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From: penny@pen.rhys
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:00:37 GMT, 10x@telu€s.net wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:09:06 -0500, penny wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:50:00 GMT, 10x@telu€s.net wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:03:34 -0500, penny wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:18:28 GMT, 10x@telu€s.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:16:47 -0500, penny wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:48:24 GMT, LC@dinkerson.com (Ladies Choice)
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In article <1ju7s1d9l5t2opccph9gt0nch2u9fgbekf@4ax.com>, penny@pen.
rhys
says...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't see the need for handguns. The only people who should have
>>>>>>>>handguns in our society are the police and the miltary.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>They are pretty useful in bear attacks. Try getting your rifle out
while a
>>>>>>>bear is mauling you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I stay away from bears. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Then you will never be visiting northern Alberta or northern B.C.
>>>>>Once you step out of your vehicle you become part of the food chain.
>>>>>Having a firearm with you will sometimes take you right to the top
>>>>>rather than the dead bottom.
>>>>>
>>>>>and if the bear knows you are there and gets under forty yards you
>>>>>should be taking defensive action resulting in the termination of said
>>>>>bear.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You could always stay away from areas in which you would automatically
>>>>become part of the food chain since you don't need to be part of that
>>>>chain. In our society it's all done for you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you have an urged to be saturated by the grandeur and beauty of
>>>>the wilderness I'm sure there must be a bear-free or a bear
>>>>--controlled part that you could visit.
>>>
>>>Are the bears aware of these bear free zones?
>>>It has been my experience that bears go wherever they want to,
>>>whenever they want to.
>>>I have, in the past, created my own "bear free zone". It kept my
>>>livestock from being eaten by bears.
>>
>>Does that mean you live in the wilderness?
>
>It may have been wilderness 75 years ago when my father cleared it
>with an axe so he could earn his homestead. But it is farmland now.
>The bears just couldn't turn down the opportunity of a free meal in a
>pig pen, nor could coyotes and foxes turn down all the meals in the
>chicken run.
>It hasn't been wilderness for fifty years but it is rural farmland and
>there are still bears and other predators there.
So you really have need of a long gun since you are living on the
fringes of a predatory food chain.
>
>>I don't have a clue about bears. but I would imagine that there are
>>certain habitats that bears are drawn to more than others and that
>>these habitats are known and studied and maybe mapped. It just seems
>>like common sense to me. Isn't that so? Go ahead and educate me about
>>bears.
>
>Bears are opportunists and are very adaptable, they can live in semi
>urban settings with very little interaction with humans.
>When humans grow food that bears like, bears will capitalize on the
>opportunity to eat. I have had bears eating the apples off the trees
>by my driveway. A pretty sight until children come walking up the
>driveway.
Thanks for the insight into "bears in your own backyard". I've never
seen a bear.
Where I was brought up we had lots of foxes and sheep. There weren't
any bears, wolves or coyotes anywhere close to where I lived. I
believe the only place in Europe you might find them are in Spain
where I think they also still have wolves.
Penny
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