Atlanta, GA 12/12/2007 3:22:56 AM
News / Nature

5 year old boy kills 445 pound black bear

A 5 year old boy killed a 445 pound black bear, 12 times his size, in Arkansas on Sunday. Tre Merritt was hunting with his grandfather Mike Merritt when he saw the large bear and took aim.

“I was up in the stand and I seen the bear,” said Tre. “It came from the thicket and it was beside the road and I shot it.”

 

“He came in about 40 to 50 yards, and when he got in the open,” added Mike. “I whistled at him and he stopped and I said, ‘Shoot Tre.’ I said, ‘Tre, you missed the bear.’ He said, ‘Paw-paw I squeezed the trigger and I didn’t close my eyes. I killed him.”

 

The Merrittt family plans to get a life sized mount of the bear.

 

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