Put yourself in New Jersey deer hunter's place: Would you have shot the bear? (poll)
Duke of Earl
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..dead.
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Without being there I would have to say probably not. I've had numerous bears 1' of me and haven't had a problem yet. Usually there just curious to what you are.
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Lots of armchair quarterbacks on this site.
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Understadable. No "QB" here. Straight linebacker. JO
Im not one of them jms88..I hunted zone 4 my whole life had many bear encounters...closest turkey hunting ....a big sow with 3 cubs walked a big blow down I was in..she got withen 10 feet as the cubs ran up a tree..she stood up on her hinds and I fired my gun 5 feet in front of her she ran about 50 yrds and her cubs ran down the tree and followed her. I said if the warning shot didnt work I would of killed it like this guy did
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YES, F--K YES, Fing A YES. YES
Personally when I go gun hunting or bow hunting I always have extra rounds or blunt tips. I have never had this type of encounter myself. But if I am 15' in a tree and a bear starts to climb, I have some time. I would first try to scare it, maybe shoot near it or into it. But if this doesn't scare it then I would kill it.
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arent you supposed to play dead??
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If the bear keeps coming towards me even after several attempts to scare it away, I'm dropping it on the spot.
excellent choice [up] shoot and cook all at the same time. [tasty]
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Yup. Because the next person it challenges may be a young child. Dead no question.
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I would have made several attemps to scare the bear off first
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