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Hunter May Have Killed ‘Hope’ the Famous Black Bear

Hunter May Have Killed Hope the Famous Black BearMINNEAPOLIS (The Blaze/AP) — Researchers fear a hunter may have killed a black bear named Hope who became famous when her birth in northeastern Minnesota was broadcast live to a worldwide audience over the Internet.

Lynn Rogers, senior biologist with the North American Bear Center and its affiliated Wildlife Research Institute, said Monday that Hope was last seen Sept. 14.

Rogers is waiting to hear from the Department of Natural Resources whether a hunter registered killing a bear matching the description of Hope. He said the local game warden told him he’d need to seek clearance from other DNR officials to release the information.

The center installed a camera inside Lily‘s den and thousands of people watched over the Internet as Hope’s mother, Lily, give birth two winters ago.

Hope did not have a radio collar but often roamed with Lily, whose collar showed she visited the hunter’s bait station three times – on Sept. 15, 16 and 17. “Then she left and never returned to it. And Hope was never seen again,” Rogers said.

Lily’s Facebook page has over 132,000 fans and word of Hope’s potential demise has generated hundreds of postings on it, mostly from mourners and opponents of hunting. People in 132 counties and students at over 500 schools have been following the lives of Lily, Hope, and Lily’s youngest cub Faith, Rogers said. He said some teachers called him in tears over the weekend, asking what they should tell their students.

“There was so much we wanted to learn from this family,” Rogers said.

Rogers said he knows the hunter who maintained the bait station, and knows he would not shoot a radio-collared bear, which is legal but officially discouraged in Minnesota. He said the hunter answered some questions via email but did not say if he shot Hope.

“I‘m figuring I’ll never release his name,” Rogers said, adding that the center’s goal is to “peacefully coexist with hunters. … We just want to know what happened and go on from there.”

Still, Rogers said he has to wonder if the hunter deliberately sought out Hope. He said the hunter has posted messages before on a Facebook page with around 50 fans called “Lily: a bear with a bounty,“ where some postings last week spoke of ”Hope jerky” or Hope cooked in a crockpot.

“It’s disappointing to see people without a care about science, education and the region,” Rogers said.

Hope and Lily’s territory is far away from a forest fire that has blackened over 146 square miles east of Ely, but Rogers said the same drought conditions that fueled the fire also dried up this year’s wild berry crop, making hungry bears more likely to feed at bait stations. But he expressed doubt that Hope’s contacts with him and other researchers made the bear too trusting. He said hunters tell him the center’s research bears are actually more cautious about bait, though he doesn’t know why.

Minnesota’s bear hunting season opened Sept. 1. Bait stations are legal but must be registered. An estimated 9,200 hunters took a total of 2,699 bears last year for a success rate of 29 percent, according to DNR figures. The DNR is mandated to provide bear hunting opportunities and reducing bear-human conflicts is one reason, DNR spokesman Scott Pengelly said.

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  • grantfamily
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:22pm

    If this bear and it’s family was going to be that much watch over what should have been done was to collar it and then mark the collar in some way that would make it obvious not to shoot it. While I’m not a hunter I think the issue is that an unfortunate happenstance occurred with a family of animals that was very popular with the public. Truly if they were this public something should have been done to mark the bears from others and then notify hunters to at least be aware.

    If the hunter did indeed make comments about the bear in cooking recipes and he sought this bear family out he had a right to do it, unfortunately. My opinion is that if he actively sought this animal out then he is despicable all the same.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:08am

      Good for this hunter, he killed “hope”. Now get back in those woods and see if you can bring down “change”. With both of them dead, we can mount them on the wall.

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    • chazman
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 7:15am

      … waaa …

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:07am

      The researcher is moronic. Killing the bear is anti-science, anti-education and anti-region?

      What a dope.

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    • truckinwife
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:43am

      FYI; from inside sources Hope the bear was taking off her collar, and would not keep on any markings placed on her. So the bear was fighting markings which would have protected it.

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    • Lara
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:39pm

      Here is the Facebook page of the research bears. facebook.com/notes/lily-the-black-bear/mini-update-september-27-2011-200-pm-cd/10150469935439478

      You can see back videos of this bear family and learn more about the work these individuals are doing. They do not condemn the man for the killing of the bear, and feel it was nice that he came forward about it. The mother TAGGED bear had fed at the same bait station earlier in the season and he left her alone. Hope refused to keep her collar on. Most hunters know it helps preserve the future of hunting and wildlife when research is done. Most respect the reasons Fish and Game make the laws they have. Hope was special because we had never before witnessed an orphan cub reunite months later with her original mother, and then share the same den when her mom gave birth to twins this past winter. She was the older sister and helped take care of the newborns as gently as her momma did. This gave so much more research than has EVER been observed before. Thanks to the live cams, more people and children have learned about a black bears life than anyone could have imagined. But with life there is also death to learn as well. We will miss Hope but thank her for putting up with the cameras in her life.

