Bears
Just a couple of months ago we had a "once in a lifetime" experience in Glacier NP. In 40+ years of hiking in Grizzly country we never saw any bear while actually hiking. But this time, while on the h...
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packnrat wrote:Padlin wrote:
Speak of the devil. Day before yesterday, after 40+ years of hiking and not seeing a bear while hiking, we came around a curve and had a Black bear coming towards us on the trail, followed by at least 1 smaller bear which we took to be her not so small cub, also 40-50 yards off.
Being our 1st encounter we did not do like we were supposed to, we turned tail and kind of fast walked away. It stayed on the trail at least as far as we could still see it behind us. We left. This was in thick woods in Northern CT where no one carries bear spray.
you should carry spray, and a gun. but be happy as here in ca we ( by a democrat law) can only have a spray contaner that fits in the palm of your hand. something like 1/4 oz.
need a far larger
if you try to "fight" a bear you will lose.
It's only a black bear, but it still gets the heart pounding.
I was in a game sanctuary in CT, the cops tend to frown on carrying a gun.
