"gds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Nah! Just have Bill Baka around. I'm sure he has a story about how he dealt with the bears.
You mean sicing his Amazon daughter on them?
(sorry Bill - couldn't help that... highest respect... 😉
If I posted her picture you would see what a girl should look like but she won't let me. Too many guys already making fools of themselves when she is around. Think Sandra Bullock with a little more muscle and you have it. Bill (did something right) Baka
I think I have you all beat and this is a no bull, real story. I went to Yosemite about 1973 with about 20 friends to camp out and visit a friend who was a ranger there. We all partied at the farthest part of the camping area we could find so we wouldn't bother anyone else. The beer, and us, ran out at about 1:30 but some people stayed up (tilted, but up) talking and I took my sleeping bag up the hill and crashed. I woke up at daybreak thinking a big dog was licking my face and saw a baby bear. Thought number one was "How cute.". Then I looked about 20 feet up the hill and saw mama bear and my second thought was "Oh, [censored]." Looking down at the campsite, my room mate was making the morning coffee fire and laughing his ass off at me, waking everyone else to the sight. The baby was about 60? pounds and the mama was just plain big, but black. I think the little guy would have liked to play wrestle but I have also been told that a mother bear will jump in and ruin your whole day if you do. Kind of like my pet bull, fun when little but dangerous when big, no bull. Bill Baka
LMAO! 😄
Well, I did feel the urge to pet it but my friends made so much noise laughing at the situation that baby and mama bear took off. Little animals are cute, big ones I avoid. Bill Baka
A few years ago I was cycle touring with friends and we camped at the edge of Sherwood forest, it was nice weather so I slept just with a fly sheet, in the morning I thought I was at home with the dog licking my face to wake me up, but boy was his breath bad! I pushed him away about 2 or 3 times, before I remembered I was camping, I opened my eyes to see the biggest, sharpest teeth I have ever seen (at least it looked that way from 2 inches away), I screamed in fright and jumped up, everyone else did the same, at which point the Badger just looked at me as if to say "please yourself then" and ambled off into the forrest.
He was probably licking off all the slugs and snails that had crawled onto you in the night. You're lucky the little b*&^ard didn't bite you or you would have spent a day of your holiday in casualty getting jabs.
I think Badgers are 'orrible, nasty beasts - even as a child I never understood why they are commonly depicted as cute, wise, peaceful countryside dwellers. But then there are townies who glamourise foxes, too...
/rant, sorry.
I had a pet fox and it wasn't that bad. Skunks that have been de-stunk are like cats. Bears are just like giant dogs with pit bull attitudes. Most animals will be your friend if they are familiar with you. I have raised baby birds that have bonded with me and when I let them go free they always would come back and land on my shoulder or the top of my head. Sometimes I gave them a treat and other times they just wanted to be with someone familiar. It was kind of weird having a just grown sparrow following me and landing on me when I was trying to do yard work. Bill Baka
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:40:58 +0100, Buck <ian@*remove*trikesandstuff.co.uk> wrote:
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A few years ago I was cycle touring with friends and we camped at the edge of Sherwood forest, it was nice weather so I slept just with a fly sheet, in the morning I thought I was at home with the dog licking my face to wake me up, but boy was his breath bad! I pushed him away about 2 or 3 times, before I remembered I was camping, I opened my eyes to see the biggest, sharpest teeth I have ever seen (at least it looked that way from 2 inches away), I screamed in fright and jumped up, everyone else did the same, at which point the Badger just looked at me as if to say "please yourself then" and ambled off into the forrest.
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He was probably licking off all the slugs and snails that had crawled
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Sometimes I gave them a treat and other times they just wanted to be with someone familiar. It was kind of weird having a just grown sparrow following me and landing on me when I was trying to do yard work. Bill Baka
It was the attitude of the Badger that got me, it just looked disgusted because I did not appreciate it licking my face.
Most black bears will choose to run away from you but if they don't, I'd rather know it's going to be dead soon than attempt to run away from it - I'm not as fast as they are.
Forget the rifle, take a friend with you and wear running shoes. You only have to run faster than your friend then ;-)
getting back (somewhat) on topic, captaining a tandem works well for me, although we've only had dogs chase us so far.
in message <op.ssgjexrs4al0tm@office>, Jeremy Collins
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I think Badgers are 'orrible, nasty beasts - even as a child I never understood why they are commonly depicted as cute, wise, peaceful countryside dwellers.
What's the basis for this opinion? (interested, not arguing)
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:54:18 -0400, <[email hidden]>,
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Around here we only have blackies - I won't go in the bush without a rifle if there are brownies or griz around. Most black bears will choose to run away from you but if they don't, I'd rather know it's going to be dead soon than attempt to run away from it - I'm not as fast as they are.
The black bears on Haida Gwaii don't run from food. They've been at the top of the food chain since the last ice age left them stranded. They're accustomed to their position. The ones away from population areas seldom, if ever, encounter humans. To the best of their knowledge, you're there to be eaten.
They're also typically huge compared to black bears from the interior regions of BC which I have encountered numerous times.
Word for Zoot. Arrogance will get you killed. A gun or bow will do you no good if the predator is sneakier/faster/more numerous than you. I used to catch rattlesnakes by their tails, but only one at a time and I have never tried to play with a bear of any sort. When in the wild, you are just another food source, even to the mosquitoes, which if the swarm was large enough, could in theory, suck you dry and dead. Be arrogant about bikes, not bears and such. Bill Baka
"Zoot Katz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Everybody who's dealt with bears before assumes too much when dealing with the next bear.
Touche. Let me clarify: given the choice between running away or quietly putting an arrow between a bear's ribs, I will always choose the latter. Around here we only have blackies - I won't go in the bush without a rifle if there are brownies or griz around. Most black bears will choose to run away from you but if they don't, I'd rather know it's going to be dead soon than attempt to run away from it - I'm not as fast as they are.
You just need to be faster than the person beside you ;-) -- Mark
Most black bears will choose to run away from you but if they don't, I'd rather know it's going to be dead soon than attempt to run away from it - I'm not as fast as they are.
Forget the rifle, take a friend with you and wear running shoes. You only have to run faster than your friend then ;-)
getting back (somewhat) on topic, captaining a tandem works well for me, although we've only had dogs chase us so far.
Sir needs a tandem trike. Sir could then run the dogs over.
"C.J.Patten" wrote: (clip) what about a pack of hotdog wieners? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've got this funny mental image: you're riding with a trailer with wieners in it. Dog running and eating.
1) what's the MINIMUM camping gear you'd bring with you to go bike camping?
I'd bring a gun to shoot myself in the head.
Make sure you ALSO take the CORRECT ammunition. We don't need any more drains on the health care system maintaining darwin award 'failures' on life support without any recompense.......
I think Badgers are 'orrible, nasty beasts - even as a child I never understood why they are commonly depicted as cute, wise, peaceful countryside dwellers. But then there are townies who glamourise foxes, too...
The only 'orrible, nasty badger I know of is the coke badger (Apologies for the modern cultural reference!). ;-)
I think Badgers are 'orrible, nasty beasts - even as a child I never understood why they are commonly depicted as cute, wise, peaceful countryside dwellers. But then there are townies who glamourise foxes, too...
They do say that you're not a seasoned Audax rider until you've encountered your first dead badger...
