17 Year-Old Michigan Girl is Way More Badass than You'll Ever Be...

[Razzy]

Sep 28, 4:06 PM EDT

Mich. teen kills 448-pound black bear with arrow

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- A 17-year-old Michigan girl began her big game hunting career with a bang - or rather a whoosh - by killing a 448-pound black bear with a bow and arrow from 16 yards away.

High school senior Jessica Olmstead of Battle Creek shot the bear during a hunting trip last month in Oba, Ontario.

She told the Battle Creek Enquirer for a story published Tuesday that the bear was the first animal she killed with the new bow.

"As soon as my dad got it for me I was immediately comfortable and I was ready to use it the next day," Jessica said.

"When I go out hunting, it's really exciting," she said. "Whenever I see a bear I just want to go at it. When you're hunting, your heart is racing, your blood is pumping, and you feel that adrenaline rush. I really love to hunt."

Her father, Tim Olmstead, told The Associated Press that his daughter eats the animals she hunts, including the bear, and does not kill just for fun.

He told the paper he's been teaching others to hunt for more than 30 years and that he's never had a student pick up the fundamentals as quickly as his daughter.

"I'm not just saying this because she's my daughter," he said. "But she's probably one of the best listeners I've every taught. With the bear she showed a lot of patience. She tracked the bear, killed it, and gutted it like a pro."

Jessica's hunting exploits range beyond the wilderness. Earlier this month, she caught a 20-pound salmon in Lake Michigan, near Holland.

"Fishing is a lot like hunting in a lot of ways," Olmstead said. "But I think that with fishing, it takes a lot more strength and a lot more patience to be successful."

I hear that next she'll be going after a Bison with nothing but a bowie knife.

[88 Bronco]

"I'm not just saying this because she's my daughter," he said. "But she's probably one of the best listeners I've every taught. With the bear she showed a lot of patience. She tracked the bear, killed it, and gutted it like a pro."

This was believable up until this point. We all know women don't listen.

[The_Cannon]

Except when I ask them to make me a damn sandwich...

[88 Bronco]

Except when I ask them to make me a damn sandwich...

You ask?

[SCP]

people actually ask to have a sammich made? I always thought that was a rumor. "Make me a sammich" should always be followed with an exclamation mark.

[Razzy]

I bet she makes a mean black bear sandwich.

[Zod]

bear is nasty, too gamey.

[Panthro]

So who won't be on this years bear cruise?

[Jangler]

We could do a bear news thread.

http://www.kpax.com/news/frenchtown-woman-beats-off-bear-with-zucchini/

The Missoula County Sheriff's Department says it happened Thursday morning, just after midnight on Sorrell Springs Road.

The woman opened her back door to let her three dogs out.

A short time later, two of the dogs started going crazy.

The victim opened the back door and saw a bear swiping at her Collie and batting him around

She kicked the bear and the bear then came after her.

The bear's head and his paw were inside the woman's house.

The bear swiped at her with his paw, tore through her pant leg on her thigh and scratched her.

The woman reached back, grabbed a zucchini and threw it at the bear.

The zucchini hit the bear on the head and the bear took off.

The woman is okay and her dog is at the vet, but it appears he will be fine.

[Doyle]

bear is nasty, too gamey.

When I was a kid I smelled a bear someone had skinned in the back of their truck. The smell has stuck with me my whole life. I couldn't imagine what it taste like.

[Lumps]

killing a bear with a ninja star would be way more badass

[Future of the Funchise]

I really hope she's making sammiches with that bear... If not she needs to stop wasting time and get her ass back in the kitchen.