Flares for bears

[Jessie]

I don’t think I’d be comfortable walking the woods that has both bears and tigers. Looking for an owl?!!
No thanks

 

[ContinentalOp]

I don’t think I’d be comfortable walking the woods that has both bears and tigers.

Not to mention lions. Oh, my!

 

[S42N8]

Not to mention lions. Oh, my!

At least there’s no chupacabras around....

 

[cmort666]

I don’t think I’d be comfortable walking the woods that has both bears and tigers.

And menk...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Sounds like a good way to start a Forest Fire.
Exactly how large a Flare are these Folks recommending?

 

[turnerriver]

He describes a hand flare used by sailors, pull a string to ignite it and a “meter long flame” that makes a lot of noise lasts for at least several minutes. Sounds like a hand held road flare to me. Which would get your attention if you were a tiger and someone jammed it into your side as you were trying to eat them.
Regards,

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Back in the day, we carried these.
You can get two basic types of flares.
One , like the Road or Railroad Flare just shoots out fire.
We also had those, a round cylinder about 4 inches long, 2 inch diameter.
Then there are Flare ‘Guns’ which propel the pyrotechnic away from the user , usually up in the air.
Those include the one I posted and others like the Very Pistol.

 

[BearBio]

Bears and tigers. Yikes. I prefer living where I’m at the top of the food chain.

Hunting in grizzly country certainly brings home the point that we are NOT top of the food chain!

 

[Absalom]

Hunting in grizzly country certainly brings home the point that we are NOT top of the food chain!

Now that entirely depends on a very abstract interpretation of the “food chain”. One naked individual versus one animal in a sterile context.

In the real world, comparing the number of bears and tigers killed by man to the number of men killed by bears and tigers, a quite different picture presents itself.

I don’t have quotable statistics handy, but I’m fairly certain that the percentage of “hostile“ man-bear encounters these days that ends with the death of the bear, not the man, is dramatically skewed against the bears.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[mod34]

Magnificent bird and book!

Edit. This thread needed a picture. Interestingly, I have seen good old fashioned American owls engage in similar behavior. Barred Owls and Great-Horned owls will catch scavenge fish too.

That owl's look says it all:
"Hey Ralph, hold my beer for a second"
"Don't make me say it twice...."

Gorgeous bird!