Dave
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A while back I bought a trail camera. I put it up in an old orchard in one of my pastures. It has been catching deer, elk, and coyotes but I was really looking for a bear. Well this last week a big old bear has been coming in. I have him patterned and could go shoot him most any day. The trouble is now it just doesn't feel right. I used a high tech devise to spy on him and pattern his movements. Now it wouldn't be hunting. I would just go out and shoot him. Not much different than slaughtering a steer. This is a real big old bear. He has a grey muzzle, low slung belly, ears look small, all the charactoristics of a big old bear. Great looking hide. But somehow I just don't feel like I would be proud to go shoot him. It just doesn't feel like "fair chase" (for lack of a better term). Dilemma.