Kill a bear

[ssf467]

If you kill the bear you must drink it's blood. Wolverines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SigsRule]

Being prepared is one thing, but being paranoid is a waste of time. I've been camping, backpacking, hiking, and hunting for over 43 years and other than when in Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks have only seen one bear in the woods. It was crossing a road near LaVeta at night and ran the minute my headlights hit it. The best advice has already been stated before, make normal noise and don't creep around in the woods. Chances are the bear will hear you and avoid you long before you'd have a chance of seeing it.

I do have a funny bear story though. We were tent camping in a campground in Washington state back in the late 70's. At the ranger campfire and story telling session that night someone asked the ranger why the dumpsters were all chained to a concrete pad. The ranger explained that when they first switched to the big dumpsters versus the old 50 gallon trash containers they were still having bears get into them. They staked out the dumpsters and discovered bears would get a running start and smack into the dumpster to knock it off the concrete pad which turned it over, then pick through the trash for a feast. We thought that was a good story and as luck would have it that night we were awakened by a loud noise nearby. Lights from the camper next to us came on and we heard people walking around and talking. The next morning we saw our neighbor examining a large dent in the side of his camper. It seems a bear tried the ramming technique on their camper! Yet we were in a tent and never heard a thing except the loud Thump when the bear hit the camper. The campground was full of tent campers and nobody was bothered except the camper. I don't remember the type of camper he had but it must have looked like a dumpster to the bear.

[theGinsue]

Should you ever actually encounter a bear, just remember not to give him the pic-a-nic basket! (It pisses off the Ranger)

[Fourthwind]

One more thing to think about. Bears are scavengers by day and predators by night. If you are being attacked in the day it is because the bear is defending something or is scared. If your being attacked at night it's because you are on the menu. Slugs would be the better of the two, but I agree with the pepper spray. cheap and easy to keep on your side. Also remember that taking your other half out on a camping trip when she is menstrating is like baiting a bear to come check her out.

[Atrain]

"Also remember that taking your other half out on a camping trip when she is menstrating is like baiting a bear to come check her out."

That bear doesn't know what he is in for...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jJzXr0KAxKs

lol

ETA: noticed there were a few NSFW words in there.

[theGinsue]

According to info I got from the DOW today, it looks like someone shot & killed a nice sized bear in Trinidad. Too bad that it appears that it was done illegally.

$1,000 REWARD IN TRINIDAD BEAR SHOOTING

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has offered a $1,000 reward for information about a recent bear shooting in Trinidad. DOW officers want information about a 425-pound bear found dead in a yard between Colorado and Kansas Avenues Monday night.

Anyone with knowledge of the shooting should call the "Operation Game Thief" hot line at 1-877-265-6648 or local DOW officer Bob Holder at (719) 680-1410. According to Holder, a resident said a large bear was sleeping in their yard. When Holder arrived on the scene, he discovered the bear had been shot.

"There are some circumstances when it is legal to shoot a bear, it is not legal to kill a bear just because it wanders through your property or gets into your trash," said Holder.

[sniper7]

I read pepper spray would work very well. I still wouldn't trust that and would carry a large pistol like a .45 or a 44 mag.

I don't think I would carry a shotgun...too big and bulky and if you get attacked it would be too large to maneuver.

[Asha'man]

According to info I got from the DOW today, it looks like someone shot & killed a nice sized bear in Trinidad. Too bad that it appears that it was done illegally.

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That's wild, I was there that night and not too far away.