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  • debbiedowrite
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:13pm

    They want to know “What are we going to tell the children”?
    Call it “LIFE”. Do you really think because the bears were on the internet that they would not be subject to the trials and tribulations of LIFE, I do not think so! It is a learning experience–Go With It!

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  • BigPaulie
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:05pm

    Bear is a very fatty and gamey tasting meat.I much prefer deer or elk.

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    • CottonMPG
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:18pm

      Never had black bear. I’d like to try it. I think it is unfair to say the guy doesn’t care about science, education and the region. The people who made those jokes just think it’s stupid to make such a big deal over a bear. Or they are just trying to lighten things up while showing support for their fellow hunter.

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  • BigPaulie
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:03pm

    Also true hunters are unimpressed with the way black bears are taken. I don’t consider it a challenge to feed a bear jelly dounts for days only to shot it when it returns to fill its belly before hibernating for the winter. You want a challenge, stalk a grizzly on foot. Thats hunting.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:58am

      with a black powder rifle and a boy scout knife……naked

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    • BHemming
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:38pm

      All you liberal Huffpost anti hunters need to get a life. There is nothing better for you to do to help America but spread hate toward hunters. My God grow up already. If you don’t hunt then move on with your life.

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  • BobtheMoron
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:03pm

    Food is food. I see no problem. I don’t hunt, but when the supermarket doesn‘t have meat I’LL BE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR SOME.

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  • BigPaulie
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:58pm

    While I am a hunter and live in Northern MN, this is unfortunate. I was just at the North American Bear Center up in Ely, MN with my boys on a camping trip. It is a very interesting place where they do some really great work with the local black bear population. Lynn and her husband do some incredible work out in the woods protecting and informing the public about the bears. They are nice people and I hope they arent taking this too hard.

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  • neesershea
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:52pm

    I wouldn’t exactly call laying bait out for a deer or bear to feed on just so you can sit in your blind & shoot the animal hunting…That’s not hunting in my book. I enjoy hunting with my hubby & we don’t use bait here in AZ

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    • BigPaulie
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:03pm

      I agree 100%

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    • SgtB
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:06pm

      It’s not hunting? Since when do people fish with just a hook? You can either be lucky enough to have a natural pasture of lush food for deer (or freshly killed carion for bear) on your hunting grounds, or you can make such a situation happen. Also, would you pick a hunting spot that wasn‘t between your prey’s feeding grounds, bedding, and water source? All of those are bait. I’m sorry, but if you’ve ever hunted, you relied on bait. Either natural, or man-made. Either way makes no difference.

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    • stoneflyMT
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:51am

      Anyone who uses bait to lure a large game animal is not a hunter, they are a lazy coward with no ethics whatsoever. There is nothing ethical or sporting about baiting a bear. There’s a reason many states have outlawed the practice, and MN should follow suit. I don’t understand how anyone could get enjoyment out of baiting a bear. Lazy coward is really the only description I can come up with. No self-respecting hunter with even a minimum of ethics would find this practice acceptable. I consider it to be as low as, if not lower than, spotlighting deer from your vehicle. I’ll say it again… anyone that baits a large game animal is a full-fledged COWARD!

       
    • warner
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:17am

      Illeagal to hunt over any bait in PA! Should be that way in every state. Sportsmanship and respect for the animal is what hunting is all about!

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    • SICKOFLIBSBULSH
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:51am

      Too bad. I don‘t flame folks who don’t or can’t hunt over bait, be it bear or deer or fowl. If it’s a legal way to hunt and kill game animals in that state, then it’s both legal and ethical. End of story. Just because YOU wouldn’t do it or feel NO ONE should be allowed to do it, makes me wonder, who died and made you King Richard III? Get over it.

      And to all who say that for it to be true hunting, you must do hunt a grizzly naked with a knife or some such nonsense, I ask you, would you like some cheese with that whine?

      This is the reason our Founding Father’s left so much power to the individual states, so that each state could make laws that the residents of said state wanted.

      Besides who ever said that hunting had anything to do fairness? Does the coyote treat the rabbit fairly or humanely? I think not. I obey all the game laws while I’m in the woods, but I’m there to put meat on my table.

