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Bear "hunting" with a spear? WTF?
8/5/2011 11:17:07 AM
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Next he plans to "hunt" black bear up in Maine with said spear. This "hunt" consists of snaring a bear and then spearing it.
I've kilt tons of animals in my day. Everything that flew, walked or crawled with bb/pellet guns as a kid, and about ten prairie dog "hunts" which I acknowledge is just wanton slaughter. But in all my kills, I never had the urge to torture an animal. And the older I get I regret having killed them for entertainment.
But is snaring an animal to endure hours of terror and agony waiting for you to show up and gore them really not inhumane?
I hope the bear eats the motherfucker.
8/5/2011 11:20:32 AM
Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Next he plans to "hunt" black bear up in Maine with said spear. This "hunt" consists of snaring a bear and then spearing it.
I've kilt tons of animals in my day. Everything that flew, walked or crawled with bb/pellet guns as a kid, and about ten prairie dog "hunts" which I acknowledge is just wanton slaughter. But in all my kills, I never had the urge to torture an animal. And the older I get I regret having killed them for entertainment.
But is snaring an animal to endure hours of terror and agony waiting for you to show up and gore them really not inhumane?
I hope the bear eats the motherfucker.
Kilting animals is torture my friend
ETA and I agree, Im not a fan of killing just for killing or letting an animal suffer.....
8/5/2011 11:38:54 AM
Originally Posted By Ghost013:
Kilting animals is torture my friend
ETA and I agree, Im not a fan of killing just for killing or letting an animal suffer.....
You don't speak hillbilly? Kilt= killed.Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Next he plans to "hunt" black bear up in Maine with said spear. This "hunt" consists of snaring a bear and then spearing it.
I've kilt tons of animals in my day. Everything that flew, walked or crawled with bb/pellet guns as a kid, and about ten prairie dog "hunts" which I acknowledge is just wanton slaughter. But in all my kills, I never had the urge to torture an animal. And the older I get I regret having killed them for entertainment.
But is snaring an animal to endure hours of terror and agony waiting for you to show up and gore them really not inhumane?
I hope the bear eats the motherfucker.
Kilting animals is torture my friend
ETA and I agree, Im not a fan of killing just for killing or letting an animal suffer.....
8/5/2011 11:45:07 AM
Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Originally Posted By Ghost013:
Kilting animals is torture my friend
ETA and I agree, Im not a fan of killing just for killing or letting an animal suffer.....
You don't speak hillbilly? Kilt= killed.
Originally Posted By dogsplat:
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Yesterday my friend tells me he met some guy who just got back from pig hunting with a spear.
Next he plans to "hunt" black bear up in Maine with said spear. This "hunt" consists of snaring a bear and then spearing it.
I've kilt tons of animals in my day. Everything that flew, walked or crawled with bb/pellet guns as a kid, and about ten prairie dog "hunts" which I acknowledge is just wanton slaughter. But in all my kills, I never had the urge to torture an animal. And the older I get I regret having killed them for entertainment.
But is snaring an animal to endure hours of terror and agony waiting for you to show up and gore them really not inhumane?
I hope the bear eats the motherfucker.
Kilting animals is torture my friend
ETA and I agree, Im not a fan of killing just for killing or letting an animal suffer.....
Dang apparently I need to study up
8/8/2011 3:48:28 PM
If it's legal, who gives a rats ass??!!!!
8/8/2011 4:08:48 PM
Originally Posted By dogsplat:
I hope the bear eats the motherfucker.
I hope the bear eats the motherfucker.
I believe that is the difference. When spear hunting, the risk is much more.
8/8/2011 5:45:24 PM
In MN it is just a spear hunt, no snaring.
GM
GM
8/20/2011 8:04:08 PM
Originally Posted By goodmedicine:
In MN it is just a spear hunt, no snaring.
GM
In MN it is just a spear hunt, no snaring.
GM
Wait, spear hunting bear is a common thing? Without a snare, that would be pretty intense. Any videos of that?
8/22/2011 11:19:48 PM
I don't like posts that are critical of ANY legal hunting method in any of the forums that have "hunting" in their name.
I would really prefer those types of posts stay in GD.
We as hunters need to support even the hunting we find distasteful, because I assure you there are people who find your favorite type of hunting inhumane and less than tasteful.
It's old and sometimes sounds lame, but it is true. "United we stand and divided we fall".
I would really prefer those types of posts stay in GD.
We as hunters need to support even the hunting we find distasteful, because I assure you there are people who find your favorite type of hunting inhumane and less than tasteful.
It's old and sometimes sounds lame, but it is true. "United we stand and divided we fall".
9/2/2011 7:12:19 AM
What's wrong with hunting one of the most primitive methods. Thats going back to our roots! You thought that archery or muzzleloaders are the only primitive methods? How do you feel about trappers? I have considered hog hunting with dogs and a knife also. 
CD
CD
9/2/2011 7:57:22 AM
I wonder if the atl-atl would be a tacticool advancement in the spear hunting for bear scenario. Give the hunter some stand-off distance as well as enhance the penetrating power of the spear.
9/2/2011 10:44:59 PM
Originally Posted By Combat_Diver:
What's wrong with hunting one of the most primitive methods. Thats going back to our roots! You thought that archery or muzzleloaders are the only primitive methods? How do you feel about trappers? I have considered hog hunting with dogs and a knife also.
CD
What's wrong with hunting one of the most primitive methods. Thats going back to our roots! You thought that archery or muzzleloaders are the only primitive methods? How do you feel about trappers? I have considered hog hunting with dogs and a knife also.
CD
You and I both, Brother!! Would love to kill a hog like that! Up close and personal!!!
9/17/2011 3:43:17 PM
This isn't hunting, just dispatching an snared animal with a spear. The snares they use are the same foot snares that many game departments use for nuisance animal work. Really don't see the spear as being any different than bow hunting. Instead of shooting an animal with an arrow tipped with a razor sharp tip he's getting the same results using a spear. End results the same, death from internal bleeding. Hell the Indians dispatched buffalo from horse back using lances and in all likelyhood the pig the guy killed was being held in place by a couple of catch dogs.
11/8/2011 3:02:59 AM
I think thats pretty F'ed up to trap the bear then spear it, now if he were to go toe to toe with the bear then its ok in my books
11/8/2011 8:47:52 AM
I'm not sure why hunters use the hunting forums to attempt to divide hunters. When you don't defend the hunting you don't like, there isn't going to be anyone left to defend you when the people who don't like what you do are working to stop you. And there a bunch who don't like the way you do it.
Anyway. This thread is done.
Anyway. This thread is done.
11/8/2011 8:48:14 AM
post above
