[Viking2002]

I'm a Cumberland boy. Our family home is still there on the ridge on the west side of town. Our neighbor, just across the street, told Mom that she's caught black bears rummaging through her garbage cans a couple of times. Christmas of '03, one of the damned things roared at me from the edge of the back yard. They're everywhere. They're causing wrecks on the highways. It's gotten to the point where the local paper has a regular 'bear watch' column. They're becoming a menace.

Ms. Frush can grow a new organ and perform a reproductive act upon herself. The silly bitch has probably never seen one outside of a zoo, anyhow. The entire state has suffered for decades at the hands of a few left-wing elitests from the D.C. metro area.

[conserv13]

Hi,

I went to Frostburg and have spent a lot of time up there. 6 year plan, I guess.

[RebelBanker]

The entire state has suffered for decades at the hands of a few left-wing elitests from the D.C. metro area.

Very true, but I believe that the left-wing-nuts from Baltimore are just as bad if not worse. Remember, Nancy Pelosi's maiden name is D'Alesandro - she is from an old Dem machine family in Little Italy. Her father and brother (Tommy Jr. & III) both served as Mayor of Bawlmer.

BTW, I grew up in Harford County and now live in Carroll County - one of the reddest districts in this very blue state.

[Salamander]

Hey there Viking dude....I think I saw your mom's porch the other day.
It is "amazing"....:))

"They set a kill limit of 30 bears and halted the hunt after 20 were killed in a single day"

That is a misstatement.
The 20 were killed in just a few -hours-.
The hunt was ended just after noon because officials feared if it was allowed to run the rest of the day, the "quota" would be quickly and grossly exceeded.

Just how ~many~ bears must there be for 20 to get whacked within a mere couple of hours in area that's quite large and not easily traveled, due to terrain?

I shudder to imagine.

Thanks to the [apparently animal-deprived] city folk, we can add an overpopulation of bears to our list of deer, herons/cranes and chicken hawks.
But we don't hold a grudge...really.
None of us were overly attached to our crops, fences, property, small wildlife & pets or expensive pond fish anyway.


We're just western Maryland hicks....abuse us.