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Title: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 04, 2020, 08:15:26 PM
Reward offered for information on who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear
https://wlos.com/news/local/reward-offered-for-information-on-who-put-trump-2020-sticker-on-bear

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"Help Asheville Bears" (HAB) is offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who can find out who put a 'Trump 2020' sticker on the bear’s collar.

Sheila Chapman tells News 13 the black bear wandered onto her front porch in North Asheville on July 31 when she noticed something colorful on its collar.

I am not bothered by the sticker.  Who is the person who put this big clunky collar on the bear?  That just looks uncomfortable as hell.  What is that part hanging down in the front. 

Also, anyone know why they stick the stuff in their ears?  Is that part of the collar or does it do something else?
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MillCreek on August 04, 2020, 08:41:41 PM
That looks like a tracking collar.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 04, 2020, 08:54:03 PM
That looks like a tracking collar.
Seems awfully large to me.  Maybe it is just the angle.  I am surprised the animal rights people aren't more upset about that. 


I guess these people can go take the sticker off.  They just can't put the bear the sleep when they do it.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: French G. on August 04, 2020, 09:46:25 PM
The bear did it, it is tired of asheville hippies. They smell worse than bears and they leave out crappy vegan gluten free garbage. Make Asheville Garbage Great Again!
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Post by: RocketMan on August 04, 2020, 10:20:50 PM
Yep, tracking collar.  You can see similar collars if you search for images of bears with tracking collars.  They are all pretty bulky.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: griz on August 04, 2020, 10:28:10 PM
Why wouldn't somebody claim they did it just for the 5K reward?  If it's legal to stick a collar on a bear why wouldn't putting a sticker on one be OK too?
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 04, 2020, 10:35:47 PM
The $5,000 is an award for bravery, right?  ???

Or is it because the bear is a Democrat? He is black, so chances are...
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: RocketMan on August 04, 2020, 10:36:17 PM
It's Asheville, aka Moscow, NC.  They're pissed it wasn't a Biden 2020 sticker.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: just Warren on August 04, 2020, 10:38:52 PM
I thought that under the 1st Amendment political ursines were allowed.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 04, 2020, 11:20:21 PM
I thought that under the 1st Amendment political ursines were allowed.
I thought it was the one that talked about bear arms.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: charby on August 04, 2020, 11:27:25 PM
I heard about this a few days ago, supposedly this young bear is accustomed to people, so someone probably gave it a donut and stuck a trump sticker on the collar. Yes the collars are bulky, has a battery, GPS transponder, etc in it.

This bear apparently is used to getting food from people, when it gets older it will probably be an ahole and take what it wants. More than likely need to be killed for it.

I have wolves on my game camera where I am bear hunting this fall, some of the wolves have tracking collars on them, just as bulky as the bears.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: K Frame on August 05, 2020, 07:22:23 AM
I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 ;/

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane?  :facepalm:

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.

Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: TechMan on August 05, 2020, 08:50:20 AM
I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 ;/

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane?  :facepalm:

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.



I saw that...she is ah how can I say this...short bus window licking special.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 05, 2020, 09:09:53 AM
I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 ;/

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane?  :facepalm:

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.


If the big honking collar wasn't there, there would be no place to put the sticker.  

Inhumane would be sticking a big Trump tag through the bear's ear, but I guess that is only okay if it is for research.  
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Post by: MechAg94 on August 05, 2020, 09:13:31 AM
Do any of you know why they would tag both ears as well as put on the collar?
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Post by: WLJ on August 05, 2020, 09:20:36 AM
If the bear had attacked someone it wouldn't have surprised me to see media spin that would have topped anything the Babylon Bee could come up with.
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Post by: Pb on August 05, 2020, 10:02:43 AM
Do any of you know why they would tag both ears as well as put on the collar?

If both ears are tagged, it might make it easier to see the info from a distance.

Also, at least with bird bands, what type of band on what leg tells you info also (like the sex).
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: K Frame on August 05, 2020, 10:13:02 AM
I saw that...she is ah how can I say this...short bus window licking special.

She's actually a VERY smart woman. Retired elder-care attorney. Canadian, which is part of the problem. She and her husband immigrated to the US (California, jesus wept!) to be near the grandkids... Keeps wanting to turn the United States into Canada. Asked her many times why she's here when her vision of bucolic socialist utopia is just a few hours north...

