Moments of Truth Part 3 Hunting Polar Bear with Recurve Bow!

[@user-xd3zi1en7w]

Good to see the entire vid. There is a sector of the plane bit and shooting the bear part.

[@alexsiusalexsiusfrancis2285]

I love this Man

[@josephbucci484]

Didn’t think you could fly and hunt the same day. Pretty clear why

[@garytellep5392]

By 1967 most large bears were shot off the Russian coast in international waters although the Russians didn't agree with it. While killing the bear was dangerous the flying and landings were a lot worse. There is very little area on the ice pack that is actually suitable to land. The negativity by a lot of posters is from ignorance or just plain anti -hunting bias. -

[@user-xd3zi1en7w]

That's 1 enormous bear btw

[@SonOfaBerg]

But we didn’t change our mind.

[@jwilli726]

are the downvotes mostly people who have watched too many coke commercials? charismatic megafauna...

[@claymac7895]

Chasing it with a plane? That’s about as unsportsmanlike as it gets. I understand it’s hard to locate them but that’s the point.

[@BlueOx2277]

That bear wasn’t investigating- he was hunting you.

[@danstillhere9754]

FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT THE POLAR BEARS WITH SOME TRUTH

[@gubeym]

if anything, a bow would give the animal the best chance. They can hear the bowstring twang, and the broad head opens them up pretty good, so they bleed out quick, making it the most "humane" way. I know I'm gonna get pounced for this statement, but even still, half of these people on here find killing an animal taboo but will eat their Filet Mignon without a second thought.

[@2icevodka]

or they could just not kill it in the first place

[@josephmerkle398]

The black bears never seem to hear my bow string until its too late

[@Scrap5000]

Fuck animal rights morons

[@AccordionTheif]

@kokumaru no hes right tho bear meat really is delicious

[@djigoinstrokes316]

Not really bout time it's already in them

[@57menjr]

40 yrs shot no bh good pin,recurve?

[@Sebastianx007]

This is so freakin interesting!

[@strahinjacelarevic118]

Bear was just playing around. Realized you weren't food hahaha

[@spoenz2988]

What’s the Name of the Person that hunts with the recurve in all of these videos ? He’s quiet the rockstar !

[@jonpatterson7211]

Bear meat sucks. Don't know why anybody bothers shootin' 'em. For everybody concerned about the endangered species aspect of this, keep in mind, this clip was made in 1967. For those bugged by the guys tracking via aircraft, yep, gotta agree. That's definite bullshit. If you're gonna hunt (and I do), get in the critter's natural environment and try and fool 'em at their own game. Chances are, you'll come home empty handed way more often than you come home with meat.

[@mandoade8319]

I don't think it sucks. Unless they've been eating rotten fish.

[@dragonslayer6766]

Christopher you do realize a bear can easily weigh 1,000 pounds right? There is no way he could get 300 pounds of bear meat back to the states (tat weight is after field dressing). In most of those cases the hunter donated that meat to the villagers which could keep them fed through the winter. Also back in 1967 sea ice melt was not as bad and there were many nuisance bears, and at least give him credit he did it with a re curve bow where the bear had as much chance of killing them as they did killing him.

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

Sounds like good management. People needing the meat got it. Folks wanting adventure got it. Villagers did not get the bear skin ... but with no effort expended ... they no doubt appreciated the meat. The polar bear is something I never want to meet up close. Thank you for the video.

[@RG-tt1ru]

The only thing I disagree with is your saying that the bear had as good a chance of killing them as the other way around. It was the *two* (or more) against *one* match, one side having the advantage of killing without physical contact, including having a rifle nearby.

[@DARKHORSE262]

Worst coca cola commercial ever

[@Mel_4_life-b2v]

be mindful that this video was a WHILE ago, not saying its right that all he took was the pelt. if they did end up up travelling via. dogsled they could have brought back some meat for the village at least. like i said the ideals of hunting and conservation are very different between today and 30+ years ago. As a life long resident of the arctic, most(key word) hunters i know are respectful of the endangered lists, and do everything they can to waste as little as possible. usually the only time you hear of a bear being killed is if it has endangered people by either raiding a camp or coming into town looking for food.

[@kopfjaegerxxx]

Jean-Claude Ouellette-Landry Lets see a village of Inuits that by their culture waste nothing. Do you really think the meat wasn't used to either feed them or their dogs.

[@RaneBane]

What did you film this with, a potato?

[@robertmclean9737]

Cheaters had to take to the Air!

