As detailed here,
Well, the combination of the woopin, loosing $3,000, and having to bring Yogi bear, I’m sorry, I mean Bessie the lost cow down the side of the mountain after I had to skin and field dress her out. That is one that sure stuck with me as far as making sure of your target.
I still say it’s their fault for keeping me up all night telling me about the man eating 
. Hey, Boo Boo, wanna go get a pik a nik basket? Me shooting that cow must have had some effect considering their were no more man eating bear attack that year.
Was probably a public service too. Think about the Mommy cows telling their calves that if they didn’t eat their hay, a monster on two legs would come and shoot em and chop em up 
and they would never be heard of again. I should have probably been given the key to the city. MURICA 
Then add in the scare value for the bears themselves. I bet the Momma bears would tell their Cubs " if you don’t start putting on the weight for hibernation, you might come out early and you saw what they did to that poor cow".
On the other hand I make darn sure where my rounds go.