Kor37 9 Posted December 12, 2007 Small Child Kills Large Bear; Davy Crockett Smiles From Heavenly PerchPosted Dec 11th 2007 8:00PM by PostmanE Filed under: Outdoor Sports If you've been listening to Stephen Colbert for the past, oh, two years, you'd know one inalienable truth about our sweet country: Bears are a menace. They are killing machines, bent on the destruction of the human race and -- even worse -- American values. What, then, are we to do to combat this scourge? Rely on the five-year-olds, that's what: A 5-year-old Arkansas County boy killed a black bear Sunday weighing more than 400 pounds. [...] "He came in about 40 to 50 yards," Mike Merritt said of the black bear, "and when he got in the open, I whistled at him and he stopped and I said, 'Shoot Tre.'" Tre confirmed his grandfather's account. "I was up in the stand and I seen the bear," Tre Merritt said. "It came from the thicket and it was beside the road and I shot it." Questions, and answers, about this story: Q. So, why did you drop Davy Crockett in the headline? A. Because this kid is the 10th great-grandson of Davy Crockett, who supposedly killed a bear when he was three. Q. Why was a five-year-old wielding a rifle? That seems dangerous. A. Good question! I was wondering that myself. (Great minds, etc.) Apparently the child was using a "youth rifle." A youth rifle capable of downing a 400 pound bear, but a "youth rifle" nonetheless. Not sure how what is unsafe for a gigantic bear could be possibly be seen as safe in the hands of a five-year-old child, but that's not the point here, is it? Q. OK, so what's the point? A. Something is seriously wrong with Arkansas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted December 13, 2007 Is this for real? It does sound like something Colbert might make up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrPsychic 1 Posted December 13, 2007 So, a kid named Tre has a hunting rifle capable of bringing down a large bear, and he knows how to fire it to bring down the said bear? Yea, that's not a recipe for disaster later in life.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BakulaBabe 2 Posted December 13, 2007 I heard abut this on the news. Good thing that kid was a good shot! In spite of that, a 5-year-old shouldn't be handling a real gun IMHO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
