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Old 06-04-2006 | 06:51 PM
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MinnFinn
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Default RE: side arm for bear hunting????

tangozulusaid, "...I can't find a single example of a wounded blackbear ever harming a hunter."

I think that is a very bad assumption that I think you're making, for you and anyone who assumes Black Bears, especially wounded ones to be less dangerous than others.

Sure, they are not the size and may not go out of their way to find a hunter or hiker, like some other bigger bear species, but make no mistake, a wounded bear is a wounded bear! Be very careful about ever venturing out after one. It WILL protect itself especially if wounded.

I have talked with several people who had bears come up the trees after them even though they had not yet been shot. Bears that have been around people and eating out of their garbage, feeders, etc. for sometime to some extent lose their fear of man. Those kinds of bears, Black, Brown or otherwise can be dangerous. Don't kid yourself.

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