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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Virginia man dies after bear falls on him Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:13:54 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 72 Message-ID: References: <1051870489.756238341.133357.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <7fc6mjhgc01qcs56l050nb4plputehqt8p@4ax.com> <1159464072.756263799.822805.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:13:55 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="22086a56d8a219c7464e17e7c1d853ee"; logging-data="3212885"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+721+wtB7wbzBFQKbtCDxkPZAs8NVwISA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:m0dozoM30wnmvpEWIlhjpN9ooAE= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3742 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 >> wrote: >> >>> shawn wrote: >>>> On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:25:16 -0700, anim8rfsk >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>> Rhino 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.