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Subject: Re: [OT] Virginia man dies after bear falls on him
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:13:54 -0500
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On 12/19/2024 12:29 AM, suzeeq wrote:
> On 12/18/2024 8:43 PM, shawn wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:31:00 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:25:16 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> A group of men were bear hunting in Virginia when the bear that 
>>>>>>> they'd
>>>>>>> been chasing climbed a tree. They shot at the bear in the tree 
>>>>>>> and it
>>>>>>> fell out of the tree, landing on top one of the hunters. Although 
>>>>>>> rushed
>>>>>>> to hospital, the man who'd had the bear land on him died of his 
>>>>>>> injuries.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://nationalpost.com/news/world/virginia-falling-bear-fatal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Years ago, I heard a joke whose punch line was "Sometimes you get 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> bear but sometimes the bear gets YOU." I guess both are true in this
>>>>>>> case....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No disrespect to the family of the victim who was, apparently, a 
>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>> nice guy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not nice enough that he wasn't out shooting bears for no reason. I 
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> have a problem with hunting for food, but hunting for fun when the 
>>>>>> result
>>>>>> is a bear dying for their amusement is repulsive.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are all kinds of weird rules
>>>>>
>>>>> You can hunt bears from 4 AM to 10 PM during Bear hound training 
>>>>> season
>>>>
>>>> Seems like they could limit it to daylight hours as those hours will
>>>> end up having people out hunting with lights since it will still be
>>>> dark. Something that is otherwise considered illegal when hunting
>>>> other creatures.
>>>>
>>>>> You can’t cripple a bear in a tree
>>>>
>>>> So you could cripple a bear anywhere else?
>>>
>>> Yeah, that was odd
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You can only “harvest” one bear per license per season
>>>>
>>>> They have a problem with the word "kill"?
>>>
>>> That’s the one thing I’ll give them. You don’t get to shoot a bear 
>>> and just
>>> leave it unless it’s sick. You have to pack the thing out.
>>
>> So the intention is hunting to get the carcass and not for sport or to
>> lessen the population.
>>
> 
> Well you can always eat them.

Not a gristly bear.