My Aunt Joanne lived in Alaska. Her sister went to visit her. They were going wild berry picking. Joanne is strapping on her side-arm and her sister said, ‘What’s THAT for?’
Joanne said, ‘Bears like wild berries, too!’
City Sister, LOL!
I went to Alaska in the Spring of 2023 as part of a convention trip. Wife signed up my son and me for an ATV tour. Confirmation came back, trip includes trail mix snack, bottled water, yadda yadda, bear repellent.
Me: I’m not interested in any bear repellent that isn’t a firearm in a caliber starting with a four.
Day of, son and I show up first, Jake the awesome guide is prepping the ATVs. Wearing a nice chest rig holding a stainless .44 Mag revolver and a set of reloads. I said “you pass” and proceeded to relay that story above.
Unfortunately we didn’t see any bears in the wild that day or any other day. Would have liked to have seen one - at a distance. We did see lots of other cool critters.
LOL! Wild berries are the appetizer for bears when ever there’s dumb humans around.