Bear attacks deer in backyard

[agentsmith]

Ever heard a deer scream in utter pain and terror? Fair warning: it's rather unnerving. Crazy how much this sounds like a man. The cameraman's comment at 0:33 says it all.

https://youtu.be/JzwbOZKfrUQ

So question: if this happened in your yard, would you get your gun or just let nature take its course? As the saying goes, nature is red in tooth and claw... but damn, it can be hard to watch.

[ASAT Hunter]

As bad as it sounds, its the way nature has evolved. Most people feel that hunting is bad but nature is just as violent if not more so. We have to remember the premise of nature is sex and food for survival. Videos similar to this include being eaten alive.

My thoughts are; if my kids are watching and its bothering them, out comes the gun to scare each away. If not let nature take its course.

Everyone is on someone's menu!

[Sooner]

A few years back I shot a young bull moose in November, he must have just left momma that summer as he was probably 2 yrs old, had antlers with forks just showing. When I shot him he dropped and let out a bawl that I never heard before or since. I felt it was like a cry for mom to help. To this day it is embedded in my brain. Really threw me. My son was maybe 12 and by my side and he remembers it too.

Rabbits screaming is another. Shot one and oh boy, you don't expect that to come out of them.

[boonedocks]

I've heard deer make that sound twice, once on a archery spine shot whitetail (oops) and once with a mule deer and a deflected .243 bullet that hit a leg ( oops, again). Very unnerving.

[agentsmith]

Originally Posted by Sooner

Rabbits screaming is another. Shot one and oh boy, you don't expect that to come out of them.

Yeah, I heard that once when a cat killed a bunny in our neighborhood. Kitty gotta eat!

[Selkirk]

Originally Posted by agentsmith

. . . So question: if this happened in your yard, would you get your gun or just let nature take its course? As the saying goes, nature is red in tooth and claw... but damn, it can be hard to watch.

Assuming I lived in a rural area, I would get my rifle and shoot ... but not the bear.

I would shoot the deer to put it out of it's misery.

Bears gotta eat too, eh.

Mac

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by MacLeod

Assuming I lived in a rural area, I would get my rifle and shoot ... but not the bear.

I would shoot the deer to put it out of it's misery.

Bears gotta eat too, eh.

Mac

Exactly! I said the same thing a few years back when it was deer and wolves- or was it coyotes?
Cat

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by MacLeod

Bears gotta eat too, eh.

Bah! They should just eat bark and Twinkies like the bear in "Open Season".

[Hydro1]

I would leave them be.

Wouldnt mind giving the dummy filming an ear full.

[3blade]

So there's two big game animals (aka food sources) in my yard, and it's a philosophical debate??

I'd shoot em both....I gotta eat too.

[lone wolf]

Should be a must watch for the "Disney crowd" and "Antis"

[guywiththemule]

Originally Posted by lone wolf

Should be a must watch for the "Disney crowd" and "Antis"

YES.

[macee]

I think I would shoot the bear but not to save the deer would be worried it met be my kids it attacks the next time in my back yard

[Nait Hadya]

Originally Posted by Hydro1

Wouldn't mind giving the dummy filming an ear full.

Me too, how difficult is it to keep the damn camera steady.

[wolf308]

Originally Posted by Nait Hadya

Me too, how difficult is it to keep the damn camera steady.

Lol.

I'd prolly put the deer out of its misery if suppose as we'll

[Mayhem]

I have heard a deer emit a sound very similar to that, eerie sounding. A buddy and I were riding our ATVs down a trail along a fence line when we came across a doe entangled in the fence. Her hind leg had caught in between the top two strands of barbed wire, which then twisted as she went over. A quick snip with some wire cutters and she was on her way, no worse for wear.

[elkivory]

I would be screaming louder then the deer!

[agentsmith]

Originally Posted by Nait Hadya

Me too, how difficult is it to keep the damn camera steady.

Or horizontal, for that matter. Vertical videos should be punishable by bear maulings.

[tallieho]

Originally Posted by macee

I think I would shoot the bear but not to save the deer would be worried it met be my kids it attacks the next time in my back yard

I agree 100% with you.They all say that once a bear finds a food source it will be back...

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by agentsmith

or horizontal, for that matter. Vertical videos should be punishable by bear maulings.

yes!

[lmtada]

Originally Posted by agentsmith

Yeah, I heard that once when a cat killed a bunny in our neighborhood. Kitty gotta eat!

Impressive cat.

[lmtada]

Originally Posted by MacLeod

Assuming I lived in a rural area, I would get my rifle and shoot ... but not the bear.

I would shoot the deer to put it out of it's misery.

Bears gotta eat too, eh.

Mac

Tag em both. Maybe bear can gut your deer also.