BC man kills attacking bear with stick!

If he was only three years old like Davy Crockett was then I would be impressed.;):D
 
Was he a lumberjack? Must have one hell of a swing. And a lot of luck, too, to pick up a stick that could withstand that much force without breaking. I'm no expert on attacking bears with sticks but I don't think an axe handle could do that kind of damage.
 
bigox said:
As a preacher once said: "There's nothing like a nice piece of hickory."
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There's no hickory on Vancouver Island, unless someone has planted it in their front yard.

I wonder wohat kind of wood it was? Vine maple? Big-leaf maple? Alder?
 
shangchi108 said:
Was he a lumberjack? Must have one hell of a swing. And a lot of luck, too, to pick up a stick that could withstand that much force without breaking. I'm no expert on attacking bears with sticks but I don't think an axe handle could do that kind of damage.
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axe handles used to be used to "strike break" The oval profile of the haft is deadly, it concentrates a lot of force in a tiny area. Bones can be shattered, skulls caved in. many a man has died from ax handle trauma.

I myself am shaping an old ax handle into a street walking stick.
 
Bushman5 said:
axe handles used to be used to "strike break" The oval profile of the haft is deadly, it concentrates a lot of force in a tiny area. Bones can be shattered, skulls caved in. many a man has died from ax handle trauma.

I myself am shaping an old ax handle into a street walking stick.
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you must live near hastings to need one of those
 
I have heard axe handles are a favoured brawl weapon in some areas, way above baseball bats.
Bushman5, any pics of that walking stick?
 
Bushman5 said:
axe handles used to be used to "strike break" The oval profile of the haft is deadly, it concentrates a lot of force in a tiny area. Bones can be shattered, skulls caved in. many a man has died from ax handle trauma.

I myself am shaping an old ax handle into a street walking stick.
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I have an 18" hickory tire knocker with an oval shaft, 1" x 1.25". It is small and light, but a nice close-in impact weapon. I also have two hickory crooktop canes.
 
Think about that animal's rights. Clearly, the human violated that animal's animal rights. The guy should have been bigger than that, and not resorted to violence.

Violence never solves anything, and instead of utilizing a weapon of war (a stick), he should have dialed 911 and let the proper authorities handle it.

God forbid it was a jagged stick.:eek:

Only the police and military need those.:)
 
Where's Jackknife when you need him? He's the walking stick meister, has a lot of good input in this area!
 
Not a very nice outcome for the cubs. If the guy had a .454 Cassal he could have scared the bear with the noise. If not he could have blasted it. The poor cubs got the short end of the stick.:thumbdn:
 
Well, you can't carry pistols in Canada.
I guess if he could fly he could have just flown away.:D
 
There's tough, and there's lucky. That guy is both. Although a real man would have just head-butted the bear and been done with it.
 
pitdog said:
Man all the wood I pick up around here would have snapped the first time it hit the bear !!!!
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i second that again and the fact that is why we carry big knives.

never even heard of a serious bear attack in the Adirondaks but when i'm 5 miles back i'm not taking any chances.

its another reason i wear a rescue whistle,hoping it would scare or distract a bear on top of just doing what a rescue whistle does.

i've yet to see a bear or a moose up here.i've seen tons of bear scat and prints,big ones too and moose tracks once.

i dont know which one i'd rather run into,a black bear or moose although my chances of seeing bear are 10 times greater
 
Outdoors Fanatic said:
There was no rational reason to kill the poor cubs. Plenty of wild life shelters and volunteers would be willing to care of them, till they are ready to be reintroduced in their habitat again...
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Wrong
There are over 80,000 black bears in BC, most estimates put the number well over 110,000
We do not have the facilities in BC to care for every yearling cub that losses it's mother.
We don't even have a major zoo in the province.
Reintroduction is not always an option
 
Grampa said:
There's no hickory on Vancouver Island, unless someone has planted it in their front yard.

I wonder wohat kind of wood it was? Vine maple? Big-leaf maple? Alder?
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This did not happen on Vancouver Island.
The incident where the bear climbed into the boat was Vancouver Island.

This incident happened at Green Lake which is in the interior of BC.

Beautiful area I have relatives at 71 mile and I have spent many days hunting in the area
 
Better story and pictures in this link
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-bear-attack-survivor.html
B.C. man comes out swinging in bear attack
Warning: this story contains graphic details
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 | 9:43 PM ET Comments210Recommend181CBC News
Jim West needed 60 stitches on his head and body to close wounds from the bear attack. (CBC)
A Cariboo, B.C., man who was attacked by a bear says he used a stick to put up the fight of his life after he realized he was likely in a fight to the death.

Jim West, 45, was out walking last Saturday morning with his two dogs near 70 Mile House, about halfway between Kamloops and Williams Lake, when he came face to face with an angry mother bear.

"I turned [when] I heard a grunt. All I saw was eyes full of hatred … I had no option … So I stuck my foot up and tried to kick her in the face," he said.

The bear then attacked him, knocking him to the ground, and West soon found himself on the losing side of an ill-matched fight.

"I rolled onto my stomach and clasped my hands at the back of my neck. She tore into my skull at the back of my head, moved over and bit me on the left side of my body, on my ribs and left arm," said West.

Knowing he would likely soon be dead unless he fought back, the injured West managed to get to his feet and picked up a stick about as thick as his arm.

Bear's skull crushed
"I said, in effect, bring it on sweetie. I took one step forward — smash!" said West.

Jim West demonstrates how he swung at the oncoming bear with a stick he grabbed off the ground. (CBC)
"I swung the stick and broke it over her head. She kind of stood there and shook it off, like she was stunned," he said.

"I realized if I didn't continue the attack she would knock me to the ground again and I would not get up.

"I swung my piece of wood like a sledgehammer driving spikes and I kept swinging till she was lying flat on the ground and there was blood coming out of her nose," said West.

The five-foot-nine man eventually crushed the bear's skull with the stick, killing it.

West then walked a kilometre and a half to a local lodge, where he was transported to hospital. The gashes in his body took 60 stitches to sew up.

The incident surprised even conservation officers, who say West is lucky to be alive.

Unfortunately, two young bears had to be euthanized because they would not survive the winter without their mother, West said. And while he regrets the deaths of the three bears, he believes he did what he needed to do to survive.
 
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