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    Default Scared of Black Bears?

    That's my dog, Echo. He's a fine young dog.

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    That is cute! Thanks for sharing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ed bell View Post
    Ed I like this picture.This was an even scarier looking kitty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Haven View Post
    Ed I like this picture.This was an even scarier looking kitty.
    Cat bites can get nasty!!! And they are MUCH more common than black bear attacks.

    Smart bear

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    15lbs!! Holy crap that's a big cat! You're right, smart bear!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smudge View Post
    15lbs!! Holy crap that's a big cat! You're right, smart bear!
    ...And a smart cat for not revealing to the bear that he had been de-clawed.
    That's my dog, Echo. He's a fine young dog.

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    Cute photo.

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    That cat must feel some proud.
    The size difference between Bear and Cat reminds me of the time I had to run from a nasty tempered hen Partridge protecting her brood of young ens.
    She would have pecked my eyes out had I hung around.
    WALK ON

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    Thanks for that .

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    Fifteen pounds isn't so much. I have a 22 pounder without claws and he'd eat that bear as a mid day snack. My 110 pound Lab/Mastif is deathly afraid of him. It's all about attitude.

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    do bears have bawls? i mean, if you kick a 200lb man's bawls hard enough, guranteed he leave you alone and cry in pain.

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    lol great photo

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    I've always said that black bears were just like big black hampsters
    "I'd rather kill a man than a snake. Not because I love snakes or hate men. It is a question, rather, of proportion." Edward Abbey

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    Utah has some raging hamsters, then. I seem to remember some footage of a black bear hunting a guy floating down a stream in AK. Due respect.

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    Default Black bear kills boy in Utah

    Speaking of black bears in Utah - I just saw on the news yesterday that a black bear killed an 11 year old boy who had been camping with his family. The bear went into the boy's tent and dragged him out of his sleeping bag. It didn't go into specific details but I have to wonder if the boy had food in his tent with him... Sad. I hate to hear about these things...

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    We know of various ways to keep bears from our campsites - hanging food and trash, keeping food out of our tents, etc.

    But how do we protect ourselves from cats? What do we do if we're in a shelter full of mice and a cat walks in?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rockjay420 View Post
    do bears have bawls? i mean, if you kick a 200lb man's bawls hard enough, guranteed he leave you alone and cry in pain.
    If a bear is chasing both of us, I want you to stop, turn around and try that. I really do.
    You never turned around to see the frowns
    On the jugglers and the clowns
    When they all did tricks for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiraz-mataz View Post
    Speaking of black bears in Utah - I just saw on the news yesterday that a black bear killed an 11 year old boy who had been camping with his family. The bear went into the boy's tent and dragged him out of his sleeping bag. It didn't go into specific details but I have to wonder if the boy had food in his tent with him... Sad. I hate to hear about these things...
    A girl in Pa was also dragged from her tent on a Girlscout
    camping expedition a couple weeks ago but she survived
    unharmed.The good news is that that AT bears don't know
    anything about these other bears and their predatory behavior
    so they are still not a threat to hikers on the AT.Let's just
    hope they don't find out!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiraz-mataz View Post
    Speaking of black bears in Utah - I just saw on the news yesterday that a black bear killed an 11 year old boy who had been camping with his family. The bear went into the boy's tent and dragged him out of his sleeping bag. It didn't go into specific details but I have to wonder if the boy had food in his tent with him... Sad. I hate to hear about these things...
    www.montereyherald.com/ci_6169207

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    the article mentioned, it was a popular campsite. Even if this boy did not have food in his tent, Sloppy campers have could been spilling food on this site for a while. I am much more worried about bears in crowded, popular areas, than I am in wilderness areas.

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