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SwampFox Super Member
Joined: Jul 15, 2005 Posts: 1040 Location: Destin, Florida
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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You spider and snake haters just would no do in the tropics. After a while you get used to them and just keep one eye peeled for the bad actors.
For most folks black bears are a lot closer than they think. They aclimate to people pretty good and do like trash cans and garbage. Back when I lived west of here about 20 miles, in Navarre, I got a call one day from the neighbor, said look out front. I looked out the front window and there walking down the road in the subdivision was a sow and two cubs, just out for a morning stroll. I also think it is man developing into bear country that is the main problem.
Licking a cane toad huh..... well that is pretty much in line for a Darwin award.
Ed
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tikkat3 Super Member
Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 809
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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When I lived up your way Vince I'd leave a light on and do the rounds of the house a few times a night, put the toads in a ice cream container and freeze them.
That container was dropped by a few different people looking for a treat.
But the thing that made me jump the most was walking into a Golden Orb web while doing the rounds. To feel the lump of a spider on the side of your face as you walk into her web is a real bowel mover.
They are quite a large spider whose web strand per diameter is apparently stronger than steel.
I'd occasionally see a Koala Bear though.
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keetoowah Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Deep in the mountains of Montana
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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you are so very right Swampfox
where i live is very much Bear Country and its because of the developing.
i was up on the mountains above my house and saw lots of bear scat and tracks.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15880 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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tikkat3 wrote: |
When I lived up your way Vince I'd leave a light on and do the rounds of the house a few times a night, put the toads in a ice cream container and freeze them.
That container was dropped by a few different people looking for a treat.
But the thing that made me jump the most was walking into a Golden Orb web while doing the rounds. To feel the lump of a spider on the side of your face as you walk into her web is a real bowel mover.
They are quite a large spider whose web strand per diameter is apparently stronger than steel.
I'd occasionally see a Koala Bear though. |
Gidday mate, yep...freezing cane toads is the politically correct, humane way to kill them. Myself, I prefer a 3 iron.
Cheers, Vince
The Golden Ord Weaver is a beautiful spider, but you are right...walking into one at night does make your #@&% pucker real tight.
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_________________ Cheers, Vince
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11433 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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Eeeeyuck!!! They had some real colorful ones in Hawaii when I was stationed there. I used to go "booney stompin'" in the jungle...
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tikkat3 Super Member
Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 809
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:56 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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Thanks for the photos Vince.
I gave up on the clubs when one jumped on the down swing and I put my back out on the follow through.
I was using a 4x2 club.
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keetoowah Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Deep in the mountains of Montana
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:21 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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those are beautiful photos Vince
personally i like spiders and snakes.
of course tracker is like you Mr Bush hates them is putting it mildly
The animals were driven into these parts of the woods from the fires as well
last i heard over 670,932 acres were burned near here.
they were finally out last week and we see blue skys and no ashes on the my big red dodge.
but there are more deer than seen the past few years here.
my dogs played tag with two this morning in the front yard
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1895ss Super Member
Joined: Jul 21, 2005 Posts: 2612 Location: Not Here...!!
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15880 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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1895ss Super Member
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tikkat3 Super Member
Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 809
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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I've been known to up stumps and break camp at the sight of a leech.
Just don't like the sight of all that blood, and not even knowing I was losing it.
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15880 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
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watchmaker Member
Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 98 Location: New York
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:27 am Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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I camp in the bear woods often and alone, no matter how heavy is my pack, I always find room to take my "Bear kit".
It consists of a perimeter alarm (with a trip cord and screaming siren) and an additional driveway alert gizmo (An infrared motion sensor that sound an alarm).
That is the "early warning part", for defense I have a Colt Anaconda 44. Magnum and a Borealis 1050 lumens flashlight.
The light will blind the bear (it is 1050 lumens) giving me enough time to shoot with precision.
Not to go groping around in the dark for my gun and light, I have a one AA LED light (about 5 lumens) going on the whole night hanging from the ceiling of my tent.
I have had some experiences with bears around my tent in the past, so I consider my precautions not too extreme.
All the best
Watchmaker
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roklok Super Member
Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Posts: 608 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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Wow!!! pretty serious there about keeping bears away Watchmaker? I would imagine that the siren would probably scare the bear away so that you probably wont ever need the revolver. A lot of tourists here in Alaska, especially the river floaters, put up an electric fence around their tents at night. Personally I just sleep with my .44 in the sleeping bag with me. I usually make camp in a hurry and dont like the idea of rigging up a bunch of extras. I have been awakened in the wee hours of morning by a bear outside the tent, quite thrilling!
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15880 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: BEAR!!!!! |
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watchmaker wrote: |
I camp in the bear woods often and alone, no matter how heavy is my pack, I always find room to take my "Bear kit".
I have had some experiences with bears around my tent in the past, so I consider my precautions not too extreme.
All the best Watchmaker |
Hey watchmaker, you won't get any arguments from me on that one. Any critter that is capable of, and wants to, make a meal of me gets my respect, and ANY precaution you take is good value.
"precautions not too extreme"......methinks not mate....in fact I would have more than one "bear kit" in my pack.
Cheers, Vince
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