c'mon Larry, did you not see wild hogs? :)
On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > you bury that and hang your food in a tree. Unless you're really kinky that > is. > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> and you should always hang your poop from a tree. I think I learned that >> in a movie. >> >> >> On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> >>> >>> whenever I've gone hiking in the Rockies I've had an old coffee can >>> hooked to my pack. The can had some rocks in it so it rattled. thing >>> is though, it works with black bears but may not work with grizzlies. >>> Also the bear spray sold in the U.S. in not legal in Canada. You can >>> buy a less potent variety in Canada. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Generally you're trying to scare a bear away, like with a bear-banger, not >>>> beat it in a fight. It's going to take some pretty substantial hardware to >>>> put a bear down. However if you can make enough loud noise (and he's not >>>> really really hungry) you can probably get him to leave. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've always heard that making something 'grizzly proof' was nigh >>>>> impossible. >>>>> >>>>> I've also heard that anything that packs less punch than a 50 cal is >>>>> likely to just piss them off. Including bear spray. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:45 PM >>>>> To: cf-community >>>>> Subject: Re: OMG! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You need it. I remember when I was working at a mine near Revelstoke >>>>> BC. The kitchen and food storage was supposedly Grizzly proof. The >>>>> side of the trailer was torn apart and all the food was scattered or >>>>> eaten. the problem is that grizzlies generally still consider people >>>>> as legit prey. They run faster than people and are much stronger. >>>>> There's a reason why the doors to cabins are very thick and spiked. As >>>>> for the bear spray, I wouldn't bet my life on it working. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