But holy freaking crap...

Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: K Frame on August 05, 2020, 10:15:37 AM
Do any of you know why they would tag both ears as well as put on the collar?


The collar is a radio tracking collar. Pretty common.

The ear tags can convey a variety of information. Colors can give quick visual identification, while the tags may have other information (such as blood line, birth information, etc.).
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Pb on August 05, 2020, 03:51:04 PM
Putting a sticker on a bear collar makes a person a potential Darwin Award nominee, but how is this supposedly harming the bear? 
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Jim147 on August 05, 2020, 04:26:54 PM
Maybe they should go ask the bear about the sticker.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 05, 2020, 04:59:09 PM
Maybe they should go ask the bear about the sticker.
And give it a hug to make it feel better. 
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Jim147 on August 05, 2020, 05:12:56 PM
Biden would sniff that.
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Post by: charby on August 05, 2020, 07:16:52 PM
Biden would sniff that.

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Angel Eyes on August 06, 2020, 12:44:58 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/10/41/8c104149bbac463ebf49851096753968.jpg)
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: MechAg94 on August 06, 2020, 08:57:32 AM
I know I have seen cartoons of people getting tagged by aliens, but that is good.   =)
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: BobR on August 06, 2020, 09:27:18 AM
I heard about this a few days ago, supposedly this young bear is accustomed to people, so someone probably gave it a donut and stuck a trump sticker on the collar. Yes the collars are bulky, has a battery, GPS transponder, etc in it.

This bear apparently is used to getting food from people, when it gets older it will probably be an ahole and take what it wants. More than likely need to be killed for it.

I have wolves on my game camera where I am bear hunting this fall, some of the wolves have tracking collars on them, just as bulky as the bears.

If you accidently kill one of the wolves make sure to cut the collar off and run it down to the local truck stop and put the collar on a truck headed out of the area, be careful of the cameras though. ;)

bob
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: charby on August 06, 2020, 10:29:04 AM
If you accidently kill one of the wolves make sure to cut the collar off and run it down to the local truck stop and put the collar on a truck headed out of the area, be careful of the cameras though. ;)

bob

First rule of fight club.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: 230RN on August 06, 2020, 11:02:05 AM
I find the mental disjunct of that woman fascinating.  The collar iitself is OK, but adding a less than an ounce sticker on it somehow makes it cruelty.

What is wrong with her brain?

Is this what Orwell called "doublethink?"

Or maybe schizophrenia in the classical sense?

Maybe it's just me, and I need reindoctrination.

Help me out here.

???

Terry, 230RN

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Post by: Silver Bullet on August 06, 2020, 11:07:58 AM
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I find the mental disjunct of that woman fascinating. 

With those people, it's never about the facts, it's just about the agenda.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: 230RN on August 06, 2020, 11:14:31 AM
Well, I briefly thought it was somehow just part of the Trumpy Bear advertising  campaign:

https://gettrumpybear.com/

But then I realized it was just something wrong with her head.

Terry, 230RN
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Post by: MechAg94 on August 06, 2020, 12:00:51 PM
If you accidently kill one of the wolves make sure to cut the collar off and run it down to the local truck stop and put the collar on a truck headed out of the area, be careful of the cameras though. ;)

bob
I was thinking to stash it in one of the local postal trucks.  Give them a regular daily route to watch on the monitors. 
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Post by: French G. on August 06, 2020, 12:26:30 PM
I was thinking to stash it in one of the local postal trucks.  Give them a regular daily route to watch on the monitors. 

Wouldn’t it be more fun to just stick it on a local cow and see how long they track the world’s most boring wolf?
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Post by: 230RN on August 06, 2020, 05:54:33 PM
Put it in a jar and let it float down the river.

But once again, be careful of cameras.  I wonder if you can still take a leak al fresco anymore without being recorded.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Jim147 on August 06, 2020, 06:50:40 PM
I got a call from a friend last night. He is up in ND for the harvest and wanted me to go by and check one of his freezers today he has been having problems with.

