Leadfinger Posted July 24, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted July 24, 2013 Last night i decided to go down to the river and do a little Walleye fishing. I had a dozen or so minnows and figured If i was lucky i could get a few of those tasty fillets for tomorrows dinner. About an hour or so and 2 nice walleyes on ice I hear something a little down river. I turned the spot light on and about 40 yards down river was a Black bear . . . .pretty big (i'm estimating around 300lbs) and hes headed my way. I tried to stay calm . . pretty hard to do but this isn't my first "meeting" with a bear. I reached in my jacket and pulled my .40 to greet him if needed. He had his head down sniffing and I startled him when i yelled "Bad Bear . .get outta here" by now he was 25 ft from me so I chambered one up and pointed the spotlight in his face. At 15 feet my finger was twitching but my spotlight was blinding him and he started moving away . . pausing he stood up and looked at me and kinda grunted then he disappeared in the trees. When I looked back at my fishing rod it was getting pounded by a walleye and another one was on ice. That some bitch wasn't gonna keep me from fishing and I'm thinking bout sending him the bill for having my underwear cleaned . . . lol Blackbart, sabreeyes, Gatorgirl and 1 other 4 Awards
little_old_man Posted July 24, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted July 24, 2013 Probably a good idea to keep your fish live in the water on a stringer from now on. It would be a shame to kill the bear because he smelled your fish. Sounds like you know your way around a curious bear, glad it worked out LF. Gatorgirl 1 Awards
Leadfinger Posted July 24, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Author Posted July 24, 2013 I would have gladly let him have my tasty fillets . . . . The last time I had a "meeting" with a bear i was fishing and had this feeling someone was behind me. Because the sound of rushing water was loud I couldn't hear anything . .just "felt" something was not right. It was dark and I had my headlamp on so when i turned around I had 3 sets of eyes looking at me . . . yes 3 Momma and her 2 cubs were sitting about 25 feet behind me .. just sitting there . . . . .I bout shit! I dropped my fishing rod and pulled my spotlight and .40 at the same time . . .momma stood up and I spotlighted her and she turned around and started to leave cubs right behind her . .. . .she stopped and turned around and stood up and made a weird sound then they left. They (the bears) have a right to be there as much as I do and its pointless to just shoot them because they are too close to me . . dont get me wrong I would have defended myself if the situation got out of hand. It's a good feeling knowing I didnt lose my cool and shoot em. sabreeyes and deerejon 2 Awards
RIPZILLA Posted July 24, 2013 Member ID: 9 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 66 Topic Count: 245 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1239 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1230 Achievement Points: 11498 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2023 Posted July 24, 2013 I definitely would have shit myself. Bravo for you. Awards
TBB Posted July 24, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20573 Content Per Day: 3.67 Reputation: 22608 Achievement Points: 148497 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 397 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: iPad Posted July 24, 2013 That's why you always go fishing with a partner - when the bear gets too close - shoot your partner in the leg and run like hell - works every time. Leadfinger, sabreeyes, Gatorgirl and 1 other 4 Awards
deerejon Posted July 25, 2013 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3715 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3153 Achievement Points: 28472 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Posted July 25, 2013 Like I always told my kids growing up...you know life lessons? Always keep someone between you and the sharks when your in the ocean and its not a bear you need to be faster than...its the person your with you need to outrun...lol.. sabreeyes and Leadfinger 2 Awards
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