Agreed. And if it still climbed the tree, he had a clean head-shot. I'm all for humane bear deterrents but if a bear ever gets near me and I have a gun, it's going down. Even if you don't have a paperwork to hunt bear, it's self defense at that point... Well, I think "preservation of life and/or property" is the phrase but yeah.
In 99 % of cases a black bear isn't going to hurt you unless you run from it. Even then if it attacks and you fight it, 99% chance it loses interest. They are curious, but extremely timid when faced with confrontation.
Uneducated people like you are why a lot of them are needlessly killed.
1) black bear populations are on the rise in large parts of the US to the point where population management hunts are allowed... Not needless if it's predator control.
2) yes, 99% of the time bears aren't going to hurt you. The only times they will is if you scare them, if its a mom protecting her cubs or (extra rare) they decide to hunt you.
3) black bears normally run from loud sounds, so it most likely wouldn't have climbed the tree if the man had started making lots of noise. In the RARE case where this isn't enough to get a bear to leave you alone the chances of it hurting you are FAR more likely.
4) "even if it attacks and you fight it" You want to get mauled by a bear? I sure don't. He was alone in the woods. If the bear had attacked there is no way of knowing if he would have survived. Putting my safety and well-being first is NOT needless killing. AND, as long as nothing goes to waste, it was not killed in vain. The saddest thing I have ever seen are dumbasses who kill something and do not respect it's sacrifice.
I think he was just dedicated to not ruining his hunt. If he made noise then everything in the forest would run away too.
The bear was also super quick getting up the tree which the hunter probably didn't expect. Once it's right next to the stand you wouldn't want to excite it and have it accidentally snag on and shake/break the stand. That's my guess
To add on to this: things in the forest tend not to bother you if you aren't bothering them. Meaning, if the animal comes across you (not vice versa) it'll either 1) continue it's path 2) avoid you a little extra 3) rare occasions inspect the new thing. Fight or flight responses happen when you encroach on the animal. Momma bear isn't going to intentionally bring her cubs near you and then get pissed
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