Bear Food

[unregistered]

 

[Wok]

Holy. Shit.

 

[Peregrinator]

Good god. That's the most horrifying thing I can imagine happening in the wilderness.

 

[Fabala]

This is one for the holy shit file.

But also? Why can she get cell service in the middle of nowhere in freaking RUSSIA while she's being eaten by a bear, and I can't get even one bar while I'm sitting on my damn couch?

 

[unregistered]

 

[Peregrinator]

This is one for the holy shit file.

But also? Why can she get cell service in the middle of nowhere in freaking RUSSIA while she's being eaten by a bear, and I can't get even one bar while I'm sitting on my damn couch?

I had a similar thought. Reasons to carry a gun instead of a phone, I guess.

 

[trysail]

Every time I hear of a bear attack, I recall this piece:

How we should go about living with grizzlies is not an easy subject. Half of our population considers grizzlies to be serial killers and the other half considers them a cross between Yogi Bear and Winnie the Pooh. But they are not serial killers, they are not harmless, and they are not our friends. They are wild beings, with all that connotes. For reasons I don't understand, many people have a hard time accepting that fact. As Aldo Leopold put it: 'Only those able to see the pageant of evolution can be expected to value its theater, the wilderness, and its outstanding achievement, the grizzly.'

On the other hand, no one should underestimate the horror of a grizzly attack. A small library of books describing such attacks is likely to keep you from ever hiking in grizzly country, especially alone. One factoid I can't get out of my head was reported by Dr. Steven P. French, a biologist who worked for the Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation: a grizzly may begin eating you before you die.

-Jack Turner
Travels in the Greater Yellowstone.
New York, New York 2008.​

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[unregistered]

 

[trysail]

The word "revenant" popped up in connection with the recent grizzly attacks in Yellowstone and Alaska. I'd never heard of Hugh Glass before. What a story:

...Hugh Glass will be portrayed by Christian Bale in the movie The Revenant, based on the novel The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke. The movie will be written by Mark L. Smith and directed by John Hillcoat...


"The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge," Michael Punke (2002) ISBN 0-7867-1027-6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass

 

[Peregrinator]

Every time I hear of a bear attack, I recall this piece:

-Jack Turner
Travels in the Greater Yellowstone.
New York, New York 2008.[/SIZE][/B]​

Well said indeed. The only time in my life I've experienced that primal fear sometimes called "seeing the elephant" in the backcountry was while hiking with Lady P in the Canadian Rockies. Banging the trekking poles together to make noise in case of nearby grizz and thinking that if one attacked I was going to take the hit and shout at her to get the fuck up a tree and I loved her was not a pleasant state of mind. That was the only time in my life outside of military stuff when I felt like I really should be carrying a high-caliber, high-velocity firearm in order to be safe.

 

[Peregrinator]

The word "revenant" popped up in connection with the recent grizzly attacks in Yellowstone and Alaska. I'd never heard of Hugh Glass before. What a story:

I hadn't either.

Jesus fucking holy christ on a shingle with extra cheese:

Aided by friendly natives who sewed a bear hide to his back to cover the exposed wounds, ...

 

[Peregrinator]

We should just arm ourselves in their habitat and trust twelve Americans to sort out the morality and the legality of being armed and having killed a Grizzly in the defense of our lives.

Eh, I don't think you have much to worry about there, Vette. Even the most committed of greenies would understand that you took a hike in Yellowstone and regretfully had to kill a bear that attacked you. There are some on the very fringes, like PETA and Earthfirst! that might think "Well, we're on their planet so we deserve to die," but they're few and far between and marginalized even by us mainstream green types.

 

[CandiCame]

That is fucking crazy! How do you do that- get attacked by a Grizz and three babies? They're endangered here- they must have more of them in Russia.

I've never been attacked by a bear- I watched one attack my cousin's dog and ran like a bitch- because it was endangered so I didn't want ot shoot it, and without shooting it, it's, you know a fucking bear so I ran from that shit. And that wasn't a hungry mama and her cubs, that was one bear.

That's some scary shit right there! Was there nothing her mom could do? I couldn't imagine sitting there helpless while your kid was eaten by a bear- this is the most fucked-up thing I've read in a long time.

One time on the local news I saw that this bear had robbed a chick. It broke into her kitchen by ripping the door down and proceeded to steal all her food. She got home, thought it was a human robber, saw it was a bear, went back to the car and called animal control. They came and tranked it, and took it back to the woods or whatever, and she got all pissed off, because it had caused a ton of damage, ripped open her door, turned over the stove, ripped the door off the fridge and a bunch of the cabinets, and she just had to eat that cost.

It didn't eat her fucking kid.

 

[Fabala]

They're endangered here- they must have more of them in Russia.

They're considered "threatened" in the US. Endangered in Canada.

But in Russia, there is a very stable population.

The population of brown bears in Russia has been stable for years. According to estimates, its population may approach 140,000, which is more than any other country. The Russian brown bear habitat runs uninterrupted from the Finnish border to the Pacific Ocean for 10000 km. (6000 mi.). The Pacific coast and the European parts of the country have the largest density of bear population.

So yeah, this:

I had a similar thought. Reasons to carry a gun instead of a phone, I guess.

And also, don't go hiking in Russia when it's not hibernation season.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I had a similar thought. Reasons to carry a gun instead of a phone, I guess.

Or if not, at least call Animal Control before your mom. Seeing as how they're professionals they probably have a better chance of getting your screams out of their heads and moving on with their lives.

 

[unregistered]

 

[thør]

They're considered "threatened" in the US. Endangered in Canada.

In the area where my cabin is, the hunting regs for Brown/Griz bear are:

No closed season.

One bear per regulatory year.

No tags required for residents.

 

[Ishmael]

In the area where my cabin is, the hunting regs for Brown/Griz bear are:

No closed season.

One bear per regulatory year.

No tags required for residents.

We're suffering through a bear invasion where I'm at this year. The bears have had two excellent breeding years and the adults are running the two year olds out of the nest. Albeit these are black bears here, they can be a serious nuisance when they're hungry and in new territory.

Ishmael

 

[Hallow_Ed]

it is there national symbol, or it was, or soon will be again. horrible story no doubt. maybe it's fake.

 

[thør]

We're suffering through a bear invasion where I'm at this year. The bears have had two excellent breeding years and the adults are running the two year olds out of the nest. Albeit these are black bears here, they can be a serious nuisance when they're hungry and in new territory.

Ishmael

Near my cabin......

Black bears are 3 per regulatory year

no closed season.....

Need a tag (free for residents)

I have one in my pocket, that way I don't have to declare a DLP shooting if I have to kill one.

 

[miles]

Albeit these are black bears here, they can be a serious nuisance when they're hungry and in new territory.

Is it necessary to play the bear race card?

 

[Peregrinator]

And also, don't go hiking in Russia when it's not hibernation season.

There is that.

I want to believe this.

Trust me, my friend. I know all of those people, and that's an accurate description.

 

[thør]

Is it necessary to play the bear race card?

It is......

 

[CandiCame]

Is it necessary to play the bear race card?

lol- that made me really laugh

 

[Peregrinator]

Or if not, at least call Animal Control before your mom. Seeing as how they're professionals they probably have a better chance of getting your screams out of their heads and moving on with their lives.

Yes, although I've been in many, many situations where I knew that if I needed help it was going to be far too late. In fact, many times I've been that help, and I know from that side that it's painful, but cell phones would not have changed the outcome.