A newbie question on bears

[madjack]

...just think, somewhere around there it had ...................babies
madjack

[bledsoe3]

We been talking about calling an exterminator.

[IraRat]

Dear Sir,
we regret to inform you that your horse has diabetes....old joke
madjack

I never heard it.

AND SOMEONE TELL TOM TO STOP PICKING ON MY BEER!

[TomS]

I was camping in Arizona when a friend spotted this guy crawling a few inches away from my foot. I was wearing sandals at the time.

[Guest]

Anybody else here ever been bitten by a brown reclouse?
Without a doubt... That was the sickest I've ever been in my entire life.
I had to crawl to the phone to call for someone to take me to the hospital.
Took about six months for the bite mark to heal too...

[Nitetimes]

I was camping in Arizona when a friend spotted this guy crawling a few inches away from my foot. I was wearing sandals at the time.

I'd say you were pretty safe unless he thought one of your toes was a cricket. We used to catch them on the flight-line in NM all the time. Pretty cool to let them crawl up your arm, but it do hurt when they bite!

[dmb90260]

I was camping in Arizona when a friend spotted this guy crawling a few inches away from my foot. I was wearing sandals at the time.

When I was a kid, we used to catch them. I stopped after trapping one under a handkerchief and seeing the fangs come through along with venom.

[oklahomajewel]

Back to the BEARS subject....

The only thing I am sure of about bears is that :

If its a BLACK bear, you are supposed to stand still.
If it's a BROWN bear, you are supposed to run downhill.
If it's a POLAR white bear, you should hand it a bottle of Coke and a pair of sunglasses!!!

[Guest]

If it's a POLAR white bear, you should hand it a bottle of Coke and a pair of sunglasses!!!

Hey Glen Smith from Canada, (We have two Glen Smith's on this forum)
I just wanted to point that out to you that it's a bottle of Coke... not Pepsi.
Hope you and your Pepsi never ecounter a white bear...

[Bobgorilla]

After this experience, I stopped jogging at dusk, and I learned to appreciate possums.

They're smaller than me, won't attack you, and they move real slow.

Ira, you got the smaller part right, but you've never seen a mad mama possum. They're mean nasty little hissing spitting viscious varmints! They should not be taken lightly, you normally don't need to run, etc but be ready to give them space or at least move away

[toypusher]

After this experience, I stopped jogging at dusk, and I learned to appreciate possums.

They're smaller than me, won't attack you, and they move real slow.

Ira, you got the smaller part right, but you've never seen a mad mama possum. They're mean nasty little hissing spitting viscious varmints! They should not be taken lightly, you normally don't need to run, etc but be ready to give them space or at least move away

AMEN, brother bob!

[Jonkayak]

Gail

I see you are in Augusta Ga. Thats not to far from us. I just got back from a trip to the Somkies. We took the tear to Cades Cove. I have taken my wife there about 3 times. Each time I was hoping she could see a bear and each time we did not see a one. But this last trip two weeks ago we saw seven. Twice we saw a mother with two cubs. At 1st I figured we saw the same ones twice but I got my pictures back and the cubs are very diffrent in each one. The last one I saw was at about 2am when my wife woke me. She said she heard something out side. So I got out of the tear shined my flashlight and there is one of the smallest adult black bears I have ever seen. He was setting there licking our grill. Once he relized I was there he quickly ran off.

So moral of the story, I don't think you should be affraid of the black bears, but don't do anything carzy to get their attention. Keep your food in your car, keep your campsitre clean, don't run if you see one. If you do come face to face with one stand your ground and make yourself seem bigger by gathering everyone together and throw stuff at it. I have seen over a dozen in the smokies and several in Ga. and Tenn. I have seen most of the them while trying to photograph them or camping. I have nevre had any charge me or come after me in any way. For the most part I do beleave they are as affraid oh you, as you are of them. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone.

Funny part
Camping out at Chilowee State Park (spelling? Ocoee River Tenn.) Me and several other guys walked our girlfriends/ wives to the bathroom one night while camping. We left the girls to do there thing and walked over to the lake wich was like 20 yards away. We are standing around talking and we hear aloud boom and banging. We trun around to see what is going on. About that time a we hear sceems and see a bear come running around the side of the building. Luckly he ran off into the woods. Aparently the girls thought we were playing a joke and one of them came out to see what was going on. Instead of seeing us she saw a bear and screemed. Poor bear was just trying to get some food.

Jon

[Normspeed]

I think this fellah had a few too many of them s'mores.