Monster Bear killed

just read it might be world record "skull"...took 9 shots from archers to kill it..17 years old and was tagged in new jersey years before..live weight over 800 lbs.."monster"

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he was a crossbow hunter not an archer.

now riz, I knew that but the story is..his buddies had bows and they all put arrows in it..9 total..pgc is investigating that the bear was hand fed and in a pen..thats what i was told..not my doing..

GREAT BEAR HUNTERS, The bears name was BOZO,hand feed since it was a cub for 17 years,by a Mr.Lewis,the bear was shot close to his trailer that he lived in,I guess PGC acts like it's a good kill.REAL SPORTY,you don't put 9 arrows in a wild bear,one of the guys worked 2 miles away from there and claims he did not know of the bear (17 year) hand fed) READ the real story and see the pics of Mr. lewis with his pet bear.Mr Lewis was sighted for feeding the bear! Yes I know it's against the law but killing this bear IS A DOWN RIGHT SIN. When BOZO was hungry,he knock on Mr.Lewis's back door.I'm a hunter and a killer but this deal is neither,How proud could you be,to have taken part in this deal? GREAT JOB Pa.BEAR HUNTERS,guys like you give us ALL A BAD NAME!

WWW.myhuntingforum.com, yes it was a legal kill but DO YOU WANT A BEAR THAT BAD? How many bear hunter would do this? I guess they held a pie for BOZO to smell,so they could place there shots. Again nice job to the slobs!

ORIGINAL: bingsbaits

How'd the get the bear to stand still while they porcupined it with bolts and arrows ?

 
Thought I read it treed?? 

Record Bear Becomes Hunter’s Nightmare



A Poconos hunter bagged a state-record black bear last week, but now faces local scorn after the bear was found to be the unofficial mascot for a tourist site.
The 875-pound bear was killed by David Price, a Northeast Pennsylvania bow hunter. The bear kill was authenticated by state game officials as a clean kill that happened in sanctioned game lands.
Then, the record kill started turning into a big negative for Price, when the late bear turned out to be Bozo the bear, a local icon at Bushkill Falls, a well-known tourist attraction, and at a restaurant.
Bozo had been hand-fed since he was a cub by a local man, and at the age of 17 was a fixture at the attraction.
In fact, Leroy Lewis, 71, was warned by local officials about feeding Bozo various scraps.
Price said he's upset by the bad publicity generated by the kill, which isn’t going over well with the locals.
"This may be the peak of my hunting career, and it's tainted, it really is," Price told the Pocono Record.
There has been an outpouring of grief from residents who had grown to love Bozo.
"I'm devastated. I'm just devastated," said Lewis. "I mean I feel like I lost a friend."
Lewis said the bear would knock on his door when he was hungry.
Christine Branigan, a waitress at a nearby restaurant, said Bozo was the eatery's "mascot" and had visited the night before he was killed.
He rapped on the backdoor and employees fed him some ice cream, she said.
Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser said bears can create a public nuisance if they're fed by humans. They're also creatures of habit that can become accustomed to finding food in one area, he said.
Feaser stressed that wildlife officials investigated the bear's death and found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Price.
Price also told one local newspaper he’d been tracking the bear for three years .
There was also an unconfirmed message board post from a man claiming to be Price’s nephew that it took three hunters and nine arrows to kill the bear.

No doubt a nuisance bear.  Taken legally though by the looks of it. 

I wonder when this bear hits the books if it will go down as "Bozo" the Pa record bear?

ORIGINAL: dpms

No doubt a nuisance bear.  Taken legally though by the looks of it. 

I had a feeling he wasnt your normal every day average bear!

I know what your sayin. Too bad this bear has a history.

ORIGINAL: akitadog

im gonna tell you if i was bear hunting and a bear come through my hunting spott, im gonna shoot the bear.

No, I would not. I'm no more jealous of these people than the guys that shoot hand raised exotic cats in a 10 by 10 foot fenced area. But if you're happy to do that, it sure says a lot about you.

The bear was a wild animal, killed legally, in season, on state gamelands, by a licensed hunter. The only crime was committed by those folks who tried to make it a pet. I'am with Akitadog, I have a couple of my own deer and turkeys that I feed on a regular basis in my back yard and would never think of shooting. However, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot yours in a hunting situation and wouldn't expect you to pass on mine in the same situation.

ORIGINAL: SilverKype

I used to handfeed free ranging deer at Glendale when younger.  I could not imagine carrying a bow into the woods in the area going after a world class buck that was handfed.   Then except praise for my kill and stand on top of it like I'm some sort of king and the defeated animal is somehow inferior.  "Legal" or not, this is a sad moment for fair chase sportsman. 

i know eacatly where you mean and a few years ago i remember when that area was open for hunting for the first time ever and remains till this day...i wount hunt there but boy if i wanted to there is no where to park...LMAO!

S10 sumed it up, so let go and let live.....
Better luck to all you green faces next yr.....