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Hunters soon could be chasing grizzly bears across the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, leaving three states to come up with plans to ensure the iconic species won't be snuffed out so soon after recovering from threats to their survival.
The Obama administration in March proposed lifting protections for the more than 700 grizzlies around Yellowstone National Park. The bears have been considered a threatened species since 1975, but wildlife officials say their population has sufficiently recovered to turn over management to Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
Other grizzly populations in Montana, Idaho and Washington state will remain protected. The grizzlies' Alaska cousin, the brown bear, is not considered a threatened or endangered species and is hunted regularly.
Yay, more unchewably tough meat! On the other hand, as a top predator its recovery does endorse conservation efforts over the past half-century.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by devlux on Friday May 13 2016, @03:51PM
You know how you feel after being bitten by a horsefly?
That's how a bear feels after you insult it by trying to harm it with a bow and arrow.
If you're hunting a bear you need a gun and powerful one at that.
Otherwise you're hurting the thing but not enough to kill it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @04:14PM
Nope [google.com].
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @04:16PM
Incorrect.
According to actual studies on broadhead lethality (look for the work of Dr Ashby) you can do pretty well with a longbow on larger and physically tougher animals provided that you have an adequate draw weight, and suitable design of broadhead and shaft.
I forget the whole list of criteria, but a full penetration on a flank shot through both lungs is quite effective, and better yet if you hit heart and liver owing to the efficiency of exsanguination from a broadhead wound.
Basically, you want a cut-on-contact tip with single-bevel edges in a narrow angle, high hardness of the metal so as to minimise energy loss owing to distortion, a ferrule wider than the shaft so as to minimise shaft friction, very far forward centre of gravity, a twist direction based on the single bevel edges that agrees with the fletching, and a few other design elements.
But yes, a powerful longbow, well equipped, or a compound or recurve for that matter, is quite adequate for grizzly or brown or polar bear.