Go Pack!
What really galls me is that there is very little truthful dialogue between wildlife biologists and hunters. For years there has been a cover up on big cat populations from South Carolina to the West coast, big bears in the Northwest, and wolves all through the Northern to Northwestern states. I also know of one instance a few years ago where Virginia wildlife biologists were dumping sacks of rattlesnakes on a friend’s farm from a roadway to “re-introduce” them back into the area.
While I think it is exciting to be in an environment where there is a bit of risk, you are correct in stating that most hunters everywhere are just unprepared for an encounter with something that is going to hunt them back.
We always made a pact in camp before the hunt that if we were set on by a big bear it would just get shot and nobody would talk about it. I’ll be darned if I would give up a big elk to a bear, cat, or wolf pack after spending several thousand dollars on a hunt!
Go Pack!