There is a station called RTV (Retro Television Network) that’ll show old family oriented, Disney-ish programs. Bachelor Dad, Daniel Boone and New Moon is the usual fare. I’ll flip to it if Matt Laurer’s show gets stuck for 5 minutes on the latest woman’s shoe fashion. This morning I’m not sure what RTV was up to, but it was not kid friendly.
Instead of Daniel Boone I saw Alberta Bear Hunting! The show had a barley polished quality of community access cable shows. The MC of the program was this beer bellied hunter who showcased a guided bear hunt in the very nether regions of Alberta, Canada.
He hired an outfitter who had “baited black bear hunts.” Here’s how it works. They bait 55 gallon drums full of pig carcasses spread out over quite a few square miles. Each bait station has a tree stand about 80 yards away. You then sit in the tree stand and wait. A black bear will come along for the freebies in the steel drum and you can take your time placing your shot.
If you know anything about today’s high powered hunting rifles, they are as easy to operate as a cigarette lighter. Also, an 80 yard shot is not a hard task at all. You can be trained hit targets 10 times out of 10 in an afternoon.
So, our MC has a camera team filming him and another camera aimed at the bear. You hear a loud CRACK as the gun goes off and I swore I saw a pink spray emanate from the bear’s chest. The bear flops around on the ground for a few seconds before coming to a very final halt.
Afterwards, the outfitter and the hunter run up to the bear and ooh and ahh over it’s paws, claws and how “cleanly the shot was made.” Clean? How can you miss from that distance? Usually a shot from a rifle like that will easily blow through a pine tree.
I found out a guided, baited hunt will cost you just $3,500 in Canadian dollars. The accommodations in backwoods Alberta include a shitty looking tent, a park picnic table and hopefully, cases of beer.
No Great Adventures of Daniel Boone with Fes Parker this morning. I guess the kids who watched this this morning got a dramatic, gory real life lesson.
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