-17T18:21:13Z")
I thought it was rabbit season? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/5 "2016-10-17T18:21:53Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > I thought it was rabbit season? No, it’s duck season. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/6 "2016-10-17T18:23:59Z")
Rabbit season. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/7 "2016-10-17T18:27:07Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Rabbit season. Duck season! Which, apparently, Pedals didn’t do. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/8 "2016-10-17T18:28:32Z")
Elmer season! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/9 "2016-10-17T18:49:11Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Because it’s a bear and it’s bear-hunting season. They don’t wear nametags. Bear season? Because bears is tasty? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/10 "2016-10-17T19:01:02Z")
How dare someone do something legal that is sanctioned by the state. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PAjoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pajoe/32/58_2.png) [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/11 "2016-10-17T19:07:31Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > How dare someone do something legal that is sanctioned by the state. ☹ Just because you can does not always mean that you should. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/12 "2016-10-17T19:19:24Z")
> [@PAjoe](#): > > Just because you can does not always mean that you should. You could make an argument that no bears should be hunted as game if you like, but that would apply to the hundreds of other bears killed in NJ recently. Pedals was a black bear, they can be legally hunted, and the hunter likely didn’t know he had a name and was considered special. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/13 "2016-10-17T19:21:38Z")
If he was only known to a few locals and he was on all fours when he was shot, I’d give the hunter a pass. But… Where did the hunter come from? Was the hunter a local who does not do any internet media? Most wild animals turn mean & dangerous if they have been maimed and one like ‘Pedals’ who didn’t should be treasured. If he was killed and just left out, like he was just killed to be killed, that is not a hunter IMO…Since they seem to know he is dead for sure but don’t know who did it, sounds like the person who did it was not worth as much as the life he took. IMO. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/14 "2016-10-17T19:25:01Z")
While it saddens me he was probably killed I am also happy for him. Being forced to walk on his hind legs had to or would soon be causing him a lot of pain. A bear’s body just isn’t designed for that. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/15 "2016-10-17T19:43:12Z")
> [@PAjoe](#): > > Why? Why would any one feel the need to kill this poor guy? And then there are those who would say “Why? Why would one feel the need to name and anthropomorphize a wild animal?” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/16 "2016-10-17T20:10:29Z")
> [@PAjoe](#): > > “Pedals” New Jersey’s famous bi-pedal bear appears to have been killed by a hunter. > > [Outrage in N.J. after controversial hunt appears to have killed Pedals the bear - CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/outrage-in-new-jersey-after-controversial-hunt-appears-to-have-killed-pedals-the-bear/) Anybody see Dr. Kristen Lindsey recently? ---
**Author:** ![quimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7c8e57/32.png) [@quimper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quimper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/17 "2016-10-17T20:32:39Z")
> [@](#): > > More than **430 bears** were killed by the end of the hunt on Saturday Is that a typo? A **one day** _bow hunt_ snagged **430** bears?!? How many bears are there in Northern NJ!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/18 "2016-10-17T20:43:21Z")
> [@quimper](#): > > Is that a typo? A **one day** _bow hunt_ snagged **430** bears?!? How many bears are there in Northern NJ!? :eek: Quite a lot more than you might imagine. Deer are also rampant, pretty much at nuisance levels. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/19 "2016-10-17T20:52:06Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > While it saddens me he was probably killed I am also happy for him. Being forced to walk on his hind legs had to or would soon be causing him a lot of pain. A bear’s body just isn’t designed for that. Fair point. This was a (relatively) merciful death for a large wild animal. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850/20 "2016-10-17T21:21:46Z")
> [@quimper](#): > > Is that a typo? A **one day** _bow hunt_ snagged **430** bears?!? How many bears are there in Northern NJ!? :eek: It was a [6 day season](http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearseason_info.htm), not a single day. The article was poorly worded. Still 430 bears in 6 days is surprising too, considering it’s only bow & arrow and muzzle loading rifle. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedals-is-dead/768850.md?page=2)