[pct-l] bears & food

[wandering_bob at comcast.net (Bob Bankhead)]

Or just serve to get his undivided attention......That's why experienced
outdoorsmen don't shoot at bears unless they want to kill them. Shoot a
black bear - odds are 50/50 it will run away or charge. Shoot a grizzly -
odds are 0/100 it will  run away or charge and only one of you will be alive
when it's over.

Wandering Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Bighummel@aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] bears & food


> Don't carry a bear canister.  Carry an aluminum wrist rocket slingshot,
> stealth camp and collect several walnut-sized rocks near the slingshot
before you
> go to bed.  The wrist rocket can take the bark off of a Ponderosa pine
from 30
> yards, it will hurt the bear but not kill him.
>
> One strategy, not legal but fun.
>
> Greg
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