Michigan Hunter Attacked By Black Bear

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Steven Remsing was black bear hunting with his hounds in Ontonagon County, Michigan. They treed a bear. Remsing took his shot(s) at the bear that eventually fell out of the tree. That is when the bear latched onto one of the Walker Coonhounds and wouldn’t let go.

I wouldn’t wish ill on anyone or anyone’s hounds but the events described by Remsing in the Detroit News are puzzling to say the least.

“We were bear hunting up in Ontonagon County, and we saw a bear go up a tree,” Remsing said Monday in a telephone interview from his hospital room. “I took a shot, and the bear started to move. Then he fell down. Normally, they’ll just run off into the woods, but this one turned and started attacking one of our dogs.

“We were out of bullets, so we started beating the bear,” Remsing said. “We were using logs, and whatever we could grab. We knew the bear was going to die, but it was ripping the dog apart and we had to do something.” (emboldening mine)

I don’t know the circumstances leading up to this act so it would be unfair to sit in complete judgment of what happened but running out of bullets? Why?

Tom Remington

http://www.simplyoutdoors.net Arthur

Being a fellow Michigander I saw this story and wondered exactly the same thing. How do you go Black Bear hunting and not take enough bullets? Seriously, that is disturbing and puzzling. How many shots did they take?

I guess we will have to wait for a little more of the story before judging. It does seem very odd though!
http://www.californiahuntingtoday.com/hogblog Phillip

It can happen. This actually just stirred a memory that I’m gonna post up on my blog, but in short… despite experience and knowledge, we still make some bonehead mistakes. Leaving the extra ammo home, or thinking you won’t need it falls into that category. I’ve done it. I know other people who’ve done it.

Of course they could have brought plenty of ammo, but they’re just exceptionally bad shots.

Anyway, I’d love to know the “rest of the story” on this one too, but I won’t rush to judgement.
Bill

Now it’s ok to forget the extra ammo….when you’re hunting squirrels. I’ld have a better chance of forgeting my pants, then the ammo going after bear. Same reason you wouldn’t use a single shot rifle. Now if you’ve got a 5 shot clip, and you miss that much, you need to practice more.
http://www.AlphaTrilogy.com darrell

I appreciate Phils comment as I tend to rush to judgement. We need to be able to kill what we are hunting quickly. If a follow up shot is necessary, we need to have the ammo available. Unfortunately, our bonehead mistakes are ammunition for the anti crowd. Beating a bear to death isn’t good for our reputations as hunters.

If I was a bear and being chased by dogs and winged by hunters, I would do my best to kill the dogs and then the hunters.

On the flip side, if a wounded bear was attacking my dog and I didn’t have any ammo left, I’d do my best to beat the bear to death.

A true catch 22.
http://blackbearattacksmichiganman mike

what i read is disturbing!! ive been hunting bear for 35yrs you must think before hunting a great animal of the forest, one shot is all you need with a steady hand and be positive of yourself, i can also say you pull a stunt like that at my camp you wont be hunting with me no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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