Bullcamp82834

I rarely could find any, but it kept me out of granddad's hair while I was in the woods looking for it.

blkpowder50

Davy Crockett killed a bear when he was 3, no scat involved.

Bullcamp82834

I don't believe that tale. Davy had to have been at least 5 to aim that Kentucky flintlock.

Muley Hunter

I've read many stories of 5-6 round balls being put in grizz, and it kept on coming.

Davy's bear is suspect at best. Unless his was the 7th ball.

It also might have been a black bear cub.

blkpowder50

i heard it was a mother and 3 cubs,and he aimed it over a whiskey barrel.he was 5.

Muley Hunter

I doubt it.

blkpowder50

its the stuff of legend

Muley Hunter

Ever shoulder an old Kentucky flintlock? Quite a chore for a youngster, and most were smaller calibers then. Not as easy to kill a bear with.

That was a long long time ago. Stories tend to grow over the years.

Bullcamp82834

My stories grow over the years.

I recall the time I killed a charging grizzly with a 243.
Or was it a charging elk?


Well........... I'll save that one for another time.

blkpowder50

i saw a deer shot by a 243 dadgum near blew the things head off.Not my choice for bear,but it cant feel good getting hit by one nonetheless.I saw a video where a deer killed a farmer with its antlers because he tried to chase it away with a pole.real stuff.youtube it.