hunter63
12-29-2009, 12:54 PM
Had a thread on bears in the "guns" section, my bad, sorry.
And now I'm thinking this should be in "Chat"?
http://www.scientificblogging.com/fish_feet/rare_grizzly_polar_bear_hybrid_hunted
Anyway was watching this story on the History channel. (Was re-broadcast, but I don't know when it will be on again.)
Guy paid a bunch of money to hunt polar bear in the Northwest Territories.
Has to get a permit from the Inuits, they are allowed to sell some permits every year, (economy?).
(don't jump on me, just relating the story as I understand it).
So this guy buys a permit, hires a guide, the guide tell him to shoot (at 300yds).
He kills it, but when they get up to it, doesn't look right.
Now comes the part I found most interesting, His permit is for a polar bear, only a polar bear.
The authorities were about ready to throw this poor guy (well, not so poor), in the slammer, as this bear was not the standard polar bear.
If you catch this story on the History channel, you would see the unreasonableness of the officials position.
Of course this is a re-creation, so I would imagine that a lot was staged, but my thought was, "Does every official think the same?"
In the end it turned out to be a natural hybrid polar/grizzly, and the guy was allowed to keep it.
And now I'm thinking this should be in "Chat"?
http://www.scientificblogging.com/fish_feet/rare_grizzly_polar_bear_hybrid_hunted
Anyway was watching this story on the History channel. (Was re-broadcast, but I don't know when it will be on again.)
Guy paid a bunch of money to hunt polar bear in the Northwest Territories.
Has to get a permit from the Inuits, they are allowed to sell some permits every year, (economy?).
(don't jump on me, just relating the story as I understand it).
So this guy buys a permit, hires a guide, the guide tell him to shoot (at 300yds).
He kills it, but when they get up to it, doesn't look right.
Now comes the part I found most interesting, His permit is for a polar bear, only a polar bear.
The authorities were about ready to throw this poor guy (well, not so poor), in the slammer, as this bear was not the standard polar bear.
If you catch this story on the History channel, you would see the unreasonableness of the officials position.
Of course this is a re-creation, so I would imagine that a lot was staged, but my thought was, "Does every official think the same?"
In the end it turned out to be a natural hybrid polar/grizzly, and the guy was allowed to keep it.