black bear mauled my 3d archery target

[wahlie]

yup, the neck on that target is pretty wide... Funny, how the bear knew right where to go for the jugular shot.....

[TBone]

Unoffically that bear's killed more deer than me!!!

[fishweewee]

da y-um. Is 60 lb bow enough to take bear?

[t.orlando]

Bear meat at next years TCTFFN?

[bart]

i thought black bears were more known as foragers? crazy chit....

[wahlie]

Ben,
your bow could definately take down a bear. Bart, black bears are generally very passive and are foragers... Trying to figure out what provoked him to attack the target... my theories are
1. a mother with cubs
2. a male stumbled upon it at night and got spooked so he decided to kick the snot out of it....
3. he was trying to make sweet love to it after hybernating all winter.

[bart]

i almost forgot about this..

a coupla years ago my godfather's neighbors who live in cumberland RI had a rabbit hutch torn to chit. there was blood on the ground and obviously the rabbits were missing. if you've seen a rabbit hutch or cage, there is usually an escape area for the rabbit to crawl up into. they didn't think it was a coyote because the animal would've had to reach up into the escape area and pull the rabbit out. the next day my grandfather looked out into his backyard( a long field) and saw two big black "things" walking along. so maybe black bears are are more carnivorous than once thought?