Gold Maven
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Read about this unique method of hunting bear, in a book about the 1849 Cali gold rush. GOLD SEEKER by Jean-Nicolas Perlot.
The Author worked as a market hunter when he couldn't mine and claims this will work on bear:
Put some pork fat, or other bait, in a hollow stump, and then hang a good sized rock on a rope, from a limb above, so that it hangs over the stump.
He claims that the bear shoves the rock out of the way to get at the bait, and it comes back and smacks him.
Supposedly this infuriates the bear, and he will spend up to two hours fighting this rock, and they have been found laying exhausted beside the stump.
Has any one heard of this before?
Sounds too silly and elaborate to actually work.
The book has been very good so far, accurate and interesting, but this Pendulum thing sounds odd.
The Author worked as a market hunter when he couldn't mine and claims this will work on bear:
Put some pork fat, or other bait, in a hollow stump, and then hang a good sized rock on a rope, from a limb above, so that it hangs over the stump.
He claims that the bear shoves the rock out of the way to get at the bait, and it comes back and smacks him.
Supposedly this infuriates the bear, and he will spend up to two hours fighting this rock, and they have been found laying exhausted beside the stump.
Has any one heard of this before?
Sounds too silly and elaborate to actually work.
The book has been very good so far, accurate and interesting, but this Pendulum thing sounds odd.
