First bear of the 2005 season.......

[Spot77]

No links yet, but the story just hit the radio. An 8 year old girl bagged the first bear of the season - a 211 pound bear with two rifle shots of undisclosed cal.




THAT ROCKS!

 

[Jim Sr]

8-Year-Old Bags First Bear Of The Year ​

http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_297065920.html

(AP) Oakland, MD. The first black bear of Maryland's 2005 season has been tagged.

And the successful hunter is an eight-year-old girl.

The Department of Natural Resources says Garrett County resident Sierra Stiles downed the 211-pound adult male with two rifle shots at about 7:30 am.

DNR Wildlife and Heritage Director Paul Peditto says she killed the animal on a family farm near Kitzmiller.

State wildlife managers have set a quota of 40 to 55 bears for the hunt, which runs through Saturday.

 

[DZ]

thats pretty cool. only seen one wild black bear up that way (and wasnt lookin for it either )

 

[Spot77]

Saw another article on it and it said that the girl was using a .243 cal.

Thta girl must have a ton of experience with rifles. I know how my 9 year old daughter handles her.22 (safely, but clumsily still) and I can't imagine a girl a year younger handling a bigger gun so well.

 

[Jim Sr]

Should the state impose a minimum age for hunting?

Young Girl's Killing Of Bear Stirs Controversy

Sierra Stiles (8 years old) took down a 211-pound bear at 75 yards

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bal-sp.thomson25oct25,1,6375739.story?coll=bal-sports-outdoors
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Some Say Youth Should Not Hunt; Others Defend Freedom

SURVEY
Should the state impose a minimum age for hunting?

Yes, No ?

TheWBALChannel.com - Survey Popup

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/surveypopup/news/5175273/detail.html?p=news
WBAL Story
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/5175195/detail.html

 

[Spot77]

Bedwetter alert Beep! Beep!!

"Oh my god! An 8 year old? Let's stick our noses where they don't belong and make sure she can't enjoy what she's studied so hard to learn!"

 

[DD214]

I'm currently in the People's Republic of Kalifornia on business, and this story made the local news here. They acted like it was some sort of crime, and many wondered how such a travesty could occur. The only justification that the news anchor could offer was that in MD all hunters are required to pass a hunter safety course, and that the offending girl scored a 98%. What a joke, and congrats to the little girl on a kill I can only hope to get someday. <- make one of those drinks a non-alcoholic apple juice

 

[DZ]

i hear they are up to about 22 bears now, not bad.

a crime? i think not. sounds like a great daughter/father(and/or mother) relationship.

minimum hunting age? uh no. id prolly agree that under 18 should be with a parent/gaurdian.

 

[Jim Sr]

Youth hunters targeted

Young hunters prompt debate

ASSOCIATED PRESS November 7, 2005

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[novus collectus]

It is bloody ironic that the examples they are using to make an age requirment and the claim the kids are "incapable of safety and hunting responsibly", are the examples of kids actually proving that they can hunt responsibly and safely.

 

[DZ]

thats just ridiculous.

"i have no idea what im talking about, and when i was five i was still wetting the bed, so there cant be anyway this 5 yo can handle a gun... let me pick a random age that i think its ok for a kid to go hunting with their parent."

she really tries to make it sound as if kids are out their running around all "willy-nilly" with sniper rifles

 

[Spot77]

Each kid is different. I have no doubt that my daughter COULD have shot well with say....one of those Cricket rifles when she was 5. She shoots .22's fairly well now.

My son on the other hand, with boys being boys and all, will probably need another year or 2 before I start him shooting. He's 5 now.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

I am duly impressed! 8 years old? A 243 is supposed to be a man's gun. Blow me down. I knew people in the Army who had a hard time shooting an M16!
A BEAR? A BEAR!

 

[Spot77]

I guess we'll be gearing up for all the anti bear hunting rhetoric again soon.

Last year there was a fella' standing on a major corner near my house wearing a bear costume waiving a sign that read, "Stop killing me!" (or something like that)



He got so many negative comments yealled at him that he was gone within an hour.

 

[K31]

You should have mounted a counter protest by wearing a bear suit on the opposing corner and holding up a sign reading "Eat Me!".

 

[DD214]

You should have mounted a counter protest by wearing a bear suit on the opposing corner and holding up a sign reading "Eat Me!".

I saw a great bumber sticker in North Carolina a couple of days ago. It said "I brake for animals... then I eat them and clothe myself in their skins".

 

[Spot77]

I like the billboard that read, "There's a place for all of God's creatures.....right next to the mashed potatoes"