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Powerstroke2000
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Feb 21, 2015

Legalities regarding firearms for bear safety in wilderness?

I seem to be having trouble finding information on the need, and possibility of exporting one's own legal Canadian firearm (shotgun) into Yukon/Alaska for protection? We will be there for nearly two...
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sue_t
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Feb 24, 2015
One of the best books about bears and staying safe around bears that I've read:
Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance (links to Amazon.com)

From the inside cover:
What causes bear attacks? When should you play dead and when should you fight an attacking bear? What do we know about black and grizzly bears and how can this knowledge be used to avoid bear attacks?

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