Too Close for Comfort

[Dave70968]

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdo...d-male-black-bear-at-5-yards-with-357-handgun

Pennsylvania man kills 679-pound male black bear at 5 yards with .357 handgun: report

A Pennsylvania man reportedly killed a 679-pound black bear that was five yards away with a .357 handgun during last weekend's opening of the state's four-day bear harvest.

Jordan M. Tutmaher, the man, said the bear emerged near a Christmas tree patch, according to the report. YourErie.com reported.

A total of 1,241 black bears were killed in the opening day, the report said. The state's best opening day was in 2011 when 1,936 bears were harvested.

FILE: The Louisiana black bear is one of 16 subspecies of the American black bear. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

The largest bear harvested that day was a male estimated at 704 pounds, taken by a rifle at about 8:30 a.m., the report said. .

Bears have been harvested in 53 counties during the statewide season so far, the report said.​

 

[tRidiot]

I saw that one... I wondered, was he hunting for a bear with a .357? The way they talk in the rest of the article makes it sound as if it were a legally-harvested bear.

Either way, sounds like they have a TON of black bears up in their neck of the woods!

 

[GlockPride]

.357 with some flatnosed hard cast from Underwood should do the trick. Black bears aren’t known to be particularly tough or hard to dispatch.

Heck, I’ve heard of Eskimos killing polar bears with a .223.

 

[Dale00]

Will Oklahoma's blackbear population battle it out with Oklahoma's wild hogs someday? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Five yards away. Sounds like the bear almost had himself a meal.

 

[Preacherman]

Black bears are supposed to be the nice ones. It probably just wanted a hug.

 

[MacFromOK]

Black bears are supposed to be the nice ones. It probably just wanted a hug.

Maybe it was Yogi lookin' for a picinic basket...

I figured the guy just wasn't prepared and pulled his sidearm.

 

[D. Hargrove]

700lbs of animal that does not recognize me as the alpha must be dispatched with extreme prejudice once it decides to eat me... No hugs, no picnic baskets, no hunny just NO.

 

[Glocktogo]

700lbs of animal that does not recognize me as the alpha must be dispatched with extreme prejudice once it decides to eat me... No hugs, no picnic baskets, no hunny just NO.

I always say there’s two things in this world you can’t trust, strippers and bears. Therefore I concur with your assessment!

 

[MacFromOK]

I always say there’s two things in this world you can’t trust, strippers and bears. Therefore I concur with your assessment!

Make that three... ya forgot Democrats.