Posted on 08/29/2015 10:52:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Bitten in his Swedish groin by a bear? Oh, that had to be just about un-bearable!!
Somewhat popular post on facebook is a genuine response from a visitor at Yellowstone complaining about not having seen any bears and suggesting the bears be trained to show themselves to visitors.
Ok perhaps it is just me LOL The heading on this thread suggest that the Swedes were attack by a Dead Bear. Are we talking about a “Walker Bear”?
Now the park's policy is the opposite, Bears are mostly kept in managed areas away from people and denied human food and food waste.
Bears are very smart, in fact, I once heard an animal intelligence expert claim that bears and pigs [which are related] are the smartest non-primate species. [She claimed the intelligence of dolphins was highly overrated.] They can be very quickly trained to show themselves to visitors, but the park service doesn't want the liability anymore.
More than the usual number of the Big Fellas roaming around up here this year. Not sure of why the larger totals of ‘em now, but they are great to view, (from a LONG distance away, or with Binos), as they cruise along thru the Mountains without a care in the world.
Zombie bears
Unfortunately. Have you?
Now I live in northern Michigan in a very rural place and we only see them now and then.
Maybe they just need more pic-a-nic baskets.
As one African hunter said it is the dead ones that kill you.
Another one said when dealing with dangerous game always pay the insurance.
Meaning shoot them again.
“Bears are very smart, in fact, I once heard an animal intelligence expert claim that bears and pigs [which are related] are the smartest non-primate species.”
And when you hunt feral pigs you have to make sure you have a pistol on the ready after you take one down because they’ve been known to play dead and attack the hunter and kill them.
I came across a momma Bear with 5 cubs a couple weeks ago she ran towards me stopped about 15 ft away and jumped [bounced actually] off her front legs while HUMPPHING [thats what it sounded like. I slowly backed away till I got to my driveway and got in my truck. My heart was racing a mile a minute.
Capstick?
Or maybe it was just constipated.
yes
The world was horrified over a dead lion why not a dead bear!
#Deadbearlivesmatter;-)
Even FRED BEAR, bow and arrow hunter, admitted he always carried a .44 mag under his coat when hunting dangerous game.
Others who hunt dangerous game have admitted they also have a rifleman standing out of sight “just in case”.
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