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Thanks all, good advice....heading out for our last trip of the year before having to winterize. Forecast is calling for 29 degrees at night, upper 50's during the day, perfect!
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shum02 wrote:sapoc wrote:At the risk of offending a few, this Grizzly Bear warning sign appears to be suitable for the topic at hand. http://www.outdooroddities.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/grizzly_bear_warning_sign.jpg
No it's not. Grizzly and Black bears are worlds apart in behavour, size, agression etc. Not even on topic.
Hey shum02, it's not Grizzly specific. It is a humorous sign that I came across and refers to both black and Grizzly, I'm sure you'll get a chuckle when you read it.
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sapoc wrote:shum02 wrote:sapoc wrote:At the risk of offending a few, this Grizzly Bear warning sign appears to be suitable for the topic at hand. http://www.outdooroddities.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/grizzly_bear_warning_sign.jpg
No it's not. Grizzly and Black bears are worlds apart in behavour, size, agression etc. Not even on topic.
Hey shum02, it's not Grizzly specific. It is a humorous sign that I came across and refers to both black and Grizzly, I'm sure you'll get a chuckle when you read it.
I've read it  and if your in Grizzly country it's pretty to the point!
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Steveo35 wrote:"......while I was sitting in my chair."
I bet the pucker factor was a little high then!
Actually, no. Once you've had enough bear encounters, you realize they are more afraid of you than you should be of them (hence, no need for the .357 magnum that the testoterone oozing crowd carries around.  )
When I run into one in the woods, I raise my arms and shout "Hey bear!". One look and it goes high-tailing it back into the woods (cause I'm really that ugly???).
Black bears in the east are really pretty chicken sh!t, at least until they have been corrupted by #$%&@ campers how can't read the rules! "Oh, those rules can't POSSIBLY apply to me, that bear looks so CUTE and he looks HUNGRY, a couple of Oreo cookies couldn't POSSIBLY hurt!" 
A fed bear is a DEAD bear!
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Deus Ex Machina wrote:
A fed bear is a DEAD bear!
That is a sad truth.
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Deus Ex Machina wrote:Steveo35 wrote:"......while I was sitting in my chair."
I bet the pucker factor was a little high then!
Actually, no. Once you've had enough bear encounters, you realize they are more afraid of you than you should be of them (hence, no need for the .357 magnum that the testoterone oozing crowd carries around. )
When I run into one in the woods, I raise my arms and shout "Hey bear!". One look and it goes high-tailing it back into the woods (cause I'm really that ugly???).
Black bears in the east are really pretty chicken sh!t, at least until they have been corrupted by #$%&@ campers how can't read the rules! "Oh, those rules can't POSSIBLY apply to me, that bear looks so CUTE and he looks HUNGRY, a couple of Oreo cookies couldn't POSSIBLY hurt!"
A fed bear is a DEAD bear!
Makes sense. Last time we camped up at Delaware Water Gap region, I took a walk thru the CG one chilly night. I had my dark jacket and dark pants on. As I was walking past a group of campers sitting around a campfire, I was pelted with oreo cookies.
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weathershak wrote:Deus Ex Machina wrote:Steveo35 wrote:"......while I was sitting in my chair."
I bet the pucker factor was a little high then!
Actually, no. Once you've had enough bear encounters, you realize they are more afraid of you than you should be of them (hence, no need for the .357 magnum that the testoterone oozing crowd carries around. )
When I run into one in the woods, I raise my arms and shout "Hey bear!". One look and it goes high-tailing it back into the woods (cause I'm really that ugly???).
Black bears in the east are really pretty chicken sh!t, at least until they have been corrupted by #$%&@ campers how can't read the rules! "Oh, those rules can't POSSIBLY apply to me, that bear looks so CUTE and he looks HUNGRY, a couple of Oreo cookies couldn't POSSIBLY hurt!"
A fed bear is a DEAD bear!
Makes sense. Last time we camped up at Delaware Water Gap region, I took a walk thru the CG one chilly night. I had my dark jacket and dark pants on. As I was walking past a group of campers sitting around a campfire, I was pelted with oreo cookies.
Oh, that was you? Sorry! 
(I wondered why the "bear" was cursing...)
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Steveo35
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Deus Ex Machina wrote:Steveo35 wrote:"......while I was sitting in my chair."
I bet the pucker factor was a little high then!
Actually, no. Once you've had enough bear encounters, you realize they are more afraid of you than you should be of them (hence, no need for the .357 magnum that the testoterone oozing crowd carries around. )
I've had plenty of bear encounters. First was at the Pecks Corner shelter in '77. Few years later had a sow chase four of us into the back country shelter on Mt Leconte. She then dug her way under the fence to get at the packs the other two guys had left in there.
She was marked because she was a bad actor, you don't ever want to fool around with a marked bear. I found out the next year she had to be removed from the park (again) and was killed in a preserve.
I know what your gonna say, she was one marked bear. She's was not alone, there are plenty of bad actors out there.
They are still wild animals smart and very powerful.
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