Speaking of bears
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I used to work with a nurse nicknamed Hercules, for obvious reasons. Dude was into serious body-building.
Propped up on station counter in the ED in the wee hours one morning, we were talking about vivid memories from childhood. His memory was the showstopper... He told us about the time his dad shot a bear, while his dad was standing in the kitchen.
Can't remember if Hercules was from Alberta or Saskatchewan, but he was raised on a farm in the middle of nowhere. He was a kid finishing up breakfast early one morning while his mom finished up the dishes. She turned around to his dad, who was drinking a cup of coffee and told him there was a bear in the yard.
Dad went and got his rifle, while mom continued to watch the bear. No big deal, they'd seen several bears on the farm, but never one in the yard. Dad propped his rifle up and went back to his coffee. Mom kept watching the bear.
Mom told dad the bear was headed towards the back (kitchen) door. Dad sent mom and little Hercules into the next room and picked his rifle up.
I don't know much about houses up north, but Hercules said they had two doors on an entrance, an inner door and an outer door. When the bear started clawing on the outer door, dad shot three times through the door.
The bear staggered out into the yard and died just outside the equipment shed.
They were scared to eat it, because of the bear's behavior. His dad hooked the carcass to a tractor and dragged it off...
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I used to work with a nurse nicknamed Hercules, for obvious reasons. Dude was into serious body-building.
Propped up on station counter in the ED in the wee hours one morning, we were talking about vivid memories from childhood. His memory was the showstopper... He told us about the time his dad shot a bear, while his dad was standing in the kitchen.
Can't remember if Hercules was from Alberta or Saskatchewan, but he was raised on a farm in the middle of nowhere. He was a kid finishing up breakfast early one morning while his mom finished up the dishes. She turned around to his dad, who was drinking a cup of coffee and told him there was a bear in the yard.
Dad went and got his rifle, while mom continued to watch the bear. No big deal, they'd seen several bears on the farm, but never one in the yard. Dad propped his rifle up and went back to his coffee. Mom kept watching the bear.
Mom told dad the bear was headed towards the back (kitchen) door. Dad sent mom and little Hercules into the next room and picked his rifle up.
I don't know much about houses up north, but Hercules said they had two doors on an entrance, an inner door and an outer door. When the bear started clawing on the outer door, dad shot three times through the door.
The bear staggered out into the yard and died just outside the equipment shed.
They were scared to eat it, because of the bear's behavior. His dad hooked the carcass to a tractor and dragged it off...
I don't know much about houses up north, but Hercules said they had two doors on an entrance, an inner door and an outer door. When the bear started clawing on the outer door, dad shot three times through the door.
The outer door we call a storm door. Up until the last twenty years every house had storm doors - front and back. They were thinner doors that had a large window and screen. They provided ventilation in summer and kept snow and ice from accumulating on the threshold during winter. Since the advent of air conditioning and fibreglass doors they are no longer standard in new houses. Still, many people add them to new houses “ just because “.
Plenty of black bears here. Open season on them in rural areas if you own property. No requirement to report a kill either.
Elbows up!
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I don't know much about houses up north, but Hercules said they had two doors on an entrance, an inner door and an outer door. When the bear started clawing on the outer door, dad shot three times through the door.
The outer door we call a storm door. Up until the last twenty years every house had storm doors - front and back. They were thinner doors that had a large window and screen. They provided ventilation in summer and kept snow and ice from accumulating on the threshold during winter. Since the advent of air conditioning and fibreglass doors they are no longer standard in new houses. Still, many people add them to new houses “ just because “.
Plenty of black bears here. Open season on them in rural areas if you own property. No requirement to report a kill either.
@Renauda said in Speaking of bears:
I don't know much about houses up north, but Hercules said they had two doors on an entrance, an inner door and an outer door. When the bear started clawing on the outer door, dad shot three times through the door.
The outer door we call a storm door. Up until the last twenty years every house had storm doors - front and back. They were thinner doors that had a large window and screen. They provided ventilation in summer and kept snow and ice from accumulating on the threshold during winter. Since the advent of air conditioning and fibreglass doors they are no longer standard in new houses. Still, many people add them to new houses “ just because “.
Plenty of black bears here. Open season on them in rural areas if you own property. No requirement to report a kill either.
My parents' house was built in '94. We had storm doors, front and back. Not with the porch doors, though.
We also had an ass-ton of black bears. Bear hunting was always popular, but I believe it's by lottery now.
Please love yourself.
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@Renauda said in Speaking of bears:
I don't know much about houses up north, but Hercules said they had two doors on an entrance, an inner door and an outer door. When the bear started clawing on the outer door, dad shot three times through the door.
The outer door we call a storm door. Up until the last twenty years every house had storm doors - front and back. They were thinner doors that had a large window and screen. They provided ventilation in summer and kept snow and ice from accumulating on the threshold during winter. Since the advent of air conditioning and fibreglass doors they are no longer standard in new houses. Still, many people add them to new houses “ just because “.
Plenty of black bears here. Open season on them in rural areas if you own property. No requirement to report a kill either.
My parents' house was built in '94. We had storm doors, front and back. Not with the porch doors, though.
We also had an ass-ton of black bears. Bear hunting was always popular, but I believe it's by lottery now.
We also had an ass-ton of black bears. Bear hunting was always popular, but I believe it's by lottery now.
No lottery for black bear here. More like:
“You want a bear tag? Are you a resident? Good. Here take two of them and good hunting. Be sure to come back in spring for two more.”
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@George-K said in Speaking of bears:
I am often amazed by people who think that they can play with dangerous wild animals and will then be amazed when dangerous wild animals do what dangerous wild animals do!
"Treadwell was especially fond of tracking – and living with – Grizzly Bears. He spent thirteen summers of his life in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Over that time, Treadwell got to know many of the Grizzlies, their habits, and their tendencies. He believed, incorrectly as it turned out, that the bears had grown to trust him."
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@George-K said in Speaking of bears:
I am often amazed by people who think that they can play with dangerous wild animals and will then be amazed when dangerous wild animals do what dangerous wild animals do!
"Treadwell was especially fond of tracking – and living with – Grizzly Bears. He spent thirteen summers of his life in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Over that time, Treadwell got to know many of the Grizzlies, their habits, and their tendencies. He believed, incorrectly as it turned out, that the bears had grown to trust him."
@taiwan_girl said in Speaking of bears:
I am often amazed by people who think that they can play with dangerous wild animals and will then be amazed when dangerous wild animals do what dangerous wild animals do!
You forgot to include the adjective "stupid" in your post.
But your point is taken.
