>> Jesse: BEARS, NOT BRET, ARE
>> Jesse: BEARS, NOT BRET, ARE NORTH AMERICA’S APEX PREDATOR,
NORTH AMERICA’S APEX PREDATOR, AND THERE’S NO CLOSE SECOND.
>> Jesse: RECENTLY BEARS HAVE
BEEN DROPPING IN ON HUMANKIND,
SHOWING US WHO’S BOSS.
LAST WEEK TWO COLLEGE WRESTLERS
WERE WALKING IN A PARK, WHEN A
GRIZZLY ATTACKED THEM, LEAVING
THEM BLOOD-SOAKED.
>> IT TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARD ME,
KNOCKED ME ON THE GROUND, PUSHED
ME UP AGAINST THE TREES, AND
STARTED CHEWING ON ME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DO.
I WAS PANICKED, WHEN I SAW HIM
GETTING WEEKEND.
>> Jesse: JUST THIS WEEKEND, A
60-YEAR-OLD WASHINGTON WOMAN WAS
ATTACKED BY A BLACK BEAR, WHO
KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND WHILE
WALKING HER DOG.
SHE SURVIVED BY PUNCHING IT IN
THE NOSE, AND ONLY LEFT WITH
MINOR INJURIES.
WILDLIFE EXPERT TOM WILSON KNOWS
WHO TO BLAME FOR THIS PARTICULAR
BEAR ATTACK, THE DEMOCRATS.
HE SAYS WOKE STATE OFFICIALS PUT
MASSIVE RESTRICTIONS ON BEAR
HUNTING SEASONS FOR POLITICAL REASONS SO THE STATE’S BEAR
REASONS SO THE STATE’S BEAR
POPULATION IS BOOMING.
TULLE WHAT THE POLICIES ARE THAT
ARE CAUSING THE BEAR POPULATION
TO BOOM.
>> WELL, JESSE, I TAKE YOU BACK
A COUPLE YEARS TO WASHINGTON
STATE, WHICH BANNED THE PRACTICE
OF BAITING BEARS AND LARGE CATS.
AT THE TIME OF THIS INITIATIVE,
WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS EXPRESSED
GREAT CONCERN OVER THE FACT THIS
WOULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE
BEAR POPULATION AND THE COUGAR
POPULATION, AND ALSO HAVE AN
IMPACT ON DEER AND ELK
POPULATIONS HERE IN THE STATE.
SINCE THAT INITIATIVE WE NOW
HAVE BETWEEN 25,000 AND 30,000
BEARS IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
OKAY?
DOESN’T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT
WASHINGTON IS -- OF ALL THE
WESTERN STATES -- WASHINGTON IS
THE SMALLEST GEOGRAPHICALLY,
STUDENT SECOND IN POPULATION
ONLY TO CALIFORNIA.
ALL RIGHT?
NOW IN THE SPRING OF ’22,
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
COMMISSION DECIDED TO BAN SPRING
BEAR HUNTING.
WELL, THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF
AN INVITATION TO ALLOW THESE
LARGE PREDATORS DOWN INTO OUR
CITIES, ESPECIALLY AS URBAN
SPRAWL TAKES PLACE, JESSE, AND
WE START MOVING UP INTO THEIR
HABITAT, THEY’RE MOVING BACK
DOWN INTO OURS.
THIS ATTACK ON SATURDAY COMES ON
THE HEELS OF A 9-YEAR-OLD
PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK JUST NORTH
OF SPOKANE IN JUNE.
IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY THAT
SUFFERED THIS ATTACK IN
LEAVENWORTH HAD ANOTHER CHILD
ATTACKED BY A COUGAR TWO YEARS
AGO, AND THEN IN 2018 WE HAD A
FATALITY WITH A MOUNTAIN BIKER
THAT WAS RIDING DOWN THE TRAIL
AND A COUGAR GRABBED HIM, AND
THAT DIDN’T END UP WELL FOR THE
MOUNTAIN BIKER.
>> Jesse: THE POLITICIANS TRYING
TO SAVE THE BEARS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY DON’T NEED SAVING, THEIR
POPULATION IS HUGE, ARE THEY
ACKNOWLEDGING THEY BLEW IT?
>> NOT AT ALL.
