for a number of reasons I could never do it, this just supports my feelings - what wonderful animals!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18585072
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18585072
It seems that Black bear is very fine eating. Know some folks who hunt Black Bear every year.
Each to his own , but its not for me used to have a client who came from Alaska, he gave me a book called
LAST OF THE GREAT BROWN BEAR MEN
Which is a tale arguably of the two most famous Kodiak brown bear guides ever.
While one shot kills are not unknown its extremely rare, the recognised procedure is to place the first shot through
the shoulders a wounded brown bear on four legs will attack and on four legs a human his no chance of outrunning it, with a shot through the shoulders this slows it down considerably, the procedure is then to keep shooting until the bear stops moving, the book is full of ten or more shot kills.
I have had my fair share of occasions in stalking when a second shot was needed, but have never been in a situation where I knew I would probably have to empty the rifle a couple of times to kill the animal.
An individual has to decide if its right for them or not, in my case its not something I could do with a clear conscience.
The clients of these two guides have accounted for one third of all brown bear in the RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME published by the Boone and Crockett club.
Got this one with my .22
You can see he had a bad coat and needed culling
But sounds like they like chucking lead thou...!!!
I went after 13 head and bagged the lot, at ranges varying from 60 to 500 yards in 27 shots ........ taking three Black bears, four grizzlies, two Goats, two Caribou and two Moose. In my estimation there is no rifle to compare with it, the balance being perfect, the action fast and smooth, while the flatness of trajectory quite does away with judging of distances. I shot a Goat at over 500 yards with exactly the same sight that I take at 100 yards ............................ Three grizzlies were killed in under a minute.
I am off to Canada to shoot a black bear in the spring 2013 in with a bow.