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Posted: 5/10/2021 7:58:19 PM EDT
Hello,
I read that bears will head toward gun shots, because they have learned that hunters will leave gut piles and meat. Sometimes, they even attack hunters.

So, has anyone fired a shot to try to attract a bear?

RickR
Link Posted: 5/10/2021 8:34:44 PM EDT
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When I lived in AK, I used to hunt Afognak, Shuyak, and Montague isle for black tail deer, it was a common joke that bears think a gunshot is a dinner bell.

I know one person who had to give up a deer to a brown bear on Afognak.

ETA. It was when he was packing the deer out about an hour after he shot it, so whether or not the bear came in because of the shot or just smelled the fresh deer being packed out is open to conjecture.
Link Posted: 5/11/2021 12:10:59 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By RickR:
Hello,
I read that bears will head toward gun shots, because they have learned that hunters will leave gut piles and meat. Sometimes, they even attack hunters.

So, has anyone fired a shot to try to attract a bear?

RickR
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Nah....they are already coming to me.....https://ring.com/share/6734996714328182952 and https://ring.com/share/6734920478658678952
Link Posted: 5/15/2021 9:22:28 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By CodeSection:


Nah....they are already coming to me.....https://ring.com/share/6734996714328182952 and https://ring.com/share/6734920478658678952
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Wow, I don't think I would be comfortable getting your morning paper.

RickR
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