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Old 02-17-2016, 09:48 AM   #21
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This event happened just up the road from our property:

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos...laska/?image=0
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Old 02-17-2016, 11:38 AM   #22
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This event happened just up the road from our property:

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos...laska/?image=0
Frightening story !!!

This is "off topic" for a thread about Alaska, but last year we had a bow hunter that stopped by KFC to get a couple of snack packs of chicken nuggets on his way to his tree stand. He was sitting in his stand "munching on chicken" when a black bear climbed the tree and mauled his legs. Fortunately he survived and says he will never carry "smelly fried chicken" into the woods again.

Granted, his stupidity was probably the only reason that bear attacked him, but it goes to show that it's not just in the "wilds of Alaska" that something "could happen"...

Almost every afternoon that we ride 4 wheelers behind our house, we see bear, deer, elk and other wildlife. Even when we are "out back working on our property" I've always got some sort of protection available. Yes, we do have several black bears that live either on our property or the adjacent 40,000 acres in the northern part of Grayling State Forest. We see them regularly all spring/summer and into the fall. My biggest concern is "playful cubs" in the spring. You never know where one will "pop up" with you between them and their mother...

I seldom even walk down to the lake (50' from the house) without a means of protecting myself.
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Old 02-18-2016, 09:36 AM   #23
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Frightening story !!!

This is "off topic" for a thread about Alaska, but last year we had a bow hunter that stopped by KFC to get a couple of snack packs of chicken nuggets on his way to his tree stand. He was sitting in his stand "munching on chicken" when a black bear climbed the tree and mauled his legs. Fortunately he survived and says he will never carry "smelly fried chicken" into the woods again.

Granted, his stupidity was probably the only reason that bear attacked him, but it goes to show that it's not just in the "wilds of Alaska" that something "could happen"...

Almost every afternoon that we ride 4 wheelers behind our house, we see bear, deer, elk and other wildlife. Even when we are "out back working on our property" I've always got some sort of protection available. Yes, we do have several black bears that live either on our property or the adjacent 40,000 acres in the northern part of Grayling State Forest. We see them regularly all spring/summer and into the fall. My biggest concern is "playful cubs" in the spring. You never know where one will "pop up" with you between them and their mother...

I seldom even walk down to the lake (50' from the house) without a means of protecting myself.
All I can say is WOW!! Who the hell takes a bucket of chicken with them while out hunting?? Yeah we get hungry but seal the food in ziplocks and eat downwind!
Funny story, I went hunting with a friend and he took a shower before hand, he used his wife's scented soap and all the deer followed him everywhere! lol!
The hunting was bad that day but I did manage to snag a rabbit so lunch was good
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Old 02-18-2016, 02:03 PM   #24
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Here's a link to one of the articles. http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index...._off_atta.html

Like I said, it's probably more his "own stupidity" than an angry bear. But whatever the cause of the attack, I'm sure he had some "uncomfortable moments"

Apparently it wasn't last year, but several years ago. Sitting around the campfire during our "family deer hunt" last year is when my brother-in-law told me about it. LOL
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Old 02-18-2016, 04:58 PM   #25
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We have black bears at and near the beach house. Shoveled a few piles of poo out of the yard. We Just look out at night before opening the doors and going out. The dog barks at them and they walk away. It was funny when my wife was digging to plant flowers and I came out and told her a bear was standing across the road watching, she called me a lair. Than seen it and ran into the house as I was yelling at her don't run.
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