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kimj81

2005-06-15 4:09 PM

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Subject: RE: bears

buckbagger - 2005-06-15 2:05 PM I have had lots of bear encounters and they don't worry me, but I don't think I would want to pass one on a bike. It was a memorable ride.

Because he probably would have knocked you off of it, put on his tutu and started riding in circles. Damn bears....

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the bear

2005-06-15 4:26 PM

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Subject: RE: bears

kimj81 - 2005-06-15 3:09 PM

Because he probably would have knocked you off of it, put on his tutu and started riding in circles. Damn bears....

Now that tutu thing is part of my past that i'm not exactly proud of, but it IS in the past and shouldn't be brought out here...

And , dang, y'all some mean ol' mothas, taking after my kinfolk with firearms and pepper spray.

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pippen

2005-06-15 5:54 PM

in reply to: #174608

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Denver

Subject: RE: bears

Normally I confront my fears. Scared of heights? Go climb a mountain and look down a cliff kind of thing. BUT, I wouldn't confront bears.

Especially if they have a tutu on.

Edited by pippen 2005-06-15 5:54 PM

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CitySky

2005-06-15 6:16 PM

in reply to: #175483

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Subject: RE: bears

fair question! yeah that one got a second date. but he was looking for someone serious, and i wasn't really on the romance train at that point in life; he eventually slinked off like that black bear who decides it's just not worth the trouble...

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joeinco

2005-06-15 10:04 PM

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Lafayette, CO

Subject: RE: bears

The correct method for fighting a bear:

http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?video=Bear-Fight

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CitySky

2005-06-15 10:10 PM

in reply to: #175647

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Evanston,

Subject: RE: bears

ROFL! TOO FUNNY!

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StartingToTri

2005-06-16 6:57 AM

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Southwest Chicago 'burbs

Subject: RE: bears

By my way of thinking, the best defense is to always be with someone who runs slower than you do! You don't need to be faster than the bear, just faster than your friend.

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Kupe du Monde

2005-06-16 9:15 AM

in reply to: #175489

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Centennial, CO

Subject: RE: bears

kimj81 - 2005-06-15 1:58 PM

Kupe du Monde - 2005-06-15 12:07 PM

I guess I come from a different school of thinking that the best bear repellant is a .44 mag. First shot goes in the dirt at it's feet. After that, well that's up to the bear.

The problem is, you have to be a pretty good marksman and have a pretty high caliber to actually kill the bear before it comes and mauls you before it dies. Really. I'm serious. Bear pepper spray is supposedly more effective. But I've never been attacked by a bear, so who knows.

Edit: I have no idea how effective a shot at it's feet would be. Probably about the same as throwing rocks and no one seems to espouse that.

It's more about the noise really.

Here's a good anecdote, though, that I always thought funny:

In bear country it is advisable to wear 'bear bells', to warn the bears away, as well as carrying bear spray. It is also a good idea to keep your eyes open for bear sign, particularly their scat, and to know how to tell the difference between black bear scat and grizzly scat -- black bear scat looks like human scat and is commonly full of seeds and berries. Grizzly scat is larger, full of bells, and smells like hot peppers...

Kupe du Monde

2005-06-16 9:17 AM

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