When Can You Kill A Bear?
BY Herschel Smith
9 years, 8 months ago
In this silly article, the author cites someone parroting that ridiculous line again that the best defense against a bear is bear spray. But the following quote caught my eye.
A court ultimately ruled that Wallen had not acted in self-defense, due to conflicting and unreliable testimony. At one point, he said the bears appeared to be charging toward him, while at another time he claimed they had come back to finish off his chickens, which Manley said is not an excusable defense for shooting the federally protected bear.
“In the case of grizzly bears, the only time you can shoot … is in defense of your life or someone else’s life,” he said. “You can’t just shoot because it’s in your yard and killing your chickens.”
Manley added that he would never recommend shooting at bears to scare them away.
“If they’re around your house, make noise. Bang pots and pans, yell at them from a safe position or set off you car alarm with a remote,” he said.
That list of suggestions by Sean Albrite, a firearms salesman at Snappy Sport Senter – “Bang pots and pans, yell at them from a safe position or set off you car alarm with a remote” – is highly irresponsible. If a bear is in the vicinity of you, your family, or your beasts, you should grab a .45, a .357 magnum, or better yet a rifle (not .22LR), and prepare for self defense.
As to the notion that “You can’t just shoot because it’s in your yard and killing your chickens,” that’s just like saying that you can’t just shoot a felony intruder just because he’s in your yard and threatening harm to your children. Only a progressive (who doesn’t believe that man is made in God’s image or that beasts who our property warrant defending) could come up with such an obscene idea. And how could anyone seriously defend the proposition that a bear should be any more protected than my dogs or chickens?
Prior: Man Who Shot Grizzly Bear Defending His Family Gets Fined
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On April 8, 2015 at 5:29 am, Michael Schlechter said:
Well, perhaps he should have used Patrolman Slager’s defense, and simply stated “I felt threatened”.
On April 8, 2015 at 4:23 pm, Miles said:
In the case of even protected species of animals, a threat is usually sufficient.
However, we don’t have the full story.
Who contacted the authorities about the bears after they were killed? Wallen?
If so, he should’ve simply done Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up!
If not, he still dug himself a hole by opening his mouth and inserting his foot. Most people nail themselves to the wall, not NCIS/CSI where ever.
On April 8, 2015 at 12:17 pm, rktman said:
Spray can of some sort slathered with bacon grease. If they bite into it, they won’t be around for a while.