I was going to post on the fact that in the USA alone there are 200 companies that will take you on a hunting trip where you get to shoot a tethered game animal. If you have done it you are pathetic! (you can tell I'm not a happy little vegemite today)

But here is a lighter story which is probably an urban myth but you just hope it isn't.

An American in Moscow hooked up, through the black market, with a guy who said he would take him hunting bears. The guy arrives on a pushbike at a forest near Moscow. There are no bears living here but the American was not to know that. Anyway, to the pleasure of the American and the surprise of the guide, they come across a bear. The American take aim, fires and misses. The bear, quite naturally, is off and the hunter and guide are in hot pursuit. They loose the bear temporarily. As it happens their pursuit has lead them in a large circle and they arrive back at where the guides bike was parked only to find the bear disappearing into the distance on the bike. Apparently the bear had escaped from a circus and was quite skilled on the push bike.