http://www.dailyindependent.com/new...cle_8ac233c6-04eb-11e5-acb1-d358d7e44417.html
Bears are taking over eastern KY where my farm is not to mention SE Ohio (right across the river) where my house is. It gets worse every year or better depending on your POV. I do feel naked without some protection in the woods now. Places where I grew up used to only have bobcats and the occasional mountain lion to worry about. It was very rare to hear the latter and I never saw anything but tracks. I have seen bobcats and trust me they are worth worrying about. I never really worry about any of them I suppose. I just know what to do and it isn't included in that news report. They left out a key step in dealing with a black bear. They said stand up and make noise and never run. What they don't say is if the bear comes your way despite the noise and it has obvious intentions of hurting you - shoot it. It's not like they're endangered.
I've had more than one encounter with those smelly critters. I've seen them not back down (like the time I disturbed one that had discovered my neighbors grain barrel for his hogs) and I've had them shadow me on a trail where I was about to reach a pinch point. I could smell that one plain as day even though I couldn't see the thing behind the mountain laurel. He was expecting me to have a picnic basket. Idiots had been feeding the bears there as I found out later. That bear had bad intentions for sure and I didn't have my gun with me since it was a state park. Never again. I'll just stay out of the parks if it means not carrying a gun in the woods.
Then there was the fan of my grilling habits. That one liked to hide behind the bushes and make threatening noises every time I cooked out on the grill (which was practically every day). It was gum smacking and teeth clacking but it never showed itself when I was around. I guess it senses I wasn't afraid which was made possible by a 870 and Brenneke Black Magic 12 ga. slugs.
All you guys in the Hillbilly Nation should pay attention these days and keep a firearm handy.
Bears are taking over eastern KY where my farm is not to mention SE Ohio (right across the river) where my house is. It gets worse every year or better depending on your POV. I do feel naked without some protection in the woods now. Places where I grew up used to only have bobcats and the occasional mountain lion to worry about. It was very rare to hear the latter and I never saw anything but tracks. I have seen bobcats and trust me they are worth worrying about. I never really worry about any of them I suppose. I just know what to do and it isn't included in that news report. They left out a key step in dealing with a black bear. They said stand up and make noise and never run. What they don't say is if the bear comes your way despite the noise and it has obvious intentions of hurting you - shoot it. It's not like they're endangered.
I've had more than one encounter with those smelly critters. I've seen them not back down (like the time I disturbed one that had discovered my neighbors grain barrel for his hogs) and I've had them shadow me on a trail where I was about to reach a pinch point. I could smell that one plain as day even though I couldn't see the thing behind the mountain laurel. He was expecting me to have a picnic basket. Idiots had been feeding the bears there as I found out later. That bear had bad intentions for sure and I didn't have my gun with me since it was a state park. Never again. I'll just stay out of the parks if it means not carrying a gun in the woods.
Then there was the fan of my grilling habits. That one liked to hide behind the bushes and make threatening noises every time I cooked out on the grill (which was practically every day). It was gum smacking and teeth clacking but it never showed itself when I was around. I guess it senses I wasn't afraid which was made possible by a 870 and Brenneke Black Magic 12 ga. slugs.
All you guys in the Hillbilly Nation should pay attention these days and keep a firearm handy.
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