When he was younger he used to take armadillos up with him and drop them along the road. He thought it was funny but he was really screwing with the conversation department.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Doggy Daddy on August 06, 2020, 10:02:39 PM
When he was younger he used to take armadillos up with him and drop them along the road. He thought it was funny but he was really screwing with the conversation department.

As are you, sir. In your own way, of course.  How many shots did you enjoy before posting?   =D
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Post by: Jim147 on August 07, 2020, 12:57:01 AM
I've only been drinking for 11 hours.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: K Frame on August 07, 2020, 07:21:08 AM
I've only been drinking for 11 hours.

OK, so you've hit base level. Now it's time to get serious and start building on that foundation...  :rofl:
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Post by: dogmush on August 07, 2020, 07:56:13 AM
I've only been drinking for 11 hours.

You seem almost ready to find a sticker and another bear.
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Post by: Jim147 on August 07, 2020, 08:38:05 AM
I need more stickers.
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Post by: WLJ on August 07, 2020, 08:39:51 AM
"Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear?"

Anyone think to ask Boo-Boo?

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Boo-Boo_Bear.png)
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: 230RN on August 07, 2020, 09:29:53 AM
Conservation, conversation, what's the difference if your name is Spellcheck?

I got a call from a friend last night. He is up in ND for the harvest and wanted me to go by and check one of his freezers today he has been having problems with.

When he was younger he used to take armadillos up with him and drop them along the road. He thought it was funny but he was really screwing with the conversation department.

Didn't I read somewhere that armadillos could carry leprosy?

ETA  Why yes, yes  did:

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Leprosy

 Also known as Hansen's Disease, there are relatively few species that have a body temperature low enough to play host to the condition, but there have been some instances where this disease has been passed on to people. This is not something that can be transmitted by proximity alone, and in most cases where people have contracted leprosy they have either had physical contact or even eaten armadillo.
http://www.wildlife-removal.com/armadillodisease.html

Gawdamighty, can  you imagine cleaning an armadillo for the table?

      (https://2ahawaii.com/Smileys/extended/stopjack.gif)
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Jim147 on August 07, 2020, 09:54:08 AM
My wife's grandfathers war buddy loved armadillo. He said he would eat it over beef. I've never tried it but the dog don't seem to like them. She will kill them and leave them in the yard.
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Post by: Pb on August 07, 2020, 10:00:19 AM
My wife's grandfathers war buddy loved armadillo. He said he would eat it over beef. I've never tried it but the dog don't seem to like them. She will kill them and leave them in the yard.

I have read that around twenty percent of armadillos carry leprosy... stay away from those things.

Even if they are delicious.   :O
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: fifth_column on August 07, 2020, 10:16:38 AM
I posted this on my faceplace page and one of my liberal friends is going politely nuts...

 ;/

The whole concept that putting a sticker on the bear's tracking collar is cruel and inhumane?  :facepalm:

No, darting the bear, sticking a collar on it and then ramming a fricking ear tag through is ear is a lot more along the level of cruel and inhumane.



It's not about the sticker per se, of course, it is about the message on the sticker.  I have to think that if this was a biden sticker it would have been reported in light-hearted and whimsical fashion.  "Somebody seems to be over-enthusiastic about their choice of candidate (and it should be your choice too) in the upcoming election.  Incredibly cute film at 11."

Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: 230RN on August 07, 2020, 10:33:47 AM
It's not about the sticker per se, of course, it is about the message on the sticker.  I have to think that if this was a biden sticker it would have been reported in light-hearted and whimsical fashion.  "Somebody seems to be over-enthusiastic about their choice of candidate (and it should be your choice too) in the upcoming election.  Incredibly cute film at 11."

^ Bingo !  Well done !
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Post by: HankB on August 07, 2020, 11:09:37 PM
Wouldn't surprise me if one or more of the crew who collared the bear put the sticker on.

(The expected response to questioning would of course be "I didn't do it! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!")
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 08, 2020, 01:36:46 AM
Some bigoted people refuse to consider the possibility that the bear did it. They deny his agency.
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: just Warren on August 08, 2020, 01:40:02 AM
Bear lives matter!
Title: Re: Who put 'Trump 2020' sticker on bear? Reward Offered.
Post by: Pb on August 10, 2020, 12:27:12 PM
Some bigoted people refuse to consider the possibility that the bear did it. They deny his agency.


 =D