At least you're safe from the lightning when you're underwater.
Posted on 06/03/2018 7:31:16 AM PDT by marktwain
It's not the honey bears like, it's the bee larvae inside. Looks like a grenade went blew the hive to a 1000 splinters. The first frost is their trigger to final gorging before hibernation.
Lightning won’t chase you up a tree
Bears repeating
Is my tinfoil hat a plus or a minus in a thunderstorm? A grizz attack?
Know your surroundings and you’ll be better. 😊
Lol, I carry the spray, a air horn screwed to a pressure can, a 50 caliber S & W and a Remington 870 loaded with magnum triple ought buckshot.
Google “Ken Cates bear attack”. He was an Alaska native and great woodsman for a couple decades. He had the wrong caliber and was 5 feet away from it when the fight started. He lost.
So, “preparation” and “alertness” are the key I think. But, when asleep on the Yukon river bank that’s hard to do.
I will be retired to my old family home in a couple years. The house is on the edge of a tiny village about 150 yards from both a State and National Forrest.
When I was young the only predators around were fox and a couple bobcats and we would play in the woods from dawn to dusk. Nowadays I have photos of bear in my backyard and neighbors are always posting photos of the bear wandering around the village. One person snapped a photo of a cougar that was finally acknowledged as real by the DNR.
When I go out to the property I own, that is all wooded, I now carry a Sig 10mm. I used to carry a Smith 44mag but wanted more rounds and the ability to use single action without having to cock a hammer while being attacked.
Ursa just a small joke this morn.
Bear Lightning!
It's like ball lightning only instead of balls you get angry Sizzly Bears. If the lightning strike doesn't kill you then the Sizzly Bear will hunt you down and devour you instead.
When I was growing up, there were no wolves in northern Wisconsin, and bears were rare and afraid of people.
Now I carry a firearm when in the woods. Bears and wolves have become common. As long as they are actively hunted, they tend to avoid humans. But the wolf hunt was stopped by a federal judge.
If a bear or wolf shows interest in you, and does not run away, you are in grave danger.
Not the biggest fan of bears.
You have good reason!
The more I learn of bear attacks, the more I see them as serious threats.
Dumbass headline. The question is not lethality, but probability.
Yes. Lighting Bears! An octosharks, ya know.. sharks that are half an octopus and half of a shark!. And.. and sharks with laser beam eyes! And... and.... whoa, I better chill. :-)
Yeah! Weir every where!
I knew it but see post 24... !!
At least you're safe from the lightning when you're underwater.
The gorillas in America are all in zoos, wildlife parks, or laboratories...not much chance of encountering one while hiking in the woods. But even in Africa, does anyone ever get killed by a gorilla? Do they have a history of attacking people?
I checked Amazon for information. While they do sell them, there are no reviews. Why is that?
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