Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? "We will introduce a ban on spear hunting this fall," Mr Ferguson said.Josh Bowmar, a former javelin thrower from Ohio, lured the animal with bait into a clearing and then stabbed it, leaving the bear to bleed to death. The man who slayed a black bear with a spear in Alberta, Canada, may face charges following a huge backlash from animal rights campaigners. “That’s a dead bear.”Josh Bowmar said a number of things on video after he ran a bear through with a spear in the woods of Alberta. He estimated the bear ran 55 meters, then died. He added that a spear was more "humane" than using a bow.Spear hunting is legal in Alberta, but not in Ontario, the most populous region of the country.Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The videos often replay kill shots again and again, accompanied sometimes by a soundtrack of heavy metal guitar and the shouts and laughter of triumphant hunters. Consistency is key for accuracy, and the Bowmar Nose button is the most consistent anchor point an archer could have.
But Bowmar should not be given the satisfaction of bragging about the cruel means by which he killed this animal, and encouraging this behavior from other people," Ms Johnson wrote.In the video, Mr Bowmar says to the camera: "I drilled him perfect. “(A spear hunter) is in it for the hunt and the chase.”In the bear video, Bowmar explains his kill. Bowmar runs an Ohio-based fitness company and was a university athlete, according to the business’ website.
A hunter and fitness buff is facing online backlash after posting a video of himself killing a bear with a spear and celebrating the accomplishment. It appears to have been taken down, but has since been uploaded onto other YouTube accounts.Last year, American dentist Walter Palmer sparked global outrage when he killed Cecil, a rare black-maned lion, with a bow and arrow outside Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe. A Canadian province has banned spear-hunting after footage of an American hunter fatally spearing a bear there horrified web users.
Humane killing seems to be the dividing line between what some find tolerable and taboo.Ontario also bans spears, a government spokeswoman said, though they are allowed in British Columbia and the polar territory of Nunavut, where Inuit use harpoons and similar implements to hunt for their food.He also notes in the video that the bear ran only 60 or 70 yards, and that rigor mortis on the bear indicates that it died within seconds of penetration.