Hi all. I just wanted to see if I can get some support for a guy I know. He is a great guy, good hunter and has always hunted hard. Now he is getting a lot of unwanted press and even worse the state wildlife agency is making things worse stating they are going to review laws and possibly make a change.
Long story short, in Colorado you can not bait, use dogs, or spring bear hunt. They things are you simply buy a license and go hope to see a bear. In this case the guy had tracked a large bear into a den site. He waited the bear out for a while. He says it was mid afternoon when he decided to go in after the bear. He crawled into the den and shot the bear. Now everyone is out saying how unethical it was etc.
To me it was a gutsy move. He went into a hole with a 703 pound black bear. Possibly the next state record. Now he is getting the 3rd degree from hunters and nonhunters.
Here is a link to the story on the local paper. Now there are people all over crying for change. I am on the opposite. I am tired of our state bowing to teh left and am trying to muster up support to keep this from changing. As iti s our state wildlife agents are killing more bears in dumpsters than hunters do each year. More limitations will only lead to more problems.
http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2010/dec/04/craig-resident-nabs-703-pound-bear-possible-state-/
Overall please support his right to legally hunt and be aware that a bear in a den is not a sitting duck, but more of a life or death situation. Bears will come out of a full hibernation in seconds, this bear was not even in hibernation mode it was just denning.
Long story short, in Colorado you can not bait, use dogs, or spring bear hunt. They things are you simply buy a license and go hope to see a bear. In this case the guy had tracked a large bear into a den site. He waited the bear out for a while. He says it was mid afternoon when he decided to go in after the bear. He crawled into the den and shot the bear. Now everyone is out saying how unethical it was etc.
To me it was a gutsy move. He went into a hole with a 703 pound black bear. Possibly the next state record. Now he is getting the 3rd degree from hunters and nonhunters.
Here is a link to the story on the local paper. Now there are people all over crying for change. I am on the opposite. I am tired of our state bowing to teh left and am trying to muster up support to keep this from changing. As iti s our state wildlife agents are killing more bears in dumpsters than hunters do each year. More limitations will only lead to more problems.
http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2010/dec/04/craig-resident-nabs-703-pound-bear-possible-state-/
Overall please support his right to legally hunt and be aware that a bear in a den is not a sitting duck, but more of a life or death situation. Bears will come out of a full hibernation in seconds, this bear was not even in hibernation mode it was just denning.