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Most "sport" hunting is not very sporting. Tree stands for species that do not look up for natural predetors, long range firearm use, hunting from vehicles, "shinning", canned hunts, runing down game with dogs to tree them, on and on.

I am a hunter, I take great pride in making sure the animal has at least a 50% chance of escape and survival. I am ashamed at the shortcuts and needless cheating by those who are incapable of really hunting.

Bears like this are too valuable to waste. I'm not saying this one was wasted, I don't have enough information to make any such statement. But Jeff has a hunters heart and I wouldn't think he posted an example of poor hunting.

BTW, a .30"30 is plenty for any bear that is not attacking. Hundreds of thousands of bears have been killed with this cartridge. Shot placement is the key, as always.