SarcasmTheElf wrote:
The "Don't kill the precious bear" hippies are all over the AT section hikers page right now.
Lost in the right direction.
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SarcasmTheElf wrote:
The "Don't kill the precious bear" hippies are all over the AT section hikers page right now.
The post was edited 1 time, last by Traffic Jam: I was being a jerk ().
hikerboy wrote:
just saw this on tos. do people even read? the kid had hung his food on the cables:
"Maybe this will serve as a wake up call to all the people I see posting here that sleep with their food."
hikerboy wrote:
just saw this on tos. do people even read? the kid had hung his food on the cables:
"Maybe this will serve as a wake up call to all the people I see posting here that sleep with their food."
Rasty wrote:
they read but don't comprehendhikerboy wrote:
just saw this on tos. do people even read? the kid had hung his food on the cables:
"Maybe this will serve as a wake up call to all the people I see posting here that sleep with their food."
hikerboy wrote:
then they would enjoy our political crap threadsRasty wrote:
they read but don't comprehendhikerboy wrote:
just saw this on tos. do people even read? the kid had hung his food on the cables:
"Maybe this will serve as a wake up call to all the people I see posting here that sleep with their food."
hikerboy wrote:
then they would enjoy our political crap threadsRasty wrote:
they read but don't comprehendhikerboy wrote:
just saw this on tos. do people even read? the kid had hung his food on the cables:
"Maybe this will serve as a wake up call to all the people I see posting here that sleep with their food."
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
It's interesting to me that whenever one of these rare attacks happens, some people always try to rationalize the bear's motives and attempts to blame the victim (Did he have food smells?). My take on it is that sometimes bears are unpredictable and on very rare occasion they are dangerous.
LIhikers wrote:
Can you eat kangaroo?Does it taste like chicken? After all, everything else does.OzJacko wrote:
If the numbers are too high for the environment to handle a cull is in order.
I don't like it but given we find it necessary to cull kangaroos by the thousands I can't criticise sensible population control.
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
It's interesting to me that whenever one of these rare attacks happens, some people always try to rationalize the bear's motives and attempts to blame the victim (Did he have food smells?). My take on it is that sometimes bears are unpredictable and on very rare occasion they are dangerous.
(please note I'm posting this as a general thought, it's not directed to at anyone here)
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annual bear hunts are becoming more and more common. the bear population continues to grow due to easy access to human food sources as humans further encroach on their habitat. thinning the population is sometimes necessary, especially since they have no natural predator.. the increasing number of encounters between bears and humans the past few years lead one to believe a hunt necessary, for the good of both bears and non-bears.TrafficJam wrote:
I'm middle of the road on the bear issue. If the bear needs to be put down, so be it, that's not for me to decide. But to use this incident as an argument to allow general bear hunting is as reactionary and extreme as the "don't kill the precious bear" people.SarcasmTheElf wrote:
It's interesting to me that whenever one of these rare attacks happens, some people always try to rationalize the bear's motives and attempts to blame the victim (Did he have food smells?). My take on it is that sometimes bears are unpredictable and on very rare occasion they are dangerous.
(please note I'm posting this as a general thought, it's not directed to at anyone here)
and...in another story a woman and her 16 y/o son are missing; supposed to return to clingmans dome after a hike last nite at 8:30 but did not show.TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
hikerboy wrote:
annual bear hunts are becoming more and more common. the bear population continues to grow due to easy access to human food sources as humans further encroach on their habitat. thinning the population is sometimes necessary, especially since they have no natural predator.. the increasing number of encounters between bears and humans the past few years lead one to believe a hunt necessary, for the good of both bears and non-bears.TrafficJam wrote:
I'm middle of the road on the bear issue. If the bear needs to be put down, so be it, that's not for me to decide. But to use this incident as an argument to allow general bear hunting is as reactionary and extreme as the "don't kill the precious bear" people.SarcasmTheElf wrote:
(please note I'm posting this as a general thought, it's not directed to at anyone here)
max.patch wrote:
and...in another story a woman and her 16 y/o son are missing; supposed to return to clingmans dome after a hike last nite at 8:30 but did not show.TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
knoxnews.com/news/local-news/m…r-clingmans-dome_41391320
do you know what happened?TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
socks wrote:
do you know what happened?TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
socks wrote:
do you know what happened?TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
TrafficJam wrote:
They think it's the missing NC lady, that's all I know.socks wrote:
do you know what happened?TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
max.patch wrote:
nothing reported that i know of, but she loved the gsmnp and was reportedly suffering from depression so i suppose one could make an educated guess.socks wrote:
do you know what happened?TrafficJam wrote:
BTW, a woman's body has been found in the Smokies.
Terrific, finally one that does end well.TrafficJam wrote:
Blue Jay La Fey wrote:
There are sooo many more dangerous problems hikers have to face than bears and yet if there is a bear attack anywhere in the world it is immediately reported on hiking web sites. IMO here is a list, please feels free to dispute it
1) Hypothermia
2) Ticks
3) Falling down
4) Getting lost
5) Dog People (avg. 40,000 bites per year, I don't count dogs as there has to be someone to yell "it's OK he's friendly")
6) Sasquatch People (you know who you are)
7) Things from other planets
Cooking in Plastic Bags
9) Dick Chainy (trail name)
10) Stink, stank, stunk
11) Bears
Blue Jay La Fey wrote:
There are sooo many more dangerous problems hikers have to face than bears and yet if there is a bear attack anywhere in the world it is immediately reported on hiking web sites. IMO here is a list, please feels free to dispute it
1) Hypothermia
2) Ticks
3) Falling down
4) Getting lost
5) Dog People (avg. 40,000 bites per year, I don't count dogs as there has to be someone to yell "it's OK he's friendly")
6) Sasquatch People (you know who you are)
7) Things from other planets
Cooking in Plastic Bags
9) Dick Chainy (trail name)
10) Stink, stank, stunk
11) Bears
hikerboy wrote:
thinning the population is sometimes necessary, especially since they have no natural predator.. the increasing number of encounters between bears and humans the past few years lead one to believe a hunt necessary, for the good of both bears and non-bears.
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
My dogs aren't perfect, but in the rare event that one of them breaks a heel command and runs up to somebody, the first words out of my mouth are an apology, not a justification
Blue Jay La Fey wrote:
I'm so very glad my skin ( to say nothing about my terror ) depends upon a heel command.SarcasmTheElf wrote:
My dogs aren't perfect, but in the rare event that one of them breaks a heel command and runs up to somebody, the first words out of my mouth are an apology, not a justification
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How do they get those bears to fill out a census form?TrafficJam wrote:
Bear population by state as of 2011 per the Black Bear Society
blackbearsociety.org/bearPopulationbyState.html
Drybones wrote:
How do they get those bears to fill out a census form?TrafficJam wrote:
Bear population by state as of 2011 per the Black Bear Society
blackbearsociety.org/bearPopulationbyState.html
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