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Originally Posted by Desert185
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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.