Hunter Sean Mooradian, of Youngstown, N.Y., shot this rare, cinnamon-colored black bear in Canisteo in Steuben County.
CANISTEO, N.Y. – Deer hunter Sean Mooradian was sitting on the ground Monday morning, tearfully thinking of his father who had died a year ago while at hunting camp. Mooradian hadn’t see a deer all weekend and was thinking of calling it a day soon and heading home.
At about 8 a.m., though, Mooradian was shocked to see a huge, cinnamon-colored bear walking down the side of a nearby hill toward him. He moved about 10 yards to get a better angle. When the bear was about 70 yards away, he aimed his rifle and fired.
“I hit him right in the front of the shoulder. He went about 20 yards, slid down the hill a little and that was it,” he said.
And then he started…
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Exposing the Big Game 
What a heart-warming story. Did he harvest his father with a single-shot, too? Did he leave the head intact on his rug, or did he mount his father’s head on the wall with his toothless grin exposed? Has the family been eating dad’s stew, or did he donate the meat to a food bank? So many questions, so few answers.
Great questions, Annie. His father probably tastes like chicken. Only his family knows.
I hope this clueless dipshit joins his father soon. What a scumbag way to “celebrate” his father’s death, by senselessly killing a beautiful and rare cinnamon black bear or any black bear.
It’s extremely dismaying to read about people who think no other life matters but human life.
He laments the loss of his father, but by killing this rare bear, he’s killed a cubs father or mother, or future offspring, which I lament. And the fact that shooting the bear was such an automatic reaction. 😦