I remembered another bear adventure of sorts. I have an old wirehair (pictured below) who was something in his youth. He really couldn't get the idea of leaving porcupines alone. One day in November just before our rifle deer season opens. I was running him and a husky now passed. The wirehair chased a porcupine into a blow down. He caught the porky and a bear came out pretty fast right passed me. The husky chased it down, and treed it without so much as a bark. Pretty impressive for a sled dog.

I forget how many quills I had to pull out. But the bear stayed in the tree the whole time. Maybe he went back to sleep.
ATB