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  • Steev
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:50pm

    His next kill will be “ Change ” !

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:57pm

      moutain momma considers herself guilty for eating meat? I find her and her like to be guilty of being brainwashed. how can someone think that way? then again i do understand, is a vactim of liberal progressive idealology.

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  • RightWingConspirator
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:37pm

    HINT FOR TEACHERS: Tell your students that the bear was harvested by a legal process that ends up costing hundreds of dallors and countless hours and is very rewarding and a great way to connect with the great outdoors. Oh ya and tell them even if the bear was not harvested by legal hunting BEARS DO NOT LIVE FOREVER, EVEN YOUR PRECIOUS HOPE WOULD HAVE DIED.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:49pm

      most people do not know, but there are people that hunt and eat bear. bear tastes good, kind of like a tender corned beef. people also hunt and eat deer, rabbits, pigs, squirrells and pretty much every animal that is in the mamal family, snake family, bird family, frog family and some even eat insects. it is not that big of a deal. i would personally rather eat a deer that i killed in a hunt then meat from the supermarket.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:34pm

      You might also tell them about pigs, cows, chickens, etc. and let them know how these animals are conceived, raised, corraled, transported and slaughtered before they turn up on those pretty little plastic trays in the supermarket. I stopped eating meat for a week after watching a movie called “Meat”, about just such a process. Now, I eat meat again. I love it. And, I make sure to bless it and be thankful for the food we eat!

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  • ConservativeCharlie
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:23pm

    I am a conservative, but I really dont get the Hunting thing. If you are hungry and you need to eat, I get it. But sport hunting just seems cruel. I would never hurt any animal unless I intended on eating it., even then, I think I might skip meat if it meant me ending some animals life. Guess I am just soft like that.

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    • walkindude
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:45pm

      yes. I agree with you…you are soft like that. A conservitive understands freedom, and shouldn’t resent when others practice it. You don’t have to invite a hunter to your house to break bread if you disagree, but save any tears for the bears. Crying for them is a waste of time, save your emotional energy for things like fighting oppressive government, which btw, would react to your sympathy for bears by passing yet ANOTHER LAW!

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    • Mountain Mama Martha
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:47pm

      Bless your heart! I see no reason to kill the bears whatsoever. But then I don’t like the deer, squirrels, ducks, etc. being slaughtered either. It tends to turn my stomach thinking about what the animals go through that wind up in the grocery store, but I am one of the guilty ones that consume meat. I don’t watch wild life shows that show predators killing their prey, and yes, I realize this is nature at work. I just don’t want to see it. I could never be the one with the camera watching it happen.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:53pm

      never met a hunter that was a game hunter and did noteat his kill. Don’t know if you have a prejudice against hunters or some factles perception of hunting, but i would advise you to educate yourself. Liberals hunt also and they get understand it. ever have a fresh grown tomato? do you get why people would go through all the trouble of growing them? i don‘t understand why you don’tunderstand

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    • positive1
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:53pm

      I have Hunted as well, and fell the same way. With that being said, all living things, 99.99% will have passed on one way or anther in 100 short years(including those cute little new born babies). And in the end the bear was a hunt able animal and for what every reason, is not for you to care about. There are many children, elderly and widows, not to mention all the lonely, lost, souls out there in the world to care for. As long as we or not causing extinction of a species, we should focus of the human crisis on the planet. For for all the creatures on the planet where created out of thin air (CO2), and can be created again. With that being said… bon appetite! and get over it! Bear soaked in whole milk for 12+ hours is GOOD. and for the sport is cruel.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:16pm

      Did you skip the breakfast sausage this morning or the burger for lunch? Maybe you had some perpperoni pizza for dinner. Just because you are removed from the act of butchering an animal, does not mean that an animal didn’t die so that you could eat and live. In fact, most farm raised animals are harvested in a much less humane way than any avid hunter would harvest an animal. Ever seen hogs loaded into the kill box and then shocked with a million volts before having their throat slit and their unconcious carcass hung on a conveyor to let the blood flow out?

      I hunt and for a very good reason. The animals that I kill die within seconds and live their lives free up until that point. Your bacon lives in a little concrete box with a metal fence around it. I’ve got nothing against farm raised meat. In fact, without it, we couldn’t feed the number of people we have on this planet. But when people start condemning hunters or say that they wouldn’t kill an animal for food while simultaneously shoving a big mac down their gullet it screams of hypocrisy to me.

      BTW, we should get rid of the difference between bow and rifle hunting seasons if for no other reason than the fact that a bullet is a much more effective and humane way to kill a deer or any other animal. It never made sense to me to have a 2 week deer gun season and 2 months of bow season. Other than that it may take 2 months to get close enough to a deer with a bow.