[@iqalugaktulurialik3546]

I myself hunt polar bears. Us inuit we eat the meat and use the hide as pants for the cold winters. But its a shame to see people hunt just for the hide. We don't only think of our selves, we share the meat with our own community members. We are very manageable when it comes to polar bear hunting in Nunavut. My ancestors have been hunting polar bears for thousands or years. Everyone has there own perspective on saying things, but I wish they can see how hard it is to live in a vast and hard environment. We have been living off the animals for thousands of years and so have your ancestors but in a different environment.

[@TH3W0WFACT0R]

More than likely he gave the meat to the village. That is how exotic hunting works the trophy hunter kills and gets the hide or horn and the locals get the meat.

[@sarajamesaerial]

I hope the meat did go to the locals. Wouldn't mind the hide going to them either, since they would probably use it for something more than a rug or wall décor.

[@trevors5216]

Well said David..!! I agree completely.

[@MargotDemi]

Does not matter they are endangered due to global warming they don't need to be threatened by you scum bags

[@insomthegreat]

dexter san juan You mind telling me what I should be eating for dinner tonight?

[@codysmith605]

Wow great video thanks for posting

[@fasx56]

Like most bow hunts for Dangerous Game like Lion, you definitely need a gun backup which he had. Back in 1967 the re- curve bows were the best bows available the same type Fred Bear used in his well known hunting trips. Exciting to watch but I would not want to be that close to a Polar Bear to kill with a bow. Eskimos historically hunted Polar Bear with their crude Bows and Spears I am sure some of them lost their lives doing so.

[@turbodiesel101]

You all are commenting on a movie that was filmed in like 1960 polar bear hunting is pretty much not done anymore unless you go to a game ranch an pay high dollars to shot one

[@kopfjaegerxxx]

eric pease There is no game ranch anywhere that has polar bears. "lol"

[@turbodiesel101]

I was just saying I didnt really think game ranch did but I'm sure the rih ht amount of money you could some where lol

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Amazing video quality for a video over half a century old.

[@TheSgtwill8541]

Polar Bear hunt is on my Bucket List. Its an awesome powerful animal, and I understand the Enuites make a delicacy out of the paws and fat. If the choice cuts taste anything like Black Bear then it is excellent table fair

[@Seabass1206]

that will never happen you psychopath, polar bears are endangered it would be unethical to hunt them

[@owen-nd7om]

@@Seabass1206 first off polar bears are not endangered and are auctually increasing in some parts of Canada and are crucial for the Inuit tribes so it isn't unethical to hunt them and vice did an article on it in 2016

[@GARICON]

won hung low Lol, people forget that we are talking about an apex predator! THAT WILL HUNT PEOPLE! Conservation is a real thing! And when you Alsace to many predators in one area the whole ecosystem is at risk anyways.

[@MissJade805]

@@GARICONpolar have hunt people for food(particularly the young ones or undernourished ones) but polar bear attacks are still rare. We shouldn’t go out hunting them for sport.

[@juainott5281]

I have no problem with hunting, we been doing that since ever, but the problem is that some especies are Amm theres few of them, a polar bear i think is not a Good idea, but this video is vintage so Im gonna let this one be, Good for him. But now if you hunt a polar bear its F up

[@clityeastwood5262]

Tremendous spelling. Top notch.

[@Xokken333]

53 years ago

[@randysandberg5615]

Great video. Sorry for some of the rude comments by others. They can't help it.

[@bingowashisnameo80]

Wow that could have gone so much worse.

[@alaskanglenn]

Beautifully filmed, what a blast that must have been!

[@sanderlarsson9467]

I hate it when people hunt for the 'fun' of it. And just for the pelt aswell.. People should hunt for the meat..

[@sanderlarsson9467]

Well, that's better

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

1967: Different times back then. Don't judge.

[@smsuperman1219]

Because of how it was back then, many animals are either extinct or close to being extinct.

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

For polar bears, climate change has more to do with it than hunting

[@alvinjones6856]

hunting big game is not the big killer...habitat loss as people,esp poor people, take their land to farm has driven more game to extinction then hunting....luckily polar bears are not in short supply....

[@tc1817]

why can't people judge?

[@sunandmoon6578]

The past must be judged in order to move forward.

[@ezraarnakaq2693]

polar bear tastes really good

[@ConnorWilkerson910]

Ezra Arnakaq you can’t eat polar bear

[@dustinclays4027]

Freaking awesome hunt…intense !

[@rattmann3170]

Although the polar bear is a worthy adversary, the human is the most dangerous prey on the planet.

