The bears are back in town

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hottmamao1

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Not to be confused with the Thin Lizzy song.

Mom's empty dog food cans were the initial draw, I suspect.
Regardless, the bear apparently suspected the bag of dog food behind
the locked shed door and made short work of that minor hindrance.

I'm now loading my 44 mag with bear grade rounds and keeping it near.

nb
 
notbob wrote:



nb,

Better safe than sorry!!! :)

Pennsylvania has the largest population of black bears in the USA.

Thanks to landfills and housing development (deforestation) they're
spreading out into residential areas.

I wouldn't walk my woods without a firearm or two!!!

Best,

Andy
 
Krypsis wrote:

near.


Krypsis,

If that means Kualas? That is a problem!

Last I heard, the Kualas were overpopulating Tasmania. A pest animal
there.

True or false?

Best,

Andy
 
On 23/04/2011 7:27 PM, Andy wrote:

Yep! they are taking over the place! That's why we're sending some
asylum seekers to Tasmania. We figure if we put the detention centre
right in the middle of the drop bears territory, it might solve the
asylum seeker problem for us. If it works really well, we might just
offer drop bears to Europe where they have really serious asylum seeker
problems. Might get in first myself and start some mass trapping of drop
bears. Get ready for the rush on them, if you see what I mean.

Krypsis
 
Krypsis wrote:

behind
bears.
seeker
drop


Krypsis,

How long is the Tasmania Kuala eradication expected to take?

I'm unfamiliar with the European project/plan.

Good luck!!!

Best,

Andy
 
Swallows' "friend with benefits" wrote:


Uh, no. On THIS continent, bears are big animals. Big, hungry, strong, fast,
and armed with sharp claws and teeth. They will not be deterred in the
slightest by "a light coating of Citronella". It would be no more effective
than a light coating of honey.

Bob
 
On 2011-04-24, Omelet wrote:


I bet!

This is an old Featherlight pump. So old, I can't get a new barrel
from the factory, so am stuck with this 18.5" hacked one. But, I love
the action. Machined solid billet, bottom ejection, and so smooth I
can cycle the pump w/o touching it. Jes grab barrel and stock grip
and jerk entire gun hard and fast enough and the pump will cycle from
inertia. Even more fun, jes hold the trigger down and pump. It'll
fire on each forward pump. Big fun when doing landscaping. ;)

nb
 
On 2011-04-24, Omelet wrote:


Nope. It's a real unique barrel configuration that comes apart with a
quarter turn. I recall when I first got it about 25 yrs ago, the
company said I'd hafta send it in cuz a new barrel needed to be hand
fitted. I didn't worry about it too much, then, as I had a couple
other shotguns. Now I'm down to this one and I called Ithaca about
getting a new barrel w/ interchangable chokes. They said they don't
even make barrels for guns this old ('50s), anymore, and if I wanted a
new barrel I'd hafta buy a whole new gun. I no longer hunt upland
game and suck at trap, so probably won't bother.

nb
 
On 25/04/2011 6:51 PM, Omelet wrote:


The traditional way? Shooting at a moving target traditionally involve
leading the target. The amount of lead depend on the distance, speed and
the angle of the target's direction in relation to the shooter. You
have a split second to to figure it out.

I had a funny experience at a (glass) turkey shoot at a friend's place.
I confess to being a rotten shot at still targets with sights, but I was
a natural with shotgun and moving targets. There was a guy with a very
expensive over and under with ventilated rib, lots of fancy engraving
and fancy stock. He had paid about $5,000 for the gun, and this was more
than 25 years ago. My gun was an East Germany made double barrel that I
paid $135 for.

He loaded his own shells. According to him, that was the only way to
ensure reliability. I had a couple boxes of cheap store brand shells.
He said that my gun was a piece of crap and my shells were crap and I
would be lucky to hit the target.

He did not buy my philosophy..... you need a shotgun that fits, so that
when you pick it up you are looking right down the barrel, use the right
choke and the proper shot size for the job. If you pull the trigger and
they go bang, that's all that really matters.

I walked away with the glass turkey.He came in 5th, and everyone else
you had heard his bragging was laughing at him.
 
On 2011-04-26, Omelet wrote:


I love Ithicas. Also, being an old coot, I adore side-by-side's
(S/S). Ithica used to sell S/Ss made by SKB of Japan. Absolutely
beautiful guns. I'd give give a rusty molar cap for one. SKB, which
has been making great shotguns for over 150 yrs also sold under the
Weatherby name. If I ever buy another shotgun, it'll be an SKB, which
BTW still makes an O/U for under $2K.

I'd tell yer dad to hang onto the semi-auto Ithica. Appears they no
longer make them.

nb
 
Dave Smith wrote:

My 16th birthday present was a shot gun with two barrels. One was a
modified choke. The other was a rifled barrel. At the time deer
hunting in my geography was restricted to shot gun not rifle because of
the population density. In the years since hunting has dropped enough
in popularity they now allow rifles just to keep the deer population in
check.


I learned to shot a rifle before I learned to shot a shot gun. So to me
the traditional way is to aim carefully as if I'm about to shot a
rabbit or like I have the rifled barrel in place and I'm about to shot a
deer.


My skills run the opposite.
 
Omelet wrote:

On mine the safety switch is on the top. Nice feature if you're left
handed. I don't have to fumble with it just flip up my thumb and it's
good to go.
 
Omelet wrote:

That's a very close shot for a rifle. The only hard part is avoiding
any intervening twings that would deflect the bullet.


But it's not a close shot for a shot gun. More like a typical distance
to hit a pheasant.
 
On 2011-04-23, notbob wrote:


Damn bear came back on third night and tore door hasp along with 1x4
trim board off shed door. I thought I'd moved all dog food out that
shed, but it found another 25lb bag. Fortunately, it didn't smell all
the meat in the small deep freeze or he'd have destroyed that sucker.
I boarded up the door with a piece of surplus 2x8 and 8" spike nails
till I can get the right lumber to repair it.

At night, Mom's stupid dog will bark at me as I creep to the bathroom,
through a closed door from three rooms away, but not utter a peep
while damn bear is tearing the door off the shed not 10 ft outside
their bedroom wall. Stupid dog.

I was jes talkin' large when I said about my 44 mag, above. No longer!
Fully loaded and under my pillow, last night, and latched the sliding
glass door, too. Worry not. I'd never actually shoot the bear, but a
44 mag revolver has a deafening report and puts on a spectacular light
show, at night. Stupid bear. ;)

nb
 
On Apr 28, 8:55?pm, Omelet wrote:

==
Yes, he'll need good luck unless he gets serious and either has it
trapped or eliminated. Once they start raiding buildings they don't
let things like glass patio doors stop them. Maybe he should talk to
the local Wildlife Officer for advice.
==
 
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