>>>Where can the 'other side' go if you're going to stalk it in the hopes of killing it? Remember, the bear was wandering around in the woods minding his own business until you showed up with your gun hunting him down.
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>>Isn't that called "natural selection" <g>
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>No, no. Using a gun makes it "artificial selection". ;)

Hunting a bear with a switch would make you realisticly dead. I've hunted bear before, but wasn't fortunate enough to encounter one.

I do have a buddy who killed one with a spear, and I just happened to see it on an Outdoor Life show a few years ago. He's crazy though!