r/canadaguns • u/Wraps247 • Apr 26 '26

Misc Bear at da range

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u/GokuBlank Apr 26 '26

That is honestly such a cool range day experience. Also that bear either has some huge balls and a curious mind or is deaf to wander that close to an active gun range šŸ¤£

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u/banditkeith Apr 26 '26

Probably lives nearby and is used to the noise. Deer will wander onto live shooting ranges too

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u/kingbain Apr 26 '26

Same with turkeys and game birds.... They eat the clay targets

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u/looloopklopm Apr 26 '26

I had a pet bird. You are supposed to leave out a little dish of coarse sand / fine gravel for them to eat. It stirs around in their stomach and helps them digest things is my understanding. Have a feeling the clay is doing the same thing here.

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u/1anre Apr 27 '26

Like their gizzard?

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u/DougMacRay617 Apr 26 '26

Is this sarcasm? I promise you birds are not consuming Petroleum pitch and limestone

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u/kingbain Apr 26 '26

They 100% do at our shotgun range

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u/jubejubes96 Apr 26 '26

city-dwelling deer will literally wander into anything with the potential to kill them. they donā€™t give a shit.

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u/Water-Foul Apr 26 '26

Cows are like this too. I've been out zeroing my deer gun while proned out, roll over to see my neighbors cows have wandered over and are all but standing on me. "WHATCHA DOIN? TIME TO CHANGE FIELDS?" -the cow

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '26

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u/MyClothesWereInThere Vancouver BC Apr 28 '26

I love how humans who 10,000 years ago wouldā€™ve massacred those deer for food now find them as annoyances and throw snowballs at them to get them to fuck off lmao.

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u/marley_hill Apr 27 '26

At the one I go to the rabbits understand that the people wont shoot them so its the ultimate protection from predators. Coyotes and foxes stay away, so they just thrive out there. If the hills start moving you have to stop and get them out of the way though.

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u/GamesFranco2819 Apr 27 '26

Cows will do it as well

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u/tmsa_prez Apr 26 '26

Theyā€™re all around. Above us is research forest, below is golf course and berry fields. They often disappear during the day but thereā€™s been a mom and yearling around the last week and she is super calm. We were standing 50m from her yesterday and didnā€™t even give us more than a glance until someone sneezed.

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u/Salt_Tank_9101 Apr 26 '26

The right to bear arms.....

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u/Altruistic_Ad_0 Apr 26 '26

I thought it was the right to arm bears

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u/mokapotWONTmokapot Apr 26 '26

The only type of bears the government allows are the big gay harry dudes that probably donā€™t like guns

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u/Sweetchildofmine88 Apr 26 '26

I know a shit ton of them that love guns. Red beards and everything.

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u/mokapotWONTmokapot Apr 27 '26

I know many and they hate gun culture.. hunting and sporting alike. ok dudes but I donā€™t mention when I go to the range or hunt when we kick it every few months lol Iā€™ve learned my lesson

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u/DarkStorm57 Apr 27 '26

In Russia, you have right to whole bear!

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u/nsfw_acctPH Apr 26 '26

Can I pet that dog?

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u/julienjj Apr 27 '26

If not friend, why friend shaped ?

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u/adrenalineJ92 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

Great question! Yea, Iā€™d say go for it.

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u/Corporal_Canada Apr 26 '26

Thompson Mountain in BC?

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u/RandVanRed Apr 26 '26

That was my first thought too!

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u/midity Apr 27 '26

I am sad to have moved away, I enjoyed that range.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26 edited May 06 '26

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u/Corporal_Canada Apr 28 '26

For me it was the way the target stands were set up, looks a lot like the ones there

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u/567432Gains Apr 26 '26

Is it even considered pouching at that point?

(This is a joke)

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u/banditkeith Apr 26 '26

If I had a valid tag, I'd seriously consider it, but most ranges take offense at members shooting live targets, so the stew is probably not worth the heat

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u/tmsa_prez Apr 27 '26

Yeah itā€™s in our rules. No shooting if wildlife is on the range.

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u/RedditSgtMajor Apr 26 '26

If I had a tag and wouldnā€™t break any hunting regs, Iā€™d fully send it and deal with any range fallout later. Not every day you get a chance to take a bear. Depending on how busy the range is and whether they have surveillance, the range likely wouldnā€™t know, anyway.

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u/Water-Foul Apr 26 '26

I don't necessarily disagree but it would really depend on the location of the range and what firearm you had available. I wouldn't want any risk at all of buggering the shot and having a wounded predator running around if the range was anywhere near homes, property or livestock.

