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The only thing better would have been if it was a .45acp Hi-Point.
I wonder if the cops would have been Half as keen seizing that?
I wonder if the cops would have been Half as keen seizing that?
I think there is a big difference between carrying a gun that was expensive because its performance warrants the price, vs a gun that was expensive because the owner wanted exotic grips.
However, that's his choice.
Was the man really under attack, or was the bear fleeing the dog and the man was in the way? I suspect that if the man had taken one or two steps to the side, the bear would have dashed past him. Legally, it might have been a good shoot, but ethically, I have doubts.
The commentary about the pun gets more likes than the pun itself...guy just can’t win."You have the right to bear arms. Not bear arms in defense against bears?"
I knew that something like this was coming...
Unbearable puns.
The thing to realize here is that this didn’t happen in the backcountry in the park where the human might have been an experienced backpacker with rudimentary knowledge of how to handle a bear encounter. This was in Gatlinburg where the human very possibly had never seen a wild bear in his life. In the park, if a bear shows signs of getting too comfortable around people it is relocated The bear in this case has been treating the area and even second floor walkways of at least two different motels as casually as a pathway miles from any road. Possibly the same bear was filmed strolling the sidewalks in the heart of Gatlinburg as calmly as any tourist. It was a situation that should never have been allowed to reach the point it did.We have lots of bears here.
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Little ones like the above and bigger ones.
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We call this bear the peeping bear as it walks by the bedroom window at night.
I have a lot of trail camera pictures of bears, bobcats and mountain lions. Like it or not, they are our neighbors.
IME, raise arms and yell or if the Pitts bark and growl; bear beats feet. The bears seem to "fear" the dogs more than my yelling.
OTOH, we don't feed the bears and those who do create a dangerous situation.
Except the train can’t leave the tracks and still come after you when you step aside.Image you are standing on the train tracks, and a train "charges" you. Should you stand on the tracks while you draw your Super Train Stopping Magnum, or should you step aside first? Maybe step aside as you draw, and see if the train goes by. I recognize that the train example is a bit absurd, but this whole story is absurd, so maybe the train example is not a bad analogy.
That’s goodLive and let live is only a fine philosophy when you are sure both parties embrace it
The thing to realize here is that this didn’t happen in the backcountry in the park where the human might have been an experienced backpacker with rudimentary knowledge of how to handle a bear encounter. This was in Gatlinburg where the human very possibly had never seen a wild bear in his life. In the park, if a bear shows signs of getting too comfortable around people it is relocated The bear in this case has been treating the area and even second floor walkways of at least two different motels as casually as a pathway miles from any road. Possibly the same bear was filmed strolling the sidewalks in the heart of Gatlinburg as calmly as any tourist. It was a situation that should never have been allowed to reach the point it did.
This sign is in the men’s john at Loft Mountain campground in Shenandoah National Park. Telling people not to put food in the trash is one way to solve the problem. Putting a latch on the door or making it so it pushes outward would solve it too, but that would be too obvious. Sometimes the powers that be don’t exercise the best judgement.
For what it’s worth, I didn’t say they often used poor judgement, I said they sometimes did.I can't say I disagree with you. We knew about the area having bears. What we didn't know was there are mountain lions too. Officially, GA DNR denies there are mountain lions here; OTOH, the local game warden has seen them.
Then again, here the bears are too comfortable about getting way, way too close to where people live. The nearest town to us has a bit less than 8,500 people. When friends at church see my trail cam pictures; some buy a camera. Although, they live inside city limits, one discovered they had bears raiding their bird feeders and garbage cans. They blamed raccoons. Personally, I doubted a raccoon could bend a 3/8" rod the feeder was hanging on.
They also had pictures of coyotes..
My only disagreement with what you said is rarely if ever, the powers to be exercise the best judgement. At least until what they thought would never happen does happen.
Where was Marlin Perkins and Stan Brock when a critter needs captured?
If this town really is attracting the bear via food that's despicable and they should be held accountable.
Also 1800 for a gun to a guy driving a Ferrari (which isnt uncommon in gatlinburg.) isnt all that much.