Bear attack while bow hunting

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Bear attack while bow hunting

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Lot of stupidity in the comments, including assertions that he is using field points or other target gear. But if you freeze it at 0:16 in, you can clearly see a broadhead on the end of his arrow. He definitely wasn't ready for what happened.
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I thought this was going to be one of those "What would you do?" threads. I was all ready:

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Would you rather have a bear coming at you and you have a knife or a shark?
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I think the knife would be more practical to carry than a shark.
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^^^^

I'm glad you said that, I didn't want to, but hated to pass up the chance.
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20-foot Great White sharks are quite difficult to carry into the field - especially for black bear protection!! LOL!! ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Nobody needs a 20 foot great white shark for hunting bear.
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Netpackrat wrote:Nobody needs a 20 foot great white shark for hunting bear.
And they are much more expensive to feed than a 458 SOCOM or 50 Beowolf......... :lol:
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