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le loupe
05-11-2009, 15:20
If you carry, is it bear spray, a handgun or both?
just for fun!
No need to..............I just give them the look.
I carry a big stick, and yap my freakin head off all the time so I have to walk alone.
for protection from bears i bring nothing because im faster than my friends. For protection from people i bring nothing because i travel in a group.
It's none of your business if I carry :cool:
Feral Bill
05-11-2009, 18:12
You need a spot in the poll for neither. I choose to not carry either, although I generally hike in Grizzly country. Too low risk to justify it. In Glacier NP I'd conside spray.
You need a spot for other. I carry a couple condoms, just in case. :p
for protection from bears i bring nothing because im faster than my friends. For protection from people i bring nothing because i travel in a group.
Hey that's smart. Hike with someone you know you can out run and the bear or whatever will get them while you make your getaway. Now why didn't I think of that?
You need a spot in the poll for neither. I choose to not carry either, although I generally hike in Grizzly country. Too low risk to justify it. In Glacier NP I'd conside spray.
In the late 1980's I bowhunted for elk/black bear south of Glacier NP in the Kootnai NF and at the advise of our outfitter who dropped us off and left us a week in swamp creek canyon, I wore a .44 mag. handgun the entire time because he told us where we were was where they drop the problem grizzleys from Glacier NP. I don't know if it was true or not but it kept us alert. That "hog leg" I was wearing dragged me down on one side really bad. Never saw a bear or elk for that matter.
You need a spot for other. I carry a couple condoms, just in case. :pI'm not sure bears practice safe sex?
Pokey2006
05-11-2009, 20:01
Just because you carry some form of protection doesn't mean you're "afraid." Just careful/cautious/prepared, some may even say smart.
And that applies where the protection is a gun, pepperspray or condoms...
DC2.2GSR
05-11-2009, 20:49
It's none of your business if I carry :cool:
now that's the right attitude! if i never have to let anyone know what i carry, then i've had a good day. i'm very comfortable with my safety situation. i'll leave it at that. ;)
DC2.2GSR
05-11-2009, 20:54
Just because you carry some form of protection doesn't mean you're "afraid." Just careful/cautious/prepared, some may even say smart.
And that applies where the protection is a gun, pepperspray or condoms...
i agree with this statement completely. people have asked me if i'm really that scared of things or people in the woods, and i ask them "are you really that scared that you'll take a fall or get a blister? why do you carry your first aid kit?" the answer i usually get is "no, i'm just prepared for a possible situation" i confidently answer, "well now you've answered your original question." i've had the conversation a few times already.
le loupe
05-11-2009, 21:09
You need a spot for other. I carry a couple condoms, just in case. :p
Good thinking!
As to being scared, I hoped the poll was a little tongue-in-cheek. Don't take it so seriously- you might end up on a little of right-wing extremists!
boarstone
05-11-2009, 22:25
Works great for anything, kids, cats, dogs......etc
Pokey2006
05-11-2009, 22:28
Works great for anything, kids, cats, dogs......etc
Actually, I'd think you'd be most likely to need bear spray to fend of some thru-hiker's unruly dog...
World-Wide
05-11-2009, 22:51
If you carry, is it bear spray, a handgun or both?
just for fun!
The can I carry doesn't say "Bear Spray," it says "Whoop-Ass!"
vonfrick
05-11-2009, 22:52
well when i'm hiking it sure feels like i'm carrying everything i got :p
TJ aka Teej
05-12-2009, 00:49
I carry 50 cal anti-trolling spray.
DylonHike
12-02-2009, 12:01
When i did a section hike with my dad he carried a .22 just in case
On my lone thru hike ill probably borrow his .45 :p
ShelterLeopard
12-02-2009, 13:35
Any bear who tries to attack a tired and hungry hiker is in for it. Mmmm... Bear meat.
Bags4266
12-02-2009, 16:18
When i did a section hike with my dad he carried a .22 just in case
On my lone thru hike ill probably borrow his .45 :p
22!! Maybe for a lunatic person. But not for a enraged bear.
Rain Man
12-02-2009, 17:30
Just because you carry some form of protection doesn't mean you're "afraid."
Sure it does, and maybe even a felon.
Rain:sunMan
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