Thanks for a very nice post. Both humorous and serious but the truth is more humorous than fiction in many cases.
You’re welcome, and thanks for the thanks. I’m not a bear or cougar hunter, yet, and I haven’t had to shoot any them...yet. I’ve only seen one cougar (mountain lion) near sunset and two in the headlights, so far.
...saw quite a few bears, though, up close—a couple of them well over 400 pounds in the fall (brown-colored black bears—neighbor’s dog pecking at them provided the opportunity to judge their sizes). My concern for now is to be prepared to defend against any bad ones that show up. ...no really bad/hungry ones so far (~ 10 years), but their populations are increasing.
Numbers of incidents are increasing, too (news stories more frequent), but the wildlife folks here are refusing or neglecting to tally the numbers of attacks. ...haven’t found those numbers anywhere.
I’m against being wasteful or unnecessarily cruel to any animals, but that’s about it. People are more important, IMO.