[@garrettbradfordmusic]

Ratt Mann that depends on the situation. I’d take on a poorly trained haji with an M4 before I’d take on a mad polar bear with a bow...

[@smurfpoppin4470]

@@garrettbradfordmusic id just rather be shot than eaten alive imo

[@quigglesmcgiggles]

As much as I love hunting, I absolutely hate it when people hunt just for the pelt/head

[@yousefkhan9490]

the hiuman is best beast

[@keith1575]

You eat what you kill, It's bad karma and very disrespectful to the animal if you don't eat the meat.

[@jonpatterson7211]

Leon, send me a recipe, maybe you have a better way to cook it.

[@casualobserver77]

Amazing!

[@akskatinchillridin1805]

pretty intense hunting a polar bear especially with s bow. I want to see a video of someone spear hunting a polar bear or maybe use explosives like hand grenades to hunt

[@smurfpoppin4470]

Next is to hunt a sperm whale is even a pod of orcas have trouble hunting a bull.

[@NakedSurfer1980]

8:18 "we took the pelt back to camp.... and made ready to return home...." Pathetic. Where'd the meat go? I won't kill anything without eating it.

[@zgomer1]

Yes you will.

[@dogguy8603]

so you will eat cockroaches that you kill?

[@Kayceesoutdoorliving]

The meat was probably given to the people that allowed him to live with them for the time he was hunting.

[@campodepruebas4x451]

👍

[@stevieb5487]

What an enthralling video. So nice to see this on here.

[@andrewsandlin34]

bad ass

[@MrLotus0303]

awesomeness

[@oddmunddale806]

"Hunting" ? Squeezing the polarbear around with plane until he finally hit it. What a faker.

[@christopher-bj8de]

Terrible shot angle and I notice you have at least one high powered rifle to back you up.

[@andybailey524]

chris topher wouldn’t you

[@jerrodladner3019]

How many polar bears have you shot alone with no back up and no plane 100 miles out on the ice???? Get back to your console with your Starbucks and keep dreaming of being a real man

[@801Outdoors]

AWSOME VIDEO TRULY THE GOOD O DAY

[@Survivingthedeep]

killing it just for skin; horrible, that could have fed 4 or 5 families.

[@gtacheaters4083]

It probably did... I hate those rich scumbags hunting rare game but the guides' village usually keep the meat for themselves. It's the same with elephant hunting in african nations where it is permited. Don't know how much ot was to hunt polar bears 30 years ago but today it's in the 10000s range so as much as I hate the hunting of those animals it is an extremely important activities for those remote areas.

[@Javi____thatsall]

oh shit i didn't see you there and that's how to start your video

[@ixacxanax8379]

1:28 remind me Road runner cartoon.

[@helmsfere123]

Killing Polar Bears is awesome, but it's classified as game meat, not survival meat. He should not be hunting like a starving man or a boisterous child; he should show respect to the animal as he shoots it in the lungs. Looks like fun though.

[@chateacolney4783]

oh wow...hunting with a bodyguard who has a gun...great. My 11 year old boy may enjoy it too.😎

[@xiongly24]

Killed by gun and claim to be killed by a bow.

[@xiongly24]

They shot the polar bear off screen when it was running away duh.

[@charlesthomassie2003]

And yet the white man hunting the bear says there running out?.

[@Xokken333]

53 years ago bro

[@rogersmicharl]

A POLAR BEAR WENT TO WHIPPIN ON MY FAVORITE BABY SEAL , SO I KILLED HIM WITH A LEAD FILLED SNOW SHOE .

[@deadhorse1391]

I would love to be able to hunt and kill a polar bear, think I will have to wait till I get to heaven to do it now. I do wonder if this guy really killed it with an arrow , I couldn't see the arrow hit it and maybe the guy with the rifle shot it? In any case was an interesting video

[@juanjeremy2012]

Deadhorse1 it looks like he shot it in the head, if you look in the video it has an arrow in its eye

[@sovernsectwarren]

Thats one hell of a shot if thats the case, especially from nearly 40 yards away like he claimed. This is one of the only hunters that I respect because he has hunted big game out in Africa with no backups guns. True bow hunting and no compounds. You don't see people doing stuff like that anymore.

[@yeshutapia8147]

Pelts are awesome ... F the cold hahaha

[@allywilkeforsenate]

Yummy!Polar bear!

