Re: [OT] Virginia man dies after bear falls on him

anim8rfsk wrote:

BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

A group of men were bear hunting in Virginia when the bear that they'd
been chasing climbed a tree. They shot at the bear in the tree and it
fell out of the tree, landing on top one of the hunters. Although rushed
to hospital, the man who'd had the bear land on him died of his
injuries.
 
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/virginia-falling-bear-fatal
 
Years ago, I heard a joke whose punch line was "Sometimes you get the
bear but sometimes the bear gets YOU." I guess both are true in this
case....
 
No disrespect to the family of the victim who was, apparently, a very
nice guy.

 
Not nice enough that he wasn't out shooting bears for no reason. I don't
have a problem with hunting for food, but hunting for fun when the result
is a bear dying for their amusement is repulsive.

 
There are all kinds of weird rules
 
You can hunt bears from 4 AM to 10 PM during Bear hound training season
 
You can?t cripple a bear in a tree
 
You can only ?harvest? one bear per license per season
 
You can only use specific firearms
 
You can?t hunt or kill a bear on Sundays with the aid of dogs
 
https://dwr.virginia.gov/hunting/regulations/bear/
 

The bear was up a tree, not threatening those Fearless, Brave
Hunters. Shooting the poor bear who was not a threat (regardless
of the complexity of the local laws) was a cravenly cowardly
thing to do.

And why were the hunters standing under the tree? Did they
think they were going to catch it as it fell?

Stoopid people.

Nyssa, who is on the bear's side in this one