In a few states, citizens voted to stop
hunting bears over bait and using dogs to hunt bears and mountain lions.
In 1994, Oregonians voted out the practice of hound
hunting bears and cougars.
Up to that point, I had not been interested in
hunting bears. But that single encounter changed everything.
They then sat out the winter, surviving by employing traditional Inuit skills--building a stone hut with tools made from walrus tusks, using walrus blubber for lighting and
hunting bears for food and clothing.
Of course, there was a time when we channelled this sporting spirit into declaring war on every country we visited and
hunting bears into extinction.
We weren't
hunting bears; we were glassing for goats and caribou.
I was thinking about this, and the fact that in three years of
hunting bears I had yet to lay eyes on one, when out of nowhere a bear showed up.
Oregonians voted in 1994 to ban the use of bait in
hunting bears, and the use of dogs in hunting cougars.
She describes a trip to Svalbard in the early spring to film
hunting bears: "We'd get up about as soon as it was light, at about 7 am, as the days are not very long.
When
hunting bears from a treestand, it's imperative to be quiet.
The following year, the group of Tall Tines shooters was back
hunting bears again with Ryan.
After making our way across, Eric paused for a breather and quipped, "I'll bet you didn't know you would be
hunting bears that think they are sheep."