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u/1anre Apr 27 '26

You might risk getting banned. Why not get a tag and go into the wild to capture one by yourself and save yourself the trouble?

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u/lorddarkhelm Apr 27 '26

I feel like itd be a little rude. Its like killing a mascot animal plus hes just a chill guy.

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u/Omega_Shaman Apr 26 '26

Tmsa?

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u/SRNae Apr 26 '26

looks like to me

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u/whatsnoo Apr 26 '26

Someone must have been shooting cans of pop or something.

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u/tmsa_prez Apr 26 '26

She likes eating the grass. Watched her and her kid munching the berm on 12 for 20 minutes yesterday. No berries yet.

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u/FV_AverageJoe97 Apr 26 '26

"It's comin right for us"

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u/ThePoeticJester Apr 26 '26

I love seeing wildlife hanging out around the range, we get deer more often but bear sometimes and they are so used to us they sometimes bring their fawns down too haha

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u/hitmanhux Apr 26 '26

That firearm on the far right there. Is that an assault style, fully automatic bazooka made to destroy large volumes of troops at once?

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u/goodfleance Apr 26 '26

Volumes?! Nah, it's no louder than any other rifle

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u/hitmanhux Apr 26 '26

Oh phew okay great good because silencers should also be illegal. Don't even get me started on loudeners

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u/AdditionalLoss7274 Apr 26 '26

If it weren't for the almighty Lee-Enfield on the bench, I'd say the SKS would make for a fine bear rifle... It still would, but I'd take the .303 at that point.

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u/1anre Apr 27 '26

What is the cost of that Lee Enfield today & does it cost more than it's Springfield equivalent used by the Americans during WW1?

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u/CroatianPrince Apr 26 '26

I meanā€¦atleast you got your yardage ready

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u/Water-Foul Apr 26 '26

I have a little gravel pit I shoot in (rural) and the other day there was a grouse standing in it. Little bastard knew he was out of season and was mocking me.

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u/KalashnikovParty Apr 26 '26

if not friend why friend shaped?

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u/Salty-Western-2115 Apr 27 '26

Kaboom? Yes rico, kaboom.

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Apr 26 '26

"Target acquired" šŸ˜

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u/tmsa_prez Apr 26 '26

Thereā€™s a mom and yearling hanging around this week. A couple years ago there was 6 or 7 in the neighbourhood.

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u/Gus_BR Apr 27 '26

lol! Darwin will teach him

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u/RolandDirlewanger Apr 27 '26

Had the same there. Probably same bear over and over.

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u/tmsa_prez Apr 27 '26

I think this year itā€™s just the one sow with yearling so far. 2 years? Ago we had 7 regulars

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '26

Tis the season.

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u/1anre Apr 27 '26

You can't hunt it without a license. What's that 3rd gun on your right?

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u/Current-Speed4096 Apr 27 '26

joke of the day: a bear walk into a BAR

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u/Extra-Driver-7412 Apr 27 '26

I had three deer walk across the range and stop to graze. We were banging away, I was on my scope shooting 300m when my buddy yells ā€œcease fire, cease fireā€ like he was back in combat. I looked over like wtf dude and heā€™s says bro look near the 200m targets sure enough 3 deer had walked out of the tree line then stopped to munch grass.

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u/BilboBaggSkin Apr 27 '26

A bear not afraid of a range is a very dangerous bear.

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u/Spydude84 Apr 27 '26

I'd be loading that shotgun up with slugs in case that bear decided you were going to be dinner.

Otherwise, pretty cool, idk how you get a bear off the range, at least you can shoo deer away.

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u/ThickSky6868 Apr 27 '26

This is a bear encounter where I would feel safe

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u/ganthran Apr 27 '26

How very Canadian

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u/Desperate_Finance_91 Apr 29 '26

TMSA? I saw a bear there today at range 11 & last week saw a cub with bear mama

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u/dke783 Apr 29 '26

There is a weird logic to this.

You may know the expression: "if you live near a Hells Angels clubhouse, then you have a safe neighbourhood", lol

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u/Financial-Brother-93 Apr 26 '26

Free all natty rug, luh.

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u/hippz Apr 26 '26

Moving target

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u/justinoff Apr 27 '26

You got a tag?

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u/mr_hog232323 Apr 27 '26

Well if I have my tag in my range bag.......

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u/Geralt-of-Rivai Apr 26 '26

I think you have something that might work