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    • The Truth Seeker
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:29pm

      I love nature. I love all aspects of nature. I get that “soft” side you speak of. When I see a fawn in late spring I say “Aww” not “Mmmm deer veal!” But having said all that I am an avid hunter. Good hunters do not promote the sport by acting indifferent to the taking of the life of the animal. I always feel intense joy and satisfaction when a hunt is successful and I always feel sadness at the same time. It is a mix of emotions that are impossible to truly explain to the non-hunter. If the bear was killed by an ethical hunter (hunting bear over bait is not illegal in most states that allow bear hunting) then so be it. But if this hunter has SPECIFICALLY targeted this bear for no other reason than the bear’s “fame” then I think the hunter is a poor advocate for hunting.

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    • the68
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:14am

      +1, Truthseeker. It is a mix of emotions for me as well. Of course I am always grateful for a successful hunt, but there is a solemness mixed into the whole experience. It’s definitely worth it to put a tasty meal on the table, however. The first rabbit I ever shot I baked in the oven with some onions, salt and pepper. I timed the oven and went to work. When I returned, only two strips of tender meat along the spine remained; my brothers had eaten everything else and were still licking their fingers. To me, that’s what hunting is all about; putting delicious, healthy meals on the table.

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    • truckinwife
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:48am

      If it was between my family eating or some cute fussy animal, hello skillet. Yes I love animals, and enjoy watching them. But I will not fall for the awful mean hunter mind set that PETA and the rest have placed on us as a people. As I am sure that will place us in a situation that could cost us our lives.

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    • kenr1963
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:17pm

      LOL!!! A chicken is not a life a cow a pig.fish ETC!!! I”m sorry hope you were being sacastic!

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  • Lion420
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:16pm

    Yeah…so?

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  • darnell7654
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:01pm

    PETA. . . Person Eating Tasty Animal

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  • scrapadapolis
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:00pm

    If Obama gets elected again alot more people will be hunting for food just to survive..And using the same guns to protect themselves from the raveges too follow,Because things will go to hell in a hand basket.

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  • Spyder
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:44pm

    A hunter didn’t kill HOPE. Obama did…

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  • HOPEYCHANGY
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:28pm

    You know, One has to “kill it to grill it”…. Spare me the PETA remarks,… Fall is here, and that means hunting season…Perhaps the Ground Beef in your grocery store is better…..

    Please,….

    Check your history,…..Happens every season,….don’t cry now.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:58pm

      This is all part of the mission of the sneaky snake. Many years ago the U.N was given power over U.S National Parks. Now think about the U.N’s Small Arms Treaty. Think about how the (Knock on wood) Republicans passed a bill allowing firearms to be carried in National Parks. Think about all the recent bear attacks getting publicized in the news. Think about the prospects of a Famous bear getting killed in the woods by hunters. Think about the U.N saying they have to protect. Think about the Small Arms Treaty first getting implemented in our National Parks. Think, think , think! Think my little automatons!

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:02pm

      I am so sick of living in the United States of Entertainment whereby most people can not be serious for five minutes and most conversational people spend most of their time trying to say something more funny than the thing someone else just said.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:07pm

      Everyone in the media complex can suck a rotten egg, and the best thing that could happen to you mindless robots is for the world to crash into the side of a mountain.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:15pm

      I for one personally hope the U.N begins to move faster to crush the mindless bunch in America because the faster they crush you, the faster this stinking corpse of a world resets. We are truly living in the age of a womb that is not bearing fruit, and paps that do not give suck.

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  • mule creek ridge
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:02pm

    If it was taken(KILLED) legally then it’s a good thing. Bear is good protein.Especially rump roast.

    To NUFFSAID I say—- GOOD ONE!!!!!! —-Priceless!!!!!

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  • florida123
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:55pm

    So What? It was hunting season and a hunter killed the bear. End of Story………..

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  • DeannaRae
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:49pm

    “Rogers is waiting to hear from the Department of Natural Resources whether a hunter registered killing a bear matching the description of Hope.”

    What would that description be? Black, Bear.

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    • mils
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:07pm

      NO..IT WAS RADIO COLLARED…PEOPLE are asked not kill them as they are studied.

      If the hunter was questioned and would not say if he had killed Hope..then Hope was killed by the hunter…sad

      if you desperately need the bear meat..good…if not…honor the request not to kill that particular bear/

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    • 9111315
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:13pm

      Looks like they did.

