Alexis_Brito's Blog

Alexis, did you see my post on the bear in my friend's backyard? Do you see what I'm talking about? We have overbuilt so much, and the bears in Florida have overpopulated to the point that they have nowhere to go. They get hit on the roads, causing insurmountable damage to your vehicle. Let me tell you, when you hit a bear, even at 35mph, you will never drive it again, it's totalled! Somewhere, sometime, in the very near future someone, perhaps an innocent child will have an up close and personal encounter with a bear. It will be a horrible, irreversible outcome. Bears need to be "managed" in a controlled hunting season. I'm not talking about a massive slaughter, but a controlled hunting season, to thin them out before a human being gets killed! I belong to a club that is working with legislator's trying to do just that. We have a Web site. Take Care! P.S. You're doing a great job in the AM's!
www.centralfloridabearhuntersassociation.com

Oh Snap! Isn't that just the way it goes, Alexis! I hope you weren't hurt! Imagine what a 300lb bear would do to your car!!!! If you are interested, I can put you in touch with the President of our Bear Hunter's Club. We have a State Representative who is trying to get Legislation for managed bear hunting in FL, for the protection of bears, and people.

lol toddt. If the bear is looking for a mate and Jim dresses up like one, he just might be manhandled and overpowered by Boo Boo. :D

BUENOS DIAS......oops BUENAS TARDE....how are you Alexis? hope all is well. I saw you this morning and you didn't look like your cheerful self...smiley...you looked very serious and your hairstyle and glasses made you look so studius......ARE YOU GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.....you looked like one of those Professors that you know deep down..inside and behind those glasses there's a passion..LOL...

only kidding.....not......really I hope all is well..I don't like when you are serious..is just not you.....then I read about the BEAR-EXPERIENCE......what is going on at Fox35 are you guys harboring these animals for future BIN LADIN ATTACKS..........lol

Candy, I probably shouldn't even reply to your antagonistic, ignorant, asinine remark, but I'm going to anyway. You can't kill a bear with a .22 caliber rifle. If you were to shoot one with a .22 caliber rifle, you would be very, very sorry, because it would only infuriate it, and the bear would probably kill you. You would need, at the very least, a Smith & Wesson .44 caliber, to do the job effectively, and your aim to his brain had better be perfect. It will probably take more than one shot, anyway. Oh, BTW, bear hunting in Florida is illegal, and will get you 5 years in a Federal Prison, and a $5000.00 fine.

I used to be a volunteer tracker for Search and Rescue in Washington State. I came across more than one bear track and I know that generally they would rather stay away from humans if given the chance.

If you were going to hunt bear, you would want to use a 30.06 win, 300 win or 7mm at least. Anything smaller is just going to make the bear really, really mad. Mad bears are not a good thing.

In Alaska, at the gold mines and refineries, they require any workers outside the permiter of the camp to carry .44 caliber pistols because of the Brown Bear and Polar Bear present.

I say don't shoot it, hose your trash down with some pepper spray every night for a week and the bear will associate it with the smell and steer away from it. You can also try peeing in your trash that has been known to make bears not come around too. I know, gross but it works for some reason.