[@jeremypaluck4246]

Wow. Knarly shot

[@traustitraustason982]

Damn cowards

[@DucktapebyJD]

I am pretty sure this is illegal

[@mariolmonzon]

No , it's not. It is 100 percent legal. do your own research if you don't believe me.

[@DucktapebyJD]

But polar bears are endangered!

[@mariolmonzon]

They are not threatened by hunting. The real threat is global warning.

[@gradycarson1066]

it was in 1967 anyways listen

[@jerrodladner3019]

This person must work for CNN news.. blurting out shit without even knowing part of the facts

[@AB-vb2mm]

👎

[@Blackflag920]

Just for a pelt. That is a shame.

[@345kobi]

What kind of person would shoot an animal just kill it? Oh, well, probably goes to church every Sunday.

[@brick5599]

Leave the meat, but heaven forbid we forget this pretty pelt! This guy brings shame to real hunters.

[@reevepeterson803]

Uh you can’t eat polar bear meat. It’s toxic due to high phosphorus levels!

[@iraidushka]

@@reevepeterson803 That’s right. It doesn’t have split hooves and it doesn’t chew cud. Not good for human consumption. Unclean,

[@jordanreynolds287]

I want to hunt polar bear. I want to try the meat I heard bear meat is good. People dont understand that these animals all managed under strict guide lines like all other game animals and they only give a certain amount of tags out each year. I people want to be mad at simeone for killing animals be mad at poachers the people that kill animals illegally not hunters and native people who respect the animals they harvest legally.

[@kopfjaegerxxx]

Jordan Reynolds and people need to visit a slaughterhouse so they realize the meat they buy from the store doesn't come from a meat tree.

[@smurfpoppin4470]

@@kopfjaegerxxx I prefer to slaughter my own food it's more fresh that way

[@leew3227]

Thats not hunting...

[@marcanderson5612]

you've got an over-the-top ego to believe you're entitled to kill an animal like that

[@alvinjones6856]

hows it different from a chicken fried steak? PETA shelters kill millions of unwanted dogs and cats every year....You can buy chunks of dead animal at walmart or Mcdonalds. Icant see a polar bear is magically different from a big old dog or why it would be worth more then a chicken or a cow

[@dwaynejohnson776]

Fuck off

[@davidacosta6383]

I was expecting a man, an Inuit perhaps, hunting a polar bear to survive or something....not some bored rich guy with two rifle men safeguarding his ass as he takes his time, while the local Inuit rifle men let him "push the button"....this is unworthy of respect I think...I liked the narration style, felt old school, just the scenario was rigged for success, ...I can't respect that, Sry, just my opinion, it wouldn't bother me but something went off in me when I saw that strong dignified creature take one in the eye by some sporty rich guy who didn't care bout anything but checking it off his trophy list...the bear came back for an honorable fight because it's what they do..instead he's hanging on some wall in new Hampshire or on some old rich fat women's neck...

[@clityeastwood5262]

cute novel bro please tell it again

[@davidacosta6383]

Once upon a time go fuck yourself, and you lived happily ever after :D

[@davidacosta6383]

Just kidding btw

[@davidacosta6383]

Lol

[@clityeastwood5262]

+David Acosta kewl!

[@fareed2oo9]

hunt pigs , chickens , cows , turkey , goat , sheep , but not wild animals that are already few left in wild

[@dogguy8603]

there are tons if deer and bears in the wild you idiot

[@sofa9734]

Weee how positive we kill animal wee

[@PumpkinSpiceCornbread]

Under-powered bow, irresponsible shots. I wonder how far they had to track that animal after wounding him. I get the whole recurve challenge thing but not if you can't guarantee lethality.

[@mariogaona3803]

stupid video/ vintage video vintage thinking.

[@monikajohannehansen]

:-( Shame to l´kill this beatifull animal just for the fur. Such waste

[@juliansolorzano2951]

Nope they used the meat

[@HaraldHofer]

Julian Solorzano How do you know? He said explicitly that they brought the pelt back to the plane. Nothing about the meat. IMHO it's ok to hunt not endangered species for meat. It's fucked up to hunt animals for trophies - regardless if they are endangered or not.

[@diesel92kj1]

Shame it can't still go on today.

[@davidglasperify]

I respect that the Inuit have hunted these animals for generations for food and I respect native peoples traditions. On this film they are nothing but trophy hunting shit houses. They make out it was a noble hunt and they were in danger themselves, but they had another back-up shit house with a high powered rifle. I'm just glad times have changed a bit, but trophy hunting is still alive and well today around the world.

[@mizuki-gw2wq]

Borrrrrrrrring...