So ethics aside, assuming there was bait in that drum is this really any kind of feat worth bragging about?
I mean, I haven't done a ton of spear throwing but I've got to imagine it doesn't take that much practice to be able to throw it 10 yards with reasonable accuracy. So you throw a bunch of bait in a can, have some people standing around you with rifles for protection, and wait for a bear to wander in within easyish throwing distance and spear it while it's standing still just trying to eat lunch, then wait for it to slowly bleed out overnight so you don't have to go near it while it has even a shred of dying life left in it?
Doesn't seem that impressive to me.