Sporting? - for the youngest member of the hunting party, it's plenty sporting. They tie a rope around his legs and he gets to crawl into the den to awaken the bear and get him riled enough to come out. When the lad screams & pulls frantically on the rope, they pull him out and shoot the bear that's coming fast, before it gets him. Apparently you only have to do this 'initiation' once. Talk about invoking a charge! How the 'white's hunt them there, I don't know. My friend is their equivalent of our 'First Nations'. They are only allowed shotguns, no rifles. Close-up, if armed with good slugs like Brenneke's no problem. They like both the over-under Baikals and side by sides from the same maker, of course.