BadMedicine
Moderator
Keith Rogan, With all do respect, I really enjoyed your bear maulings page, and am glad that people can be helped by what you went through. I live in Anchorage AK, and was wondering if you do too. I read that you were attacked on kodiak, but couldn't find anywhere on your page that said where you lived. I did find a couple things on your page that I thought deserved a second look.
Under Bear Artillary You said...
"There are very few situations where shooting a bear is really justifiable. Bears can destroy tents, steal your food, approach and make absolutely terrifying threat displays. They often follow hunters waiting for a kill so they can steal your deer or clean up the "gut pile". None of these situations require shooting a bear and if you don't believe me, you can try and convince the judge before they pronounce sentence on you!"
But in fact the Alaska state hunting regulations 2000-01 page 18 says....
"You may kill game animals in defence of life or property if you did not provoke an attack or cause a problem by leaving food or garabage accessible to wildlife, and if you have done everything else you can to protect your life and property.....Property means your dwelling(tent), means of travel, pets or livestock, fish drying racks, or other valuable property...(and) meat of a game animals legally taken becomes your property"
I wouldn't shoot a bear over a deer I shot, but would if it was destroying my tent or other things in camp. Letting troubled bears get away with this is just giving them an excuse to do it again, and next time there may be a person in that tent they're thrashing. Happy hunting, Bobo.
Under Bear Artillary You said...
"There are very few situations where shooting a bear is really justifiable. Bears can destroy tents, steal your food, approach and make absolutely terrifying threat displays. They often follow hunters waiting for a kill so they can steal your deer or clean up the "gut pile". None of these situations require shooting a bear and if you don't believe me, you can try and convince the judge before they pronounce sentence on you!"
But in fact the Alaska state hunting regulations 2000-01 page 18 says....
"You may kill game animals in defence of life or property if you did not provoke an attack or cause a problem by leaving food or garabage accessible to wildlife, and if you have done everything else you can to protect your life and property.....Property means your dwelling(tent), means of travel, pets or livestock, fish drying racks, or other valuable property...(and) meat of a game animals legally taken becomes your property"
I wouldn't shoot a bear over a deer I shot, but would if it was destroying my tent or other things in camp. Letting troubled bears get away with this is just giving them an excuse to do it again, and next time there may be a person in that tent they're thrashing. Happy hunting, Bobo.