The bluff charges are interesting feature. How do you know if they are bluffing?!? I think a bear with cubs don´t want a fight but will take it is threathned.

white tail aren't common here yet although they are migrating north into bc
the only white tail i've eaten came from farmland and apple orchard raiders

The whitetail I have taken were all from Missouri and Arkansas. They are in some parts of my state but not in the mountains yet.

No problem Randy! That´s what friends are for! Poking you with sticks and throwing you with stones..! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

you don't know if it is a bluff charge or not until they turn
you are not suppose to shoot them until they get about 20 to 30 feet away
mind you at full charge they run about 50 feet per second

So there´s about 0,5 second gap to make a perfect shot! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

they are mostly in the south eastern part of the province and a few areas in the northern part
they are very rare where i grew up hunting

I know that a lot of the "Dangerous" animals aren't really as dangerous as they are sometimes portrayed to be, but I STILL DON'T want to meet up with one! With my luck I would get the 1 out of a 1000 that has a bad attitude!

one of the reasons that pepper spray works better for most hunters
i think i would have soiled myself in my brother's place

There are a few, VERY few black bear starting to show up in this area now and there are some Mt. Lion (cougars) in even more limited numbers. But There is now more game here than there has ever been. Game Conservation works. Oh and they are re-introducing Elk to Missouri!

Time for me to hit the hay. Have a great night!











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when my one brother in law was attacked by a black bear it was so close when he shot it that he could only see black through the scope
that bear took 3 shots from his 300 savage and 4 from his buddies 30/30,it still manged to run into the bush to die.
at one point the bear was between them