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Don't Eat the Bears!

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Posted by Scott Fricke on August 6, 2012 at 1:14 AM
Don't Eat the Bears!
Came upon this bear early this evening near a friends house. It had climbed up a pine tree to get to some berries. When I downloaded the images I zoomed in on the ear tag (see second image) and to my surprise it read "DO NOT EAT IF HARVESTED BEFORE ________". Anybody know what that is all about?
Posted by Scott Fricke on August 6, 2012 at 1:16 AM
With the Berries
Posted by Kenny Midkiff on August 6, 2012 at 3:04 PM
May have been recently captured/drugged for tagging. The tags look pretty new.
Posted by Scott Fricke on August 6, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Yeah, bears in this area get tagged as "nuisance" bears, I was baffled by the "DO NOT EAT IF HARVESTED BEFORE ________" part.
Posted by Kenny Midkiff on August 6, 2012 at 6:46 PM
They don't want somebody ingesting tranq residue and coming at them with a lawsuit.
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM
one can hunt, kill, and eat bears there??
Sandy
Posted by Kenny Midkiff on August 6, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Yes, that is true.
Posted by Stan Rose on August 6, 2012 at 9:47 PM
we need more man-eating bears...
Posted by Bill Bean on August 7, 2012 at 4:37 PM
We also have to uphold our constitutional right to arm bears
Posted by Erik Stensland on August 8, 2012 at 7:07 PM
I'm considering getting one of those tags for my ear. Do you think bear and mountain lions can read?
Posted by Morris McClung on August 12, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Too funny, Erik!

Scott, that B&W is exceptional! :toast: