[Gen.Blather]

A bear was coming up on my trash. I fired a round which hit about 15 feet behind him and he ran off. Actually, he went behind my garage and waited until I went back inside. He then came back and carried my garbage can back into the woods and ransacked it.

A warning shot is just a loud noise. It does not say, hey, I ought to leave this guy alone. If they are focused in on food it will not deter them for long and the next time, you might not notice them. The only safe wolf is a dead wolf. Sorry. There is no place where there are people that there should also be wolves.

[Mouton]

My buddy was camping in the Alaska outback during a caribou (I think) trip. A grizzly came into camp in the early morning hours. His camp mate seeing the bear pawing at the back of my buddies tent, fired his 375HH past the bear’s nose. He was surprised the bear did not even flinch at the noise my buddy categorized as sounding like a cannon in the dead of night. Fortunately it wandered off. I don't know if I would have had the patience to await it wandering off given its proximity. Tree huggers are an interesting breed, their notions IMO are somewhat distorted toward non human life.

[Spok]

Gunshots only work where the animal associates it with hunting. We have been warned that gunshots may attract predators looking for a gut spill that results from hunters killing big game.

[huldah1776]

There are more animal attacks in the end times but I look forward to the time when:

Isaiah 11:6-9 New International Version (NIV)

6 The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Maranatha!