Bear Hunting with Battle Ready Swords

Try to get it on video.

I honestly hope you all get mauled.

I would say that a bunch of people attempting to hack a bear to death with swords is animal cruelty,
but i have a feeling you folks are going to experience a little animal cruelty yourselves...

Never thought about hunting a bear with a sword. Don't quite know what advice to give..... though they are surprisingly quick.

Good luck hunting and ditto for the Marines!

Get it on camera. Whether I see it on YouTube as a successful hunt, or I see it on Rotten.com because of the 5 out of 6 of you that will get mauled and brutally killed, I just want to see it.

Hunting black bear should be done with a large caliber hunting rifle like fallschirmjager says. A Remington 700 in .30-06 can be had at Wal-mart for bargain basement prices. If you want to prove your mettle to your friends, I suggest hunting with a Smith & Wesson Model 500 - otherwise known as the Hand cannon.

Also, black bears are not like Grizzly bears. They will most likely try to avoid a group of 6 guys trampling around in the woods - you're definitely not going to sneak up on any bear.

Finally, any bear is going to be covered with dense fur and thick skin (though not as thick as a pachyderm). Essentially, a bear is going to be covered with natural chain mail armor. Yes, a sword probably could cut through it - if by some miracle you get that close - but you're going to be dealing mostly blunt force trauma to the bear. The only medieval weapon I would use is the same weapon that was actually used to hunt bears in medieval times - a bear spear.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_spear

As fallschirmjager explained, hunting a bear with a weapon not intended to be used as a hunting weapon disrespects the bear in the manner of it's (and probably your) death.

I made ajoke about video earlier and for this i apologize... i did not relize how serious you are about the subject.

that said, and all negative comments aside, i definitely agree with the Vietnam Vet above, you can forget joining marine corps whe you are disable and bedridden being transported to woud care on an ambulance twice a week.

also i would like to say that a vid on you tube, successful or not would be evidence in court for animal rights activists. also it would bring bad karma to true sword enthusiast... since stuff like this is what negative people need to provide ammo to legislate against sword ownership.

a weapon is a weapon... to be used responsibly. a true warrior, while able to take a life, considers life sacred and something not to be wasted. as for a chinese arts practitioner... a traditionalist of budhist or taoist nature... doesnt even believe in killing an animal for food. a life is a sacred thing.

I thought this was a joke post, but just in case it's not, here's my 2 cents.

This is a bad idea.

You know how people say that when you train with a weapon that you should train with it until it feels like a natural extension of yourself? Well, fortunately for bears, their claws ARE natural extensions of themselves. They've been practicing their whole lives with these weapons.

But yes, go with spears. The sword was designed to combat other humans, not bears. When choosing a spear, go with one that has some wings on it so that after the head enters, the wings will keep the bear from just climbing up the spear to kill you. Also, you need to give your ballsiest member the mace. It's my belief that if hunting is to be done, that it should impart as little pain to the animal as possible. After the bear is incapacitated with the spears, bring in the mace.

In the event that this is a joke post:

This is one of the few times that I'd suggest going with a Del Tin. They usually make thicker blades, which might serve to keep the blade from becoming useless half way through the melee. Maybe not Del Tin's specifically, but go with the thicker, heavier sword manufacturers. But you also need some quick weapons as well, so I'd go half and half.

But the only reason I could see anyone doing this is to prove how manly they are. Well, why cheapen the moment with swords? Go ahead and rent a plane, crash it in some mountain range 100's of miles from anywhere, and go bear hunting AFTER the crash with all injuries sustained with nothing but the wreckage from the plane and things you find in the forest.

Poolee, stop posting on this damn board and coming up with stupid idea and go PT or learn some (USMC) knowledge. If you were in my command you would be living a very unhappy life right now.