A hunter was attacked by a bear on a mountain in Numata City, Gunma Prefecture, but managed to scare it off by firing two shots.
According to police, the 39-year-old hunter, who is from Tokyo, was hunting deer at about 2 p.m. Monday when a 1.5-meter-long bear suddenly attacked him, TV Asahi reported. The man said he fired a shot but missed the bear which bit him on the left hand. He fired a second shot into the air and the bear went back into the woods.
Police warned residents to be careful and alerted local hunters Tuesday to be on the lookout for the bear.
© Japan Today
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combinibento
Da Bears.
cleo
Better to warn the deer and bears to be careful and on the lookout for trigger-happy hunters.
Dennis Bauer
it is a total shame that bears run wild in the wilderness! :p
KnowBetter
Yogi was watching out for Bambi!!!
Disillusioned
Aha! Retribution! The hunter becomes the hunted!
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
The bear should wait til the hunter shot a deer then go take it. But really, the problem isn't too many bears. It's too few wolves. With a healthy wolf population culling the deer population wouldn't be necessary.
Elbuda Mexicano
Poor bear! He must have mistaken the hunter for a funny looking deer??
nandakandamanda
Poetic justice. It's strange that I feel this way, but a part of me is always just a little satisfied to see Nature getting her own back.
slumdog
Never heard of that kind of bear. The hunter now sure has though.
Maria
Is that a baby bear? The guy was lucky - what if it'd been full-grown?
iceshoecream
Serves him right.
KariHaruka
If someone tried shooting me I'd bite them.
GW
Stranger,
There is too few wolves, there are NONE, thats the problem, Japan killed them all off ages ago, along with the river otter...............
Seawolf
So he wanted to shoot deer, but wasn't able to nail down an even bigger target just because it was moving? Guess he usually trains at home with a Wii-machine. Or it must have been a 山伏 camouflaged as a bear, that would be a sufficient reason.
TheDevilsAssistant
Might want to practice his aim for next time. How you miss a bear when its close enough to get attacked is beyond me
CoreyL
The hunter got hunted...
whiskeysour
The bear doesn't like hunters and guns. That's why he bite him in the hand.
Respect the bear's domain.
How can you hunt on a full stomach (of ramein) ? Does he really need to kill a deer ?
Is he that HUNGRY ? I don't think so.
Looks like karma came knocking on his door. He's lucky the bear wasn't hungry.
Fadamor
As they say in India, "Karma is a BEEYAITCH!" (OK, maybe they don't say it EXACTLY like that...)
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
GW, yes, I know. That was my point.
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
The deer do need to be culled, but the sad thing is since game meat is 'kusai' to most Japanese, most of the venison is just thrown away, or so I've read.
Delfino Castro Monroy
What if starting tomorrow... bears go hunting to cities..?
YuriOtani
After living in America I support the right to keep and arm bears!
gelendestrasse
I wonder if the guy would have missed the deer he was hunting too? I blame a lack of target practice....
solohoh@yahoo.com
I side with and speak for the bear, this guy was trespassing on his territory and was a menace. If that guy comes around my home with a gun I will bite him too.
Serrano
YuriOtani - Good one.
Herve Nmn L'Eisa
I suppose no one's heard of hikers getting attacked by bears, either? Do hikers deserve being attacked by bears or boar? City folk…
nath
man bites dog. Hikers don't get attacked because they wear bells.
Mocheake
Turnabout's 'bear' play.
Mocheake
A bear who couldn't bear to see his deer friend laid bare?