If you're afraid of the dark...don't camp!
I am more and more amazed at the people that camp and feel the need to light up the entire campground. I'm not talking about the Christmas lights or rope LED's, I'm talking about people that feel the ...
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No, but either one would go GREAT with mashed potatoes and brown gravy!
My comments were geared towards the "NO FEAR" crowd, to show that there can be a LOT to fear which has nothing to do with humans.
A wild critter that does its own thing, and avoids my campsite, has nothing to fear from me, and I don't fear it.
BUT, if that critter is rabid, and half crazed because of it, I don't want it around, and I certainly will defend myself against it, no matter WHAT size it is!
Or, if the critter is dangerous, in and of itself, like bears or mountain lions or wolves, then a defensive posture is definitely indicated.
As I have said many times, "When seconds count, help is only minutes (or hours) away!" If you are going to camp in remote sites, you better be prepared to take care of yourself! True, you may never have to, but that ONE TIME...
When the bear is chewing on your leg, or the mountain lion chewing on your liver, or the rabid skunk or raccoon bites you, or you field dress a rabbit for dinner with a cut on your hand and get rabbit fever, it is a little late to think "Well, darn, maybe ol' Mowermech was right after all..."
My comments were geared towards the "NO FEAR" crowd, to show that there can be a LOT to fear which has nothing to do with humans.
A wild critter that does its own thing, and avoids my campsite, has nothing to fear from me, and I don't fear it.
BUT, if that critter is rabid, and half crazed because of it, I don't want it around, and I certainly will defend myself against it, no matter WHAT size it is!
Or, if the critter is dangerous, in and of itself, like bears or mountain lions or wolves, then a defensive posture is definitely indicated.
As I have said many times, "When seconds count, help is only minutes (or hours) away!" If you are going to camp in remote sites, you better be prepared to take care of yourself! True, you may never have to, but that ONE TIME...
When the bear is chewing on your leg, or the mountain lion chewing on your liver, or the rabid skunk or raccoon bites you, or you field dress a rabbit for dinner with a cut on your hand and get rabbit fever, it is a little late to think "Well, darn, maybe ol' Mowermech was right after all..."
