Human vs Technology, a Cultural Preference

[drjoker]

Different cultures have different ways to deal with the same problem. Asians from Asia (not Americans of Asian descent) and Native Americans who live on reservations improve human skills to attain their goals while Americans throw money and technology to achieve their goals. Of coarse it would be best to have both in an ideal world, but the world is not ideal.

Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is this. Tiger Woods will beat you (the average golfer) at golf even if he plays golf against you with a 2x4 from Home Depot and you are using the latest and greatest high tech golf club. In other words, it doesn't matter what caliber or what gun you're using. If you're good with it and practice all the time, that's all that matters.

Here’s one heckuva cool story for all you bear-hunting aficionados.

On a spring day back in 1953, 63-year-old Bella Twin and her friend Dave Auger were hunting grouse and picking berries near Lesser Slave Lake in the Swan Hills of northern Alberta, Canada. They were walking an oil-exploration survey line when they ran into the world's biggest grizzly bear following the same line toward them. The two feared that if they ran, the grizzly would notice them and give chase, so they hid in a brush pile and hoped the big bruin would pass without any trouble.

Unfortunately for the big bear, it wanted to eat the berries, too, and came very near Twin and Auger. Frightened by the close encounter, Twin raised the rifle she was carrying and fired. Her aim was dead on. The grizzly was struck in the head and fell dead.

Bella’s bear was no ordinary griz. Its skull scored 26 5/16, placing it at the top of the list of Boone and Crockett world’s records where it stayed for many years. The bear currently ranks number 30 among the all-time records and still stands as the longest-reigning provincial big-game record in Alberta.

In the half century since Twin killed her record grizzly, many differing accounts of the incident have been given. Some say that the first shot that killed the bear and entered the bear's skull thorugh the eye or ear. Additional shots were fired to ensure that the bear was dead, but since her rifle was a single shot rifle, probably the first shot killed the bear or else she would've been severely injured or killed. However, all of them agree on one thing: little Bella Twin killed that 1,000-pound-plus griz with the humblest of all rifles—a single-shot, bolt-action, .22-caliber rimfire. With just one long-rifle cartridge, this petite Cree Indian grandmother finished off one of the biggest grizzlies ever documented and earned remembrance as one of the world’s truly legendary hunters. They sure don't make women like they used to. Heck, most men today aren't as tough as this Native American woman.

[Purplehood]

Different cultures have different ways to deal with the same problem. Asians from Asia (not Americans of Asian descent) and Native Americans who live on reservations improve human skills to attain their goals while Americans throw money and technology to achieve their goals. Of coarse it would be best to have both in an ideal world, but the world is not ideal.

Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is this. Tiger Woods will beat you (the average golfer) at golf even if he plays golf against you with a 2x4 from Home Depot and you are using the latest and greatest high tech golf club. In other words, it doesn't matter what caliber or what gun you're using. If you're good with it and practice all the time, that's all that matters.

Here’s one heckuva cool story for all you bear-hunting aficionados.

On a spring day back in 1953, 63-year-old Bella Twin and her friend Dave Auger were hunting grouse and picking berries near Lesser Slave Lake in the Swan Hills of northern Alberta, Canada. They were walking an oil-exploration survey line when they ran into the world's biggest grizzly bear following the same line toward them. The two feared that if they ran, the grizzly would notice them and give chase, so they hid in a brush pile and hoped the big bruin would pass without any trouble.

Unfortunately for the big bear, it wanted to eat the berries, too, and came very near Twin and Auger. Frightened by the close encounter, Twin raised the rifle she was carrying and fired. Her aim was dead on. The grizzly was struck in the head and fell dead.

Bella’s bear was no ordinary griz. Its skull scored 26 5/16, placing it at the top of the list of Boone and Crockett world’s records where it stayed for many years. The bear currently ranks number 30 among the all-time records and still stands as the longest-reigning provincial big-game record in Alberta.

In the half century since Twin killed her record grizzly, many differing accounts of the incident have been given. Some say that the first shot that killed the bear and entered the bear's skull thorugh the eye or ear. Additional shots were fired to ensure that the bear was dead, but since her rifle was a single shot rifle, probably the first shot killed the bear or else she would've been severely injured or killed. However, all of them agree on one thing: little Bella Twin killed that 1,000-pound-plus griz with the humblest of all rifles—a single-shot, bolt-action, .22-caliber rimfire. With just one long-rifle cartridge, this petite Cree Indian grandmother finished off one of the biggest grizzlies ever documented and earned remembrance as one of the world’s truly legendary hunters. They sure don't make women like they used to. Heck, most men today aren't as tough as this Native American woman.

Uh, I am not sure that she qualifies as a legendary 'hunter' if her sole claim to that title is that incident. 'Lucky' might be a better title for her.