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<blockquote data-quote="Rachel:I" data-source="post: 3259732" data-attributes="member: 140268">Man arrested for 2x4 labeled &quot;High Powered Rifle&quot;Nobody really minds the black bears we have in Colorado.&nbsp; They&#039;re mellow animals that mainly eat fish and berries.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never heard of someone being attacked by a black bear without doing something to really deserve it.&nbsp; Grizzlies and polar bears (in other parts of the US and Canada) are a different matter.&nbsp; Much more aggressive toward people and livestock alike.Coyotes (a smaller sort of wild dog) are the main threat to livestock in Colorado, and they get shot quite a lot by ranchers.&nbsp; To bring this discussion around full-circle, 5.56mm semi-automatic rifles are popular weapons for killing coyotes.In Colorado, the only big predator that really threatens people are mountain lions.&nbsp; Most only attack if they&#039;re startled, but about once a year you hear about one stalking a jogger or mountain biker.&nbsp; The main concern predator-wise are rattlesnakes.Anyway, we&#039;re getting pretty far afield here, but yeah, hunting in America is not a hobby-of-the-rich-and-privileged, but a necessity for the animals given the out-of-control herbivore populations, and a source of cheap meat for rural families.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rachel:I, post: 3259732, member: 140268"] [b]Man arrested for 2x4 labeled "High Powered Rifle"[/b] Nobody really minds the black bears we have in Colorado. They're mellow animals that mainly eat fish and berries. I've never heard of someone being attacked by a black bear without doing something to really deserve it. Grizzlies and polar bears (in other parts of the US and Canada) are a different matter. Much more aggressive toward people and livestock alike. Coyotes (a smaller sort of wild dog) are the main threat to livestock in Colorado, and they get shot quite a lot by ranchers. To bring this discussion around full-circle, 5.56mm semi-automatic rifles are popular weapons for killing coyotes. In Colorado, the only big predator that really threatens people are mountain lions. Most only attack if they're startled, but about once a year you hear about one stalking a jogger or mountain biker. The main concern predator-wise are rattlesnakes. Anyway, we're getting pretty far afield here, but yeah, hunting in America is not a hobby-of-the-rich-and-privileged, but a necessity for the animals given the out-of-control herbivore populations, and a source of cheap meat for rural families. [/QUOTE]

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