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Old 05-23-2012, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Yéil View Post
Tell you what Rocky, you truck on up to the Yukon and let the elders know they are wrong.. I want to see who wins that one...LOL

Their point was and always will be to be situationally aware of where you are and take precautions and have a way out.
Sure. That prevention stuff is useful. It worked so well for Indians that none of them was ever killed by a bear.

I pack around a thunder stick whenever I can. Nothing can outrun a bullet or buckshot. BTW, I grew up in the northern bush. Had a wee trapline when I was 10. There's lots I don't know but there's lots I do know, too.

I had a similar disagreement with the great Andy Russell years ago. He knew it all and said he didn't need to pack a gun in bear country and I didn't need one, either, when I took kids into the bush. About a month later, I heard a grouchy black sow with cubs chewed up his ass and if his son hadn't picked up a shed and beat off the bear, he might've been in bad trouble as he laid there curled up with his hands over his neck.
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Last edited by Rocky7; 05-23-2012 at 09:45 PM. Reason: grammar
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