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A Starving Wolf Stalked a Woman for 12 Hrs Saved by Beer and a Bear
Cal Sportsman ^ | 6/20/2016 | C Raleigh

Posted on 06/20/2016 9:01:48 AM PDT by w1n1

Joanne Barnaby and her friend Tammy Caudron were searching for morel mushrooms in an area near Fort Smith when they were separated. Barnaby was accompanied by her trusty dog Joey.

Barnaby recalls, "I heard this growl behind me. There was a long, tall, very, very skinny wolf. A black wolf. And his legs were spread and his hair was standing, and he was growling, and baring his teeth."

This black wolf seemed to know what it was doing and was pushing them back further into the woods. Barnaby said, “He was trying to wear me down. He was trying to separate Joey and I,” she said.

The 12 hours were maddening for the woman. Dehydration and fatigue aside she was faced with maybe the most brutal predator of all: "I was going crazy with mosquitoes."

At about 4:30 in the morning the next day things took a brighter turn, if you can call it that. In the distance she heard the obvious sounds of a bear cub wailing and its mother bear and this created an idea of pitting one predator against another. Read the rest of the story and see the video here.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bear; hunting; wolf
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1 posted on 06/20/2016 9:01:48 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1

Bookmarked to see if this is as good as the bull & bear fight in the Clint Eastwood/Lee Marvin edition of PAINT YOUR WAGON, circa 1969.


2 posted on 06/20/2016 9:07:04 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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Wait. The enviromorons assured us that wolves wouldn’t be a direct danger to humans. I’m surprised that they would lie. /s

The woman forgot the tried and true Rule of the Forest. When you are where there might be wolves, bears, Moose or mountain lion always keep the Blackhawk .44mag with 300gr bear busters handy. This is a rule I always follow.


3 posted on 06/20/2016 9:11:42 AM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
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To: w1n1

I NEVER hike unarmed.
I just spent seven days alone in Shenandoah National Park and my Glock 19 was a constant companion.


4 posted on 06/20/2016 9:12:16 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Seruzawa

My gaydar says that woman (and the other one) would not allow such perversions into her house (er, log cabin).


5 posted on 06/20/2016 9:13:32 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: w1n1

“Don’t do what I did. Don’t go without your gun,” she said “Anything can happen. If I had had that gun, it would’ve been a very short situation.”

I’ve wondered why wolves are often the bad guys in fairy tales, and bears are portrayed more favorably, tough but fair.


6 posted on 06/20/2016 9:18:27 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: w1n1

“Hold muh bear.”


7 posted on 06/20/2016 9:19:38 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If you can't graciously honor JimRob's wishes, then kindly stay the hell out of JimRob's house.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Even if the poor wolf was starving, she doesn’t look very good to eat.


8 posted on 06/20/2016 9:24:43 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: w1n1

Beer saved the day.


9 posted on 06/20/2016 9:29:20 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: w1n1

Beer necessities.


10 posted on 06/20/2016 9:31:55 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: rightwingcrazy

Bears are also portrayed as somewhat dim-witted (e.g., in “Goldilocks” and “Uncle Remus”).


11 posted on 06/20/2016 9:35:37 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: SJSAMPLE
I NEVER hike unarmed.

Same here. I was out the other day. Glock 23 on my hip. And two spare mags. That gives me 40 chances to neutralize any threat.

12 posted on 06/20/2016 9:40:47 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: w1n1
The wolf was probably more interested in the dog that was with her more than her. Wolves rarely attack humans regardless of the phobia of them that seems to run rampant on FR.
13 posted on 06/20/2016 9:45:56 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: w1n1

The wolf was trying to befriend the women.
There has never been a documented case of a wolf killing a human.......blah, blah, blah


14 posted on 06/20/2016 9:48:57 AM PDT by Vinnie
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“Don’t do what I did. Don’t go without your gun,” she said “Anything can happen. If I had had that gun, it would’ve been a very short situation.”

That said, she needs a real dog. There are only a few.


15 posted on 06/20/2016 9:51:35 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Seruzawa

That’s a good rule. Up here, the idiots won’t let us carry sidearms, the paperwork is nuts.

I usually take a ruger scout 308, or 45-70. The scout is better though, I hand load and for accuracy and light weight and short barrel, it works well.


16 posted on 06/20/2016 9:52:33 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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“Wolves rarely attack humans regardless of the phobia of them that seems to run rampant on FR.”

True, but famous last words last week to that effect in Florida, again.


17 posted on 06/20/2016 9:52:34 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Pray you never need it heh. At least not up here in northern Alberta.


18 posted on 06/20/2016 9:53:22 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Smittie

Tell that the man who went walking from a camp in Saskatchewan a few years back. They took him down.


19 posted on 06/20/2016 9:54:42 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

90% of it’s for the HUMAN variety of varmint.
Bears in SNP are small enough that 15rnds of 9mm do the trick.

I wouldn’t enter the northern territories without .44 Mag or greater.


20 posted on 06/20/2016 9:56:41 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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