re: Louisiana black bear no longer endangered, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Florida has opened up a season this year because of nuisance bears. Its adrenaline pumped hunting. Be glad they have been taken off the endagered species list.

Pew Pew. I'd shoot one.

So I can finally get my rug?

That's awesome

Well, I am speaking of "hunting", not shooting. Didn't mean to change the subject. Shooting a trophy deer because you figured out its habits and ambushed him is an accomplishment. Having a dog tree a bear, walking up under the bear and shooting it (to me) isn't much sport. jmho. same as high fenced paid hunting for deer. no accomplishment. again jmho.

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Well, I am speaking of "hunting", not shooting. Didn't mean to change the subject. Shooting a trophy deer because you figured out its habits and ambushed him is an accomplishment. Having a dog tree a bear, walking up under the bear and shooting it (to me) isn't much sport. jmho. same as high fenced paid hunting for deer. no accomplishment. again jmho.

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Jesus, the 2nd person in this thread bashing bear hunting and completely jumping to conclusions. I dont care what anyone thinks, a bear is a more challenging animal to kill than a deer. They have a much greater sense of smell and do not pattern nearly as easily. There are other ways to hunt bear aside from shooting it over bait or treeing with dogs. A spot and stalk bear hunt with a bow may be the most challenging hunt one can do, aside from bull elk.

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Having a dog tree a bear, walking up under the bear and shooting it (to me) isn't much sport. jmho.

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But they may argue, they trained the dogs, patterned the bear, etc... Not just turning a hound loose and hoping he finds a bear trail.

I just like hearing different opinions on what is sportsman like. Every body has their own line they draw. Doesn't make anyone right or wrong just different.

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Yeah, that's not what he did. Try sticking to what was said instead of what you think was said.

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That's exactly what was said.

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Shooting a trophy deer because you figured out its habits and ambushed him is an accomplishment. Having a dog tree a bear, walking up under the bear and shooting it (to me) isn't much sport

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Not a single person said anything in this entire thread about shooting tree'd bears, much less compared it to deer hunting in any way, yet they were compared together in the same statement.

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Don't understand hunting bear at all myself. Not much sport with gun, maybe with knife or bow.

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Again, jumping to conclusions assuming everyone is sitting their hunting bears with rifles over bait. No, he didnt specifically say over bait in that particular quoted post, but it was insinuated by comparing it to deer hunting in this post...

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Having a dog tree a bear, walking up under the bear and shooting it (to me) isn't much sport. jmho. same as high fenced paid hunting for deer. no accomplishment. again jmho.

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He jumped to conclusions about tree'd bears and that automatically being the way someone would want to hunt bear, then put it down by saying it's not an accomplishment (it's not) by comparing it to patterning deer and hunting them. No one said they wanted to hunt tree'd bears, he just assumed that.

Also, why do you always have it out for me in these threads?

Besides wanting a blanket/rug I have no desire to kill a bear. Shooting basically a black whinnie sitting on its arse eating molasses and powder sugar.