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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
Hunter kills bear with GoPro-mounted spear in Alberta, sparking backlash
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/hunter-...lash-1.3030044
I wasn't sure where to put this but I wanted to share. I am not a fan of baiting animals for hunting and I find this especially sickening to watch. I hope they ban this completely. The bear is suffering and this type of practice shouldn't exist. Sure hunt for meat and kill animals as quickly as possible, I have no issues with that, but the government seems to be taking steps to get rid of this sort of thing.
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If this guy was tracking the bear and didnt bait it I wouldnt have a real problem with it as being able to track a bear and hunt it down with a spear is fairly impressive. I would say that its more 'fair' to the animal for giving it the chance to live based on how difficult it would be to do so compared to using a rifle (also terrifying trying to track a bear with only a spear).
But baiting animals takes the sport out of hunting. Also his reaction was a little over the top, instead of trying to track the bear immediately.