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Bear! One spotted in my area.
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<blockquote data-quote="carleb" data-source="post: 2518030" data-attributes="member: 2353"><p>No harm in packing some protection, but I think your likelihood of encountering a bear is about 1/100th as much as encountering a hostile person, or hostile dog. Honestly, I spent 10 years in Colorado and Wyoming and a LOT of it in backcountry as part of my job and I never saw a bear. Lots of tracks, scat and cow carcasses that were being hit by bears, but never eye to eye with a live one. Having a dog along surely does up the odds, but they are still pretty low. Most of the time when I was off the grid, I didn't even carry a firearm. Surely I would today, but then I didn't even see a need for it and it was normally in the way when doing cow work.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I think I saw a mountain lion on two occasions, but wasn't sure. Never got a real clear, up close look. I would tend to be much more scared of them than a black bear. They have a recent history of eating folks, but black bear not so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carleb, post: 2518030, member: 2353"] No harm in packing some protection, but I think your likelihood of encountering a bear is about 1/100th as much as encountering a hostile person, or hostile dog. Honestly, I spent 10 years in Colorado and Wyoming and a LOT of it in backcountry as part of my job and I never saw a bear. Lots of tracks, scat and cow carcasses that were being hit by bears, but never eye to eye with a live one. Having a dog along surely does up the odds, but they are still pretty low. Most of the time when I was off the grid, I didn't even carry a firearm. Surely I would today, but then I didn't even see a need for it and it was normally in the way when doing cow work. Edit: I think I saw a mountain lion on two occasions, but wasn't sure. Never got a real clear, up close look. I would tend to be much more scared of them than a black bear. They have a recent history of eating folks, but black bear not so much. [/QUOTE]
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