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[Shamrock]

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/hunt ... id=3150157

I'm a little disappointed he didn't wrestle the bear, but I guess people just aren't quite that hardcore anymore.

[Folby]

Maybe in America they're not:

Judo Throw Saves Man From Bold Bear

MATSUMOTO, Nagano -- A man used a judo throw to scare off a bear that attacked him while he was picking mushrooms on a Nagano Prefecture mountain Monday afternoon, police said Tuesday.

At around 3:50 p.m., Keiichi Yamaguchi, 63, a resident of Matsuda, Kanagawa Prefecture, was picking mushrooms on a mountain in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, when an Asiatic black bear suddenly attacked him, police said.

The bear bit Yamaguchi on the hand and left thigh and he responded by hitting it on the nose and in the stomach. When he used a judo technique to hurl the bear, it ran away from the scene. The bear was about 170 centimeters long, police said.

Yamaguchi said his injuries are not serious, but he intends to receive medical treatment at a local hospital.

[Borkelmans]

That bear got what he deserved, going out looking like that. Stephen Colbert's gonna have a fucking field day.

[B]

Fuck this kid. I don't care who his great-grandfather is. Having someone point at a bear and say SHOOT THE BEAR is nothing to be proud of. Hunting is stupid and mean.

[Whittle]

one sunday morning i woke up really early and put on espn2. there was a hunting show on, with a father teaching his like, 6 year old daughter how to hunt a deer. there was a buck she was about to shoot, but she ended up missing and the deer ran away. she started to sob about how she missed an 11-pointer, and the father put his arm around her and consoled her, saying "I love you."

i was filled with disgust.

[blacktoothgrin]

he should have beat her for missing.

[Alex]

I agree with B. I secretly wish for most hunters to get mauled. Folby's article is cool though.

[Terry Cheesecake]

Who takes a five year old shooting? Jesus fucking Christ.

Tre Merritt's father, Wheatley, said he began teaching his son to shoot when he was just 2 ½ years old, and said Tre killed three deer last year.

Wheatley Merrit is a redneck cunt.

[Meg]

I agree with B as well.

Why the hell was the grandfather crying? I mean, I would have cried too because a tiny little kid had just proudly shot and killed a bear, but he was crying from some sort of creepy joy.

[Kristen]

I'm not a hunting advocate or anything but it is a pretty big deal if you are a good enough shot at age 5 to shoot and kill a bear. What the fuck else are you going to do in rural Arkansas?

[Casey]

create something instead of killing things

[Terry Cheesecake]

I'm not a hunting advocate or anything but it is a pretty big deal if you are a good enough shot at age 5 to shoot and kill a bear. What the fuck else are you going to do in rural Arkansas?

I can think of more useful skills for a 5 year old to learn than shooting. Basic numeracy and literacy would be a start.

[Kristen]

Yeah, so can I, but that is a big part of life down there. Going target shooting is fun but I certainly don't approve of people killing animals for sport.

[Duzzy Funlop]

I did not know it was legal for five year-olds to shoot guns.

[Kristen]

Well you have to have a license to shoot an animal but I am not sure how the hunting and gun laws apply to minors.

[Justin]

I did not know it was legal for five year-olds to shoot guns.

Do you want to be the one who tries taking the gun away from the five-year old who done shot himself a bear?

[Maynard,]

I am not for sport hunting either, but I do think that hunting can help people learn basic survival skills. For all we know, the family uses most of the bear for things. I think that starting a five year old on hunting is premature, but I don't have anything against learning the hunting skills. Note: I do not hunt.

[Casey]

If you're hunting for survival having a five-year-old do it seems pretty impractical. Also,

Wheatley Merritt said the family plans to get a life-sized mount of the bear, but where they will put has yet to be determined.

[Shamrock]

Maybe in America they're not:

Judo Throw Saves Man From Bold Bear

MATSUMOTO, Nagano -- A man used a judo throw to scare off a bear that attacked him while he was picking mushrooms on a Nagano Prefecture mountain Monday afternoon, police said Tuesday.

At around 3:50 p.m., Keiichi Yamaguchi, 63, a resident of Matsuda, Kanagawa Prefecture, was picking mushrooms on a mountain in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, when an Asiatic black bear suddenly attacked him, police said.

The bear bit Yamaguchi on the hand and left thigh and he responded by hitting it on the nose and in the stomach. When he used a judo technique to hurl the bear, it ran away from the scene. The bear was about 170 centimeters long, police said.

Yamaguchi said his injuries are not serious, but he intends to receive medical treatment at a local hospital.

American bears are much bigger. They guy would've gotten mauled if he'd tried that on a bear that was twice as big.

that's why we need to arm every 5 year old.

But at least now the kid will never feel like he hasn't lived up to his ancestor's name.

[phil5329]

Isn't this kind of endangering the welfare of a child?