Dec 12, 2007 4:17 am US/Pacific
5-Year-Old Boy Kills Bear 12 Times His Size
Arkansas (CBS News) ―
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5-year-old Tre Merrit Shot And Killed A 445-Pound Black Bear.
AP
5 year-old Tre Merrit shot and killed a 445 pound Black Bear while hunting with his grandfather in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
Tre Merrit was in a tree stand with his grandfather when he saw the bear walking towards them. Tre's grandfather says that when the bear came in about 40-50 yards and was within open range he told him to shoot.
After the trigger was pulled Tre said to his grandfather, "Papaw, I squeezed the trigger and I didn't close my eyes. I killed him."
When Tre's father was asked how he felt about his son killing the bear, he said tears rolled down his cheeks. He said that just last year Tre killed three deer, and next he wants to kill a Turkey and an Elk.
The family plans to mount the bear but they need to decide where they are going to put the 440-pound animal.
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