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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 21, 2011 - 02:28pm PT
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Cosmic...I know where there are some dirty windows on the June Lake Loop with smear marks..
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Aug 21, 2011 - 02:44pm PT
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Brandon-
Having a bear coming through the dining room window is NOT the time to be thinking about a bear re-education program. Dean did what any reasonable person who cares about his family first would have done.
I've had plenty of animal encounters and as long as they aren't aggressive towards me or mine--it's strictly a live and let-live situation. I've had a bear eat a dead cow on the property but it was allowed to do my cleanup for me... It then left never to be seen again.
I used to hunt many years ago but haven't done so in 15 years. I only shoot predators and intruders.
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jstan
climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 02:45pm PT
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This brings to mind the advice never to shoot for a bear's head. Try to take out a shoulder. Seems counterintuitive but that is what happened here. With four rounds to the head it was still mobile.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 21, 2011 - 02:47pm PT
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You have to match the appropriate round to the target. For a bear you might want something a little heavier than you would use on an intruder or a retrobolter.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 21, 2011 - 02:51pm PT
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Shooting directly AT a perceived threat is instinctive and commonplace.
I explains why so many people in gun fights get shot in their gun hand.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 21, 2011 - 02:57pm PT
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Yes but they can over penetrate the retrobolter and damage the route.
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jstan
climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:08pm PT
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Don't you find there is much less clean-up afterward with rocket propelled grenades?
Looking at the grizzly, prompts a question. With one of those guys you are advised to give it your forearm to chew on while you work with a knife on the carotid. So I have to ask. Don't you have to push your forearm past the animal's cuspids? At least get onto the bicuspids not built for tearing.
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apogee
climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:11pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:12pm PT
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hey there say, cragman...
like i said on the facebook page, would have been very strange event, if you all had been up late playing scrabble or something, and this bear came crashing in... *though it sounds like now, after hearing more of the story, that you had lots of "crashing" going on, before hand...
glad to see that no folks were outside on the porch, watching the stars or moon, during all this, :O
bear trouble is no fun, for sure...
god bless to you, and any that are facing this stuff, in your area, or,
in crimpergirl's area....
i remember her bear-on-the-porch adventure, too, :O
whewwwwwwwww....
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:16pm PT
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Great thread. Fastest growing in a long while.
Who has that cocaine bear shot? Would be appropriate right now.
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OR
Trad climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:30pm PT
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What would have happened if Crag did not have his gun and he turned on his lights and screamed at the bear? I have a pertty good idea.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:30pm PT
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You didn't have to kill it. It's not like it's a grizzly or something.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:31pm PT
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hey there say, spider.... wow, as to fast growing, i was surprised :O
i had just seen a mention of this on the facebook, and wondered if there was a post here, with MORE details, as some of it i did not fully understand...
and it was past 100 post already, :O
oh my... the bear growth-facts... (ooops, bare growth-facts... or, well, you know) ;)
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OR
Trad climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:40pm PT
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^^^ thats good shit^^^
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:43pm PT
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It's easy to be judgmental from a safe distance... And after-the-fact.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:53pm PT
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Is there any truth to the rumour that it was in fact LEB who pulled the trigger, and that she was standing on a grassy knoll in Area 51 when she did it?
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:56pm PT
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Thank you Dwain. You are not only a gentleman BUT a scholar. Also a renaissance man of the highest order.
Can't wait for next winter's SNOW.
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apogee
climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:58pm PT
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Ironic that a thread like this & an LEB resurgence appear at about the same time, donchathink?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 21, 2011 - 04:05pm PT
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You're not suggesting that LEB = Cragman = apogee, are you?
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apogee
climber
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Aug 21, 2011 - 04:08pm PT
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No, no...Cragman is definitely not LEB. He is as distinctly different as 4 shots to the head.
Still, similarities remain....
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