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 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. 
  
 >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. 
 >>>However, if you have a serious case of the primeval hunting urge then 
 >>>go out and kill for food for your family, but do it as humanely as you 
 >>>would want someone to do it to you.   How good is bear meat? 
 >> 
 >>Bear meat has to be cooked "well done" and is in many ways similar to 
 >>pork.  It can be subituted for pork in many recipes. 
 > 
 > 
 >Mmmm..  Can't say I fancy it, but we're all different.  :-) 
 > 
 >Penny 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> 
 >>take the € out of 10x@telu€s.net to email me 
  
  
  
  
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