Post by: gvan on April 22, 2014, 10:43:56 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 22, 2014, 11:03:28 AM
Ore. ranchers kill 500-lb black bear
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Ranchers in south-central Oregon have legally killed a nearly 500-pound black bear after one of their heifers was killed by a bear and the giant animal was found in the family’s cattle herd.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Craig Foster says Marie Leehmann went beyond legal requirements by obtaining a kill permit before a family member shot the bear.
The Herald and News reports that field biologists say the male bear weighed 490 pounds, stood 6-foot-5 and was 13 to 15 years old. Foster said the largest bear he had previously seen weighed 345 pounds.
The kill permit was issued after it was determined that one of the Leehmanns’ yearling heifers had been killed by a bear. Two days later, on April 4, Leehmann was checking the cows when a bear ran out of the herd. Her son, Ryon, shot the bear within a quarter-mile of their home.
Foster says ranchers are legally allowed to kill bears that attack cattle.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on April 22, 2014, 11:36:07 AM
Post by: trophyhunt on April 22, 2014, 11:41:44 AM
Post by: 2labs on April 25, 2014, 04:08:46 PM
Post by: jackelope on April 25, 2014, 06:43:42 PM
That bear is big enough, no need to stand 10' behind it! :chuckle: what a brute!
That guy is literally 10' behind that bear.
Post by: xXLojackXx on April 26, 2014, 08:07:21 AM
That bear is big enough, no need to stand 10' behind it! :chuckle: what a brute!
That guy is literally 10' behind that bear.
Maybe more :chuckle: but how many threads are there going to be about this bear?? Might as well make it a dang sticky.
Post by: kodiak 907 on April 29, 2014, 03:23:55 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on April 29, 2014, 03:41:36 PM
PMan
Post by: kodiak 907 on April 29, 2014, 03:44:32 PM