[pct-l] Cabela's Rockets

[CMountainDave@aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

Carl - Did you read my post correctly? You say I offered no alternative? I 
believe that I did but you seem to have missed it so I'll spell it out one 
more time; M-A-K-E  T-H-E  B-E-A-R-S  A-F-R-A-I-D  O-F  H-U-M-A-N-S !-!-! I 
just want a live and let live balance. I promise to leave the critters alone 
when they graciously allow me to visit their home. No way in hell do I want 
to harm them. Can't I just have a little mutual respect in return? It's no 
more natural for bears to come into my camp for ANY reason than for me to go 
browse blueberries 10 feet away from them. I really, really believe that 
fearing man is most definitely in the bears best interest if for no other 
reason than to flee hunters. Take the cougar for instance. They are obviously 
smarter than bears because they, for the most part, wisely want nothing to do 
with mankind. One of them coming into camp or even being seen is a rare event 
indeed. And I bet it's because they rightly fear us. I believe the jury is 
still out on bear canister effectiveness. I see it becoming a non 
enforceable, unworkable, regulatory Murphy's law headache for everybody (see 
Joanne's post). Bears used to getting human food may become more aggressive 
when they can no longer get their"fix". As long as food has odor and bears 
have noses, they will come into our camps until somebody puts their foot down 
and says paws outta here and puts some claws into it. I don't fear bears - I 
just fear for them and want them to fear us so that they won't suffer the 
consequenses of not fearing us
 Tom - I agree that vigilantism ain't the answer. It would just lead to more 
dead bear cubs
Gina - I agree 100% with your quota points