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Bears or Humans more Dangerous in Yellowstone Backcountry?
Ammoland ^ | 17 September, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 09/19/2019 4:56:31 AM PDT by marktwain

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To: RandallFlagg
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21 posted on 09/19/2019 5:28:18 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: marktwain
In July 2016, he used a 9 mm Smith & Wesson pistol to defend his clients from a serious grizzly bear attack.

My friend who hunts in Montana and Wyoming carries a 10mm

22 posted on 09/19/2019 5:29:59 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Tax-chick
To be in danger of being killed by a bear, you have to be where the bears are.

I have used this information to avoid death by bear attack.

Kinda like, stay the hell out of the Southside of Chicago day or night or you will wind up being one of those 28 shooting victims each day.

23 posted on 09/19/2019 5:30:27 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (We are living in the Last Days. The Bible says so, and I believe it!! Know Him now!!)
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To: AndyJackson

I remember after Jaws came out.
People were terrified to go to pools.


24 posted on 09/19/2019 5:30:43 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: marktwain

I go up there every year to camp. Black bears at Yellowstone are pretty mellow. Most are just foraging for food and scatter off once you shine a light on them. I’ve run across several, came within 10 feet of one once. If you just pay attention to your surroundings, respect their space and don’t act like an idiot, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll get attacked by one.


25 posted on 09/19/2019 5:31:24 AM PDT by Durbin
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To: marktwain

When I’m in the woods around here in the East, I worry about dangerous animals in this order:

Cops
Hunters
Dogs
Bums
Black bears
Coyotes

But really, only the first four.


26 posted on 09/19/2019 5:34:34 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: RandallFlagg
I was told that sharks don’t really like the taste of people. Not enough fat content.

Given all the debris that's found in sharks' stomachs, I wouldn't rely on what you were "told" no matter how thin I was.

27 posted on 09/19/2019 5:36:58 AM PDT by Tax-chick (One of the chief causes of premature death is fretting about your health.)
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To: RetiredArmy

I have not been shot on the South Side of Chicago. I have also not been shot at my local Waffle House, although a number of other people have.

In both cases, “being elsewhere, all the time” is a factor.


28 posted on 09/19/2019 5:39:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick (One of the chief causes of premature death is fretting about your health.)
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To: combat_boots

I was taut all kinds of ologies in grade school.


29 posted on 09/19/2019 5:39:18 AM PDT by RipSawyer (I need some green first and then we'll talk a new deal!http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3763)
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To: Born to Conserve

Bear incidence in North Carolina. If you Google "Your State Bear Map," you might be surprised.

30 posted on 09/19/2019 5:42:23 AM PDT by Tax-chick (One of the chief causes of premature death is fretting about your health.)
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To: RipSawyer

LOL!


31 posted on 09/19/2019 5:42:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (One of the chief causes of premature death is fretting about your health.)
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To: wastoute

Yikes! Yeah, that would be the kind of thing to really make you reconsider your choices in life.


32 posted on 09/19/2019 5:50:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marktwain

Meanwhile, in this east Tennessee city, bears have returned from who knows where. That is, a few bears have adapted to living between fringe wooded areas and neighborhoods.

Strangely believe it, the bears have been seen by lots of people but apparently caused no problems. I’m told there are photos on facebook of a female with two cubs spotted on several different occasion


33 posted on 09/19/2019 5:51:57 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: RandallFlagg

My hat’s off to you Navy types. I was just watching an old documentary about the Battle of Jutland the other day. “...lost with all hands...”. That happens way too often for my liking. Even on D-Day the units with the worst casualties over half got out alive.


34 posted on 09/19/2019 5:52:46 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Just a handful of BLM retards shooting at cops randomly threw a pretty serious gear in the works not that long ago IIRC. Can you even imagine having tens of millions of folks randomly popping off at the police?

During Just Cause when the Panamanian police realized what was going on they couldn’t get out of uniform fast enough. I was told it looked like The Rapture. Empty uniforms shirts and trousers and boots scattered all over the place!


35 posted on 09/19/2019 5:56:36 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: RandallFlagg
I never have to worry about shark attack, either.
I live in Colorado.

I am more than half tempted to do a Sharknado ping here...

36 posted on 09/19/2019 6:00:26 AM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, don't forget the unicorn farts!)
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To: jmacusa
they’re always hungry,

True of nearly every critter except technological humans.

37 posted on 09/19/2019 6:02:09 AM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, don't forget the unicorn farts!)
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To: PGR88

Spinal Tap caries an 11...


38 posted on 09/19/2019 6:04:09 AM PDT by null and void (<---powered by warm sunshine and gentle breezes and unicorn farts, don't forget the unicorn farts!)
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To: bert

The supervisor at Mountain Island Educational State Forest (NC) said (last week) that older male bears are pushing younger males out of the parks and forests into agricultural land and the suburbs. The subject came up because we found bear scat on the gravel road through the forest, which is only a few miles outside the Charlotte city limits.


39 posted on 09/19/2019 6:08:51 AM PDT by Tax-chick (One of the chief causes of premature death is fretting about your health.)
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To: marktwain

I HAVE OFTEN SAID—AND WRITTEN: KILL ALL THE DAMN BEARS. They are good for nothing. Let hunters “cull the herds” of deer, elk, goats, pronghorn, etc.


40 posted on 09/19/2019 6:09:05 AM PDT by RArtfulogerDodger (peace, Love, and Joy To All, Especially Obama and Democrats)
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