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Index of Subjects --_8a8cfd56-382c-41d4-b5b2-6831dee6463b_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The bear wasn't chasing them. It could have killed them at any time. It tag= ged along with them for twenty minutes or so=2C presumably out of curiosity Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Shouty McShoutsalot<mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com> Sent: =E2=80=8E2015-=E2=80=8E02-=E2=80=8E16 7:21 PM To: naturens<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Nova Scotia Sunday Hunting survey lol! A Black Bear supposedly chases two girls - 'I lost my cell phone so I couldn't call for help' - for 20 minutes and couldn't catch them? And who's being irrational here? On 16 February 2015 at 18:45=2C Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote: > Those girls were not attacked by the bear. In fact it was a great example > of how unlikely a black bear attack is because even in 20 minutes screami= ng > and panic the bear did not display any aggressive behavior. Understandabl= y > the girls sustained some injuries from their panic. I=E2=80=99ve never he= ard of it > ever in NS but an Alberta woman did get killed by a black bear last year = so > it not impossible=E2=80=94just less likely than being accidently shot by = a hunter. > > > > David=2C you making outlandish claims and exaggerations is not out ordina= ry > but to suggest Richard claims he only wants one form of recreation is a n= ew > low for you. > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: > naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *David & Alison Webster > *Sent:* Monday=2C February 16=2C 2015 4:59 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Nova Scotia Sunday Hunting survey > > > > Hi Darrell & All=2C Feb 16=2C 2015 > > Darrell=2C I agree with you on all counts except one. I would have no > quarrel with Sunday hunting. > > I especially appreciated your-- > > "It would be nice to see some rational thinkers in the naturalist > community=2C it would go a long way." > > --because a great many contributed irrational objections and consequentl= y > demonstrated the merit of your comment. I would like to go on and on but > after 9+ hours of moving snow etc. there are chores inside to deal with. > But there is time for a few Parthian Shots. > > There is currently a wolf cull about to start in BC on the false > premise that killing one Wolf will result in many more Caribou. But Dave > C.=2C you are falling back on the same kind of false biology when you obj= ect > to hunters killing deer that you otherwise might see. Our deer population= s > are limited largely by feed=2C winter weather and in exceptional > circumstances illegal hunting using lights. And the idea that deer hunter= s > are obliged to leave Sundays to hikers. it being only about 4 out of 28 > days set aside does not wash either. The deer hunting season is a very > small fraction of the year and those who imagine that no hunting takes > place on Sundays are living in a dream world. > > And Richard=2C your photographs are beautiful=2C and more power to yo= u=2C > but it would be a dull world if there were only one acceptable form of > recreation. > > And some hunter orange is likely a sensible precaution during the > hunting season and if there is any chance of leaving the woods after dark > it is wise to have a light and use it when getting near out. Nearly all > hunting accidents occur when visibility is poor. And Bears do sometimes > attack humans=3B e.g. the instance of two girls in Kings County a year or= so > ago. > > And even if you wear a dark brown coat with a white collar=2C have no > light and reach your vehicle after dark your risk of injury increases at > least 100-fold the minute you start driving. > > YT=2C Dave Webster=2C Kentville-- With many fond memories of hunting (and > often not finding) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* darrell@abolitphotos.ca > > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > *Sent:* Monday=2C February 16=2C 2015 10:26 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Nova Scotia Sunday Hunting survey > > > > I am a hunter but still against it=2C for the reason of giving the animal= s > one day free from human pressure=2C not for non existing hikers in the > country side. > > For perspective=2C many hunters only get Saturday to hunt=2C to pay the m= oney > and only get 4 days in the woods is not worth it. Too many deer and the > herd needs to be culled. > > Another reason is the natives get to hunt 7 days a week/365 and it is not > fair that they get free rein while others do not. This bias and > discriminatory practice has to stop. All people should be treated equally > and fairly as not to cause tensions. The government has to stop the free > for all harvesting by natives. All animals have a harvest season and > limits and all people should abide by them. > > It would be nice to see some rational thinkers in the naturalist > community=2C it would go a long way. > > Simply look at the shooting accidents=2C they are near zero=2C to be afra= id to > go in the woods in hunting season is down right ridiculous. > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > On Mon=2C 16 Feb 2015 09:50:09 -0400=2C Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wr= ote: > > I=E2=80=99m shocked the Nova Scotia government is even considering allowi= ng > hunting on Sundays. If you don=E2=80=99t want to lose both weekend days f= or > wintertime recreation in the woods=2C please take a moment to answer thes= e 3 > questions. > > > > > > http://novascotia.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/OSR/sunday-hunting/ > > > > > > Keith Lowe > > > > Halifax > > > > > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5646 / Virus Database: 4284/9124 - Release Date: 02/16/15 > > -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport=2C NS --_8a8cfd56-382c-41d4-b5b2-6831dee6463b_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html=3B charset=3Dutf-8"> </head> <body> <div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri=2Csans-serif=3B font-size: 11pt=3B">The = bear wasn't chasing them. It could have killed them at any time. 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