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Pete will just buy the $5 tag and only hunt on federally owned ground. That'll show you resident hicks!

Wish they'd export some to Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Memphis, and Monroe La.

Yeah, I think that's kinda crazy.

All over CA. Historical range. And hands off. If they area nuisance then relocate them 20 miles away. No euthanizing. Might help the homeless population issues. And the illegal pot grows will crumble, because they'll shoot the bears and then they'll really get serious about funding LE to wipe them out.

yes i agree , maybe down by the border too ?

Selective breeding; fearless bears get culled from the population, those that are innately afraid of humans survive.

This is what I believe happened over the millenia when humans routinely carried weapons in the woods and knew how to use them, and men confronted apex predators on a point of honor.

Dog breeders used ruthless culling to minimize unwanted behaviors in their dog lines until recent times. It works.

Bird, you stole my thunder.

I live in NW Montana and have had a number of "meets" with grizzly bears. Most were no big deal, but three were heart-rate boosters, and one was SCARY, with the bear on hind legs, and moving CLOSER. Wow, what a buzz that was when I finally felt the door handle of the pickup. Holy %*#. Couldn't beleive it, with the injectors rattling on the engine and the door slamming and tool banging?

Bears are smart. It only takes one event to food-condition the bear's reward center. One gutpile, one whatever, especially during hunting season and late fall when the bears are hypephagic and just big stomachs. And there are aggro bears, and sissy bears. The aggro bears got killed, or they got hurt and learned. The sissy bears stayed under cover or a safe distance away, and the sows taught their cubs how to behave.

But killing overly aggressive, or plain stupid, bears works for me. Get them out of the gene pool just like it happened for thousands of years.

All that crap about Montana being "wilder" because of bears? That's lame hooey. Tracking data shows bears don't care about humans or roads all that much, in fact, that most bears adapt their behavior to human use. And to human mistakes. I'm okay having them around, but I'm not going to be a casualty.

"men confronted apex predators on a point of honor". Give me a break, maybe for the rush, or to gain a rep or make a buck or because that was part of their adaptation to their environment. Societies rewarded successful hunters because they provided, good earners get more rewards.


mike r

Only a Texan would compare dog breeding to grizzly hunting.

You must have lots experience with grizzlies down there in Texas huh BW?

Typical liberal arrogance.

The only grizzly I have seen while hunting was in a remote area of Alaska while hunting Dall sheep. We saw a mother with 2 cubs coming our way and we started shouting at her. She at first stood up and looked us over and then dropped on all fours and started trotting our way. About 150 yards out she got our scent turned tail and she and her cubs ran away. The last we saw of her and the cubs was as they disappeared over a distant hill. That was a smart bear.

You live in your world while the rest of us live in the real world.

You believe the earth is 6,000 years old, and yet I don’t live in the “real world”... gotchya.

Yes. That's correct. You live in imagination.

Recently I watched a video called "How long were the Israelites in Egypt?". It changed my mind to about 7,000 years.

As my dad once told me, “don’t shoot a man who’s hanging himself”...

I like having the grizzlies out there, would also like a chance to hunt them.....

They keep Montana wild....

Yes. I hope they munch on dimocraps.

He could feed them and save an elk.

Where do you buy the dead cow location maps?

Oh, of course, you can smell a dead cow even while upwind, right?