      “Hope did not have a radio collar but often roamed with Lily, whose collar showed . . . .”

      Lily had the collar so the Hunter would have taken the un-collard bear.

      I hope she tastes good.

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    • nnewby
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:17pm

      “Hope did not have a radio collar but often roamed with Lily, whose collar showed she visited the hunter’s bait station”
      I would have little respect for the hunter if they intentionaly sought out Hope. Bear is good eating but I would not shoot one knowing DNR was monitoring it.

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    • TT1488
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:04pm

      no it was not radio collared.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:23pm

      @ mils,
      I know its been said, but…

      “Hope did not have a radio collar…”

      Pulled straight from the text of the story. You really need to learn to read. But, then again, George Washington said freedom of speech is being able to speak whatever you are thinking, or rather, to be free to speak without thinking. I obviously paraphrased that, but the point is you have a right to sound like an idiot if you feel you need to.

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    • truckinwife
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:50am

      @ MILS the bear would take OFF the collar, so it was not collared.

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  • mr.goodvibe
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:39pm

    Black bear is very tasty slow cooked.

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  • TripleG
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:28pm

    son: “Dad, what are we having for dinner?”
    dad: “We’re having HOPE for a CHANGE”

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  • TRILO
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:17pm

    If the bear did not have a collar then it was legal to hunt it. If they were wanting to follow the bears then DNR should have put collars on them to increase their chance for survival during bear hunting season. I have no problem with hunting. My family just returned from bear hunting in Minnesota. If the hunter was out after the bear as a prize then I would have to say shame on him. He is the type of person that gives hunting a bad name. I am sure the hunters in Minnesota will get his name. Hopefully they will shun him and not allow him to hunt on their land.

    As far as what do the crying teachers tell their students…. buck up… life is about eating or being eaten. How about teaching them about the food chain. Not to mention, meat does not magically appear in plastic wrapped styrofoam containers in the meat department of your local grocery store or on a fastfood hamburger or in a box of chicken nuggets. And yes, people do eat bear… I have bear jerky sticks and sausage in my refrigerator.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:12pm

    Oh, darn!!!

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  • BannedByHuffpo
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:58pm

    Yeah right. This guy “hunted” bears just like Buffalo Bill “hunted” bison. When you have to resort to baiting them to get them comfortable frequenting your killing field, or resort to killing them in their den as they awake from winter hibernation, it’s called “slaughter” … not “hunting”. When given a choice, bears will naturally gravitate toward an easy-to-get jelly donut, rather than having to work at foraging as nature intended. Employing cheap bait tricks to get a bear to walk into your gunsights is about as lazy as it gets. A “real” hunter would stalk them on their turf without resorting to cheap tricks to attract them into range. If this guy wanted an easy shot he should have just gone to the zoo.

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    • t00nces2
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:13pm

      If the bears are hunted, they will learn a fear of humans and try to avoid them. Hunting predators is a very humane way of protecting the predator and keeping it from making humans (likely children) prey.

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    • SDMF
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:26pm

      My family hunts and has done so for years and I am inclined to agree with you. I have never gone bear hunting over bait and never will. I believe that you should be able to use camouflage and stealth in order to catch/kill your prey, not set out a Big Mac…

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    • mr.goodvibe
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:42pm

      Some people like where I grew up hunt for sustinence and use bait. Most hunters going after trophies don’t. There is a difference.

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    • sriser1
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:03pm

      You have obviously NEVER hunted.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:41pm

      i don’t know one person who fishes with just a hook… they always bait it…

      …the bears are willing to take handouts without questioning it… they have to know that feed doesn’t magically appear in the woods in a pile or box… just saying… ;)

      same with people on welfare… they are being baited…

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    • Lara
      Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:45pm

      Well said Banned.. My family is from the MTs of NC and it was taught you did NOT bait.. Duck hunting you dont shoot em off the water.. You dont run deer with dogs. They even wouldnt kill a coon that could jump away from a pack of coon dogs at the base of the tree. If the coon dogs went off the trail to chase a bear, they were culled from the pack. Course you did have bear dogs, but that bear could learn to outsmart them and get away. Most of the time it was finding them without such means. They respected the wildlife.. did and did not hunt them out of exsistence it was the people who did not care if they killed every single one of them that hurt the populations of animals.

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  • randy
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:55pm

    Big deal…..

    He said some teachers called him in tears over the weekend, asking what they should tell their students.

    It’s Just a BEAR!
    My God these people make me ill.

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  • NuffSaid
    Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:53pm

    Oh jeez. When did he discover it was a bear?

    Is there a wild pig nearby named “CHANGE?”

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