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Quote from: wapiti hunter2 on February 27, 2015, 09:16:21 PMAfter 8 years (summer seasons average 100-130 days) in Alaska working in grizzly country every day (total of around 1000 days), my bear paranoia went like this. Year 1, carried a 44 mag and could hardly work.Year 2, worked Ok 44 mag on hip but very nervous.Year 3, worked easy and hardly thought about the bearsYear 4 -8, 44 mag in back-pack and loaded with bird shot for ptarmigan.I saw grizzlies a total of less than 20 times. Black bears regularly.Complacency kills, lucky you didn't go back for year 9.
After 8 years (summer seasons average 100-130 days) in Alaska working in grizzly country every day (total of around 1000 days), my bear paranoia went like this. Year 1, carried a 44 mag and could hardly work.Year 2, worked Ok 44 mag on hip but very nervous.Year 3, worked easy and hardly thought about the bearsYear 4 -8, 44 mag in back-pack and loaded with bird shot for ptarmigan.I saw grizzlies a total of less than 20 times. Black bears regularly.
Does the name Timothy Treadwell belong somewhere in this discussion?
Quote from: bearpaw on March 01, 2015, 08:12:13 PMDoes the name Timothy Treadwell belong somewhere in this discussion? I guess I'm not following how. I haven't read of anyone on here doing what he did. "Treadwell was known for getting extremely close to the bears he observed, sometimes even touching them and playing with bear cubs. "
Quote from: dontgetcrabs on March 01, 2015, 04:48:45 PMQuote from: wapiti hunter2 on February 27, 2015, 09:16:21 PMAfter 8 years (summer seasons average 100-130 days) in Alaska working in grizzly country every day (total of around 1000 days), my bear paranoia went like this. Year 1, carried a 44 mag and could hardly work.Year 2, worked Ok 44 mag on hip but very nervous.Year 3, worked easy and hardly thought about the bearsYear 4 -8, 44 mag in back-pack and loaded with bird shot for ptarmigan.I saw grizzlies a total of less than 20 times. Black bears regularly.Complacency kills, lucky you didn't go back for year 9. apply the same flawed logic to concealed carry, it's very similar.
Could have swore I saw one down at Mt Adams about five years ago. Biggest sumbeech I'd ever seen.Anybody else run across something like that down there. It was around Keenes.
Quote from: CAMPMEAT on February 28, 2015, 04:46:18 PMUnsworth will help out....................Officials debate way forward on grizzly bear management"The Kootenai, Idaho Panhandle and Lolo national forests last week released a new grizzly access plan for the Cabinet-Yaak and Selkirk grizzly areas in response to another long-simmering court case. The plan may close more than 100 miles of backcountry roads over the next eight years, and could face new legal challenges from off-highway vehicle users who want to maintain their own access".http://missoulian.com/news/local/officials-debate-way-forward-on-grizzly-bear-management/article_4aae18ae-1e08-11e1-9852-001871e3ce6c.html
Unsworth will help out....................