THAT’S NOT IN THE PLAY BACK.
>> Jesse: HA-HA-HA.
>> YOU’VE DEALT WITH THIS ALL
THE TIME.
>> Jesse: THEY CAN NEVER ADMIT
THEY’RE WRONG.
A SHARK ATTACK EXPERT TOLD ME TO
ACT LIKE I WAS AN APEX PREDATOR
AND SWIM TOWARD THE SHARK, IF I
WAS EVER THREATENED.
WHAT DO I DO IN A BEAR ATTACK?
>> SO IMAGINE IT’S GREG GUTFELD
WITH ARMS FOR LEGS AND GROSSLY
OVERMUSCLED, RIGHT, WITH FANGS
LIKE JUDGE JEANINE, OKAY, AND
THIS IS COMING AT YOU.
SO YOUR REACTION ISN’T GOING TO
BE -- YOU KNOW, TO -- YOU WANT
TO STAND YOUR GROUND,
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Jesse: STAND MY GROUND?
>> ABSOLUTELY STAND YOUR GROUND.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THESE
INTERACTIONS ARE AVOIDABLE, THEY
END UP BAD FOR THE HUMAN, ENDED
UP BAD FOR THE CUBS THAT ARE NOW
IN SOME KIND OF FOSTER CARE.
WE AS HUNTERS WOULD LIKE TO
PURSUE THIS BEAR AND KILL IT
USING FAIR CHASE, BUT INSTEAD
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON KILLED
THIS BEAR USING HOUNDS, USING
BAIT, THE SAME WAY WE WOULD, AND
IT COSTS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.
>> Jesse: IT’S MORE ABOUT THE
BEARS THAN THE PEOPLE?
WE’VE SEEN THIS FOR YEARS,
PUTTING PEOPLE HERE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE ABOVE US.
YOU’RE SAYING STAND YOUR GROUND,
DON’T WAVE AROUND AND MAKE LOUD
NOISES, DON’T CLIMB TREES,
DON’T, YOU KNOW, FAKE A STICK,
AND WHEN THE BEAR GOES TO OPEN
ITS MOUTH TO BITE DOWN, STICK
THE STICK IN ITS JAW SO IT
LOCKS?
>> THE BEST THING IS A 10 MILL
GLOCK AND BEAR SPRAY AT THE SAME
TIME.
OKAY?
AND IT’S SAD, BECAUSE THE SAME
WOKE IDEOLOGY IS CAUSING THE
UNSAFE NATURE IN THE CITIES.
NOW WE’RE SEEING IT IN THE
SUBURBS.
BUT BASICALLY WHAT I’M SEEING
FROM THE FAR LEFT AGENDA IS
DEFINITELY THEY DON’T WANT US
HUNTING, FISHING,
SELF-SUFFICIENT, JESSE.
THE ONLY THING I CAN COME UP,
TAKING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE WOKESTERS
IS LIKE ASKING JEFFREY DAHMER
FOR RELATIONSHIP ADVICE.
>> Jesse: NELSON, I SHOULD DO A
PRIMETIME IN THE FIELD SHOOT
WITH SOME BEARS AND YOU AND SEE
HOW IT SHAKES OUT.
>> ARE YOU A SMOKED SALMON KIND
OF GUY?
>> DEFINITELY A SMOKED SALMON
KIND OF GUY.
>> OKAY.
WELL, YOUR GIANTS ARE GOING TO
COME OUT TO SEE THE SEAHAWKS
THIS SATURDAY, RIGHT?
>> Jesse: WELL, I’M AN EAGLES
GUY.
I WON’T BE MAKING THAT TRIP.
I’LL HAVE MY PEOPLE CALL YOUR
PEOPLE, AND WE’LL PUT A GLOCK IN
MY MIND AND GO OUT THERE AND
THIN THIS BEAR POPULATION.
ALL RIGHT?
>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE
OPPORTUNITY.
CAN I SAY ONE LAST THING BEFORE
YOU DUMP ME OFF HERE?
>> Jesse: YES.
>> WE HAVE A BIG CHANCE IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, GET PATTY
MURRAY OUT, SEND DAN MATTHEWS TO
CONGRESS.
WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT HERE IN
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
IT’S THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO TO