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To: george76; Squantos; elkfersupper; vetvetdoug

I use to see bears all the time backpacking and rafting in the Smokies.

Once met a couple hiking out with only a back frame left, after a bear tore up their gear getting food. We gave them food and water and told them to turn around go downhill as it was only a half day's walk out that away as opposed to a two day uphill climb.


77 posted on 04/14/2006 4:03:36 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Kooks For Kinky)
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To: razorback-bert
If left to their own devices, and with plenty of food, they tend to get kinda' big.

People shouldn't wander around in bear country without someone with a large-caliber weapon to watch their back.

We humans are not necessarily at the top of the food chain.


89 posted on 04/14/2006 7:04:13 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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