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Black Bear Attacks Sleeping Teen in Remote Area in Eastern Utah
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Posted on 07/09/2003 8:51:58 PM PDT by BOBWADE
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:36:47 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Talk about a late night snack! OUCH!
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posted on
07/09/2003 8:51:58 PM PDT
by
BOBWADE
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posted on
07/09/2003 8:53:36 PM PDT
by
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To: Coleus
Not NJ...But bear ping.
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posted on
07/09/2003 8:57:30 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Bear ping! :)
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posted on
07/09/2003 8:57:52 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: BOBWADE
Now adjust your vision to a populated New Jersey where I live.
Imagine a situation where anything that smells is bear food. This means you can't leave a cheesecake on your coffee table.
Now envision how the environazis see you? You bastard? You left food out. A bear broke into your house because you were such a careless bastard. Now they want to hunt bears just because it ate your 18 month old.
Well, you deserved it didn't you?
I tell you this, I have had at least a dozen experiences where black bears ended up within 15 feet of me ON MY PROPERTY and my wife and I are exceptionally cautious about this issue. We don't leave trash out, we don't leave food out and we have followed all the bear rules.
Hopefully the NJ bear hunt will let them go back to the wilderness. Yes, there are vast stretches of wilderness in NW NJ. Most folks think NJ is a vast metroplex. It isn't by any stretch. Where I live in NJ, I can walk 9 miles in one direction without seeing a home. At least half of NJ is wilderness but most people won't understand that until they experience this state.
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:03:40 PM PDT
by
Malsua
To: BOBWADE
Bear bag your food,do not have snacks in the tent or sleeping bag,they have a good nose, and know where you camp.
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:04:53 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: Malsua
Time to have the "Nudge" take a vacation in NJ!
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:06:42 PM PDT
by
BOBWADE
To: mdittmar
Bears are not exactly like ole gentle Ben are they?
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:08:15 PM PDT
by
BOBWADE
To: BOBWADE
Saw one scale a bear bag pole and pull on the rope 'till the bag was doing wild 360's,no scent,the food was all canned goods.
They know where you camp;)
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:16:33 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: BOBWADE
First:
Second:
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:22:51 PM PDT
by
Brett66
To: Malsua
I've never seen more deer in my life than in NJ. They're like rats....and a major traffic hazzard.
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:24:34 PM PDT
by
zarf
(fuggetaboutit)
To: Jonathon Spectre
I would pay money to see a fool take on a bear with a shovel
To: mdittmar
Last week, the Missouri conservation dept trapped one in Osage Beach(lake of the ozarks) Nwver knew they were so close to us.
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posted on
07/09/2003 9:49:20 PM PDT
by
BOBWADE
To: BOBWADE
Guess he forgot to wear a little bell and carry pepper spray.
To: BOBWADE
I live in NE Pennsylvania, right across the Delaware
from Sussex county, NJ.
I have a 7 foot fence, and don't leave food or garbage
outside.
They still come in, amble around and leave. Sometimes
they get frisky, and try and get in my shed. One ripped
the door of my shed off (2x6 reinforced, steel hardware,
with a Master Lock).
Most of the time you can scare them off with noise, but
if it's a Momma bear, and her cubs are nearby and she
thinks something's a threat, she'll do her damndest to
rip that threat's throat out, be it a two-year old human, a
dog, or an adult.
I have toddlers who play in my yard. I hate to
say it like this, but it's Why I Have a Dog. My dog is
going to run apes**t circles around a Momma bear making
enough noise to wake Strom Thurmond and draw the Bear's
attention off of my kids. Long enough for Ma Bear
to either quit and leave, or go at the dog and have me
introduce her body cavity to the stopping power of a 12-
gauge sabot.
In this case, you're best off being accurate with a low-
velocity, high caliber weapon to readjust their attitude.
I like a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with sabots. Your
mileage may vary, but I don't like putting holes in
neighbors' houses 1/2 mile away, so I keep the 40 caliber
rifle with the high velocity rounds stowed in that
circumstance.
Of course, adjust for windage, and practice makes perfect.
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posted on
07/09/2003 10:27:37 PM PDT
by
ISawIt
(Is it just me?)
To: Malsua
Hey!! You ain't one of them "Pineys" are you?
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posted on
07/10/2003 4:01:58 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: ISawIt
I'm right with you there... especially for the northeast where we live. I'm not trying to hit an Elk on the far side of a canyon. (I'd be lucky if I can see 75 yards on my property during Deer Season) And I can't think of anything else that delivers energy at short range like 1 oz. of lead.
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posted on
07/10/2003 4:20:13 AM PDT
by
tcostell
To: Jimmy Valentine
>>Hey!! You ain't one of them "Pineys" are you?<<
Heh, no. I'm a "Suxxor"...err, Sussex county person :)
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posted on
07/10/2003 5:00:06 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: Malsua
"Yes, there are vast stretches of wilderness in NW NJ"Whereabouts? I have relatives along the Ramapo River in Mahwah. They're on the side of a mountain overlooking the river and I believe the NY state line runs across the top of the ridge. I haven't been there in about 20 years but it sure was nice back then.
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posted on
07/10/2003 5:08:22 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
(The Thundering Herd Of Turtles ROCK!)
To: Gunslingr3
>>>I would pay money to see a fool take on a bear with a shovel <<<
I believe the poster is encouraging you to shoot the bear (first picture), then bury the evidence (second picture) to avoid difficulties with the authorities. I have also heard this referred to as , shoot, shovel and shut up.
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posted on
07/10/2003 5:14:59 AM PDT
by
MalcolmS
(Do Not Remove This Tagline Under Penalty Of Law!)
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