Threads about bear guns...

[ChattanoogaPhil]

...could save your life!

Wife and I just retuned from a few days vacation at a cabin in the Smoky Mountains.

Had an LCP not been in my pocket this could have been tragedy in the making. Whew....

 

[Skeet 028]

Phil how large was that print? You know....?? I have seen a lot of grizzlies over the years and for the most part a good sized one weighs 350-450 lbs. Maybe less in Alaska...except for the Kodiak or costal grizzlies...Black bears however can quite often be very large...almost as large as an average Kodiak. One of my Tlinglit friends in Alaska told me if a black bear makes a charge he is serious and is probably going to kill you(and maybe eat you too). He said Grizzlies quite often make false charges....and some could be dissuaded from charging. Doesn't really matter though...any bear charge has got to need an undie change after the fact. BTW we just had another grizzly attack not long ago on a lady bowhunter and her guide. Guide was trying to protect the hunter(with a skinning knife) after the bear grabbed her. Both got chewed on a bit

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I didn't measure it. There's black bear everywhere in the Smoky Mountains...

Not my vid, but this is typical for vacationers to run across in the area.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWxW8co3_U[/ame]

 

[bigwheelzip]

There's black bear everywhere in the Smoky Mountains...

Not my vid, but this is typical for vacationers to run across in the area.

Especially down at Aunt Mahalia’s Candies in Gatlinburg.


Bear caught on camera strolling into Gatlinburg candy shop | WATE 6 On Your Side

 

[Mule Packer]

Uh...Phil, are you sure it was a black bear?

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Especially down at Aunt Mahalia’s Candies in Gatlinburg.


Bear caught on camera strolling into Gatlinburg candy shop | WATE 6 On Your Side

On that day we were in Sevierville for the wife to do her Tanger shopping thing while I hang outside the shops with Coondog talking to all the other guys waiting on their wives shopping. The one Tanger shop that I looked forward to visiting was Bose but they left a few years ago... grrrrrr. We were in Gatlinburg the next day.

Coondog loved Gatlinburg...

 

[handejector]

Did you shoot the track?

I think the bear was messin' with ya. Looks like he sprayed his foot with white paint......

 

[the ringo kid]

...could save your life!

Wife and I just retuned from a few days vacation at a cabin in the Smoky Mountains.

Had an LCP not been in my pocket this could have been tragedy in the making. Whew....

I'd been angry too-having paint on the bottom of my foot too.!!

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Reckon it was Lee looking for Aunt Mahalia?

Uh...Phil, are you sure it was a black bear?

 

[Kanewpadle]

Evidently LCP does not stand for Large Caliber Pistol.

Try stumbling across a still steaming pile of bear poop. Now you have something to worry about!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Like Lee said, it is sad to see the younger generation of bears have fallen to huffing.

 

[Qc Pistolero]

Most grizzlies go 350 to 450#s.Well,in my neck of the woods,there ain't no griz,only blacks.And when I came upon a 300(only)pounds mamma bear with her 2 cubs,let me tell you,each and every pound of her looked a lot heavier than my pounds!Exept after,my pants were a lot heavier(didn't have any hardware with me)!
Qc

 

[rwsmith]

If it works for Polar bears...

...it will also work for Grizzlies. See this plan to introduce polar bears into the Smokies'

Polar Bears to Be Introduced to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2016

 

[amazingflapjack]

And you can bet...

Evidently LCP does not stand for Large Caliber Pistol.

Try stumbling across a still steaming pile of bear poop. Now you have something to worry about!

He'll be feelin' frisky after dropping that steamer!

Some hunter killed a black bear not too long ago with a bow that weighed around 900 lbs in Pa.

 

[amazingflapjack]

Polar bears eh? I hope they "read up" on how they "interact" with humans=lunch. One of the most asinine ideas I have ever heard regarding wildlife.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Some hunter killed a black bear not too long ago with a bow that weighed around 900lbs in Pa.

Tennessee back bear are smart enough to stay away from a hunter toting a bow weighing 900 pounds.

 

[Whitwabit]

Evidently LCP does not stand for Large Caliber Pistol.

Try stumbling across a still steaming pile of bear poop. Now you have something to worry about!

Happened twice on the same trail all during the same day .. was in Alaska .. three of us carried a canoe and fishing poles on a path to a walk in lake .. on the way back to the truck 3/4 of a mile to the road for more gear we came across two large steaming piles about 100 yards apart .. each right in the middle of the path !! We were already making the usual noise but all of us pulled our pistols and carried at the ready and made even more noise .. there were tracks the next morning around the truck camper we were sleeping in ..

Never did see them !!

 

[nachogrande]

WHEW, THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE.

That might have ended badly, you could have stepped in scat.
Speaking of scat, bears love blueberries & you haven't lived until you've come across a purple steamer.

 

[rwsmith]

As idiotic as that idea is......

Polar bears eh? I hope they "read up" on how they "interact" with humans=lunch. One of the most asinine ideas I have ever heard regarding wildlife.

The article reads like the real deal until the end when they make even more outrageous claims and finally admit it an April Fools Day article.

It makes you think though, what if they REALLY did introduce a large population of polar bears, or even Grizzly or Brown bears into the Smokies. People wouldn't be able to leave their cars.

 

[epj]

I grew up in the shadow of the Smokies and spent a lot of time there years back. One of the dumbest things I ever witnessed was some guy trying to catch a bear cub. About the time he laid hands on the cub, Momma appeared. Boy, she was mad, and she was fast. He barely escaped with his hide intact. Pun intended.

 

[Shark Bait]

That looks like 2 prints, one front and one rear. We had a young black bear walk across our patio about a week ago. My neighbor had bags of trash in the bed of his truck. First bear I've seen here in 10 years.

 

[jlrhiner]

How am I late to a bear and a bigfoot's (bigfeet?, bigfootsies?) thread?!?

I need to pay closer attention.

1 question. How did the bigfoot get paint on his foot? Someone thought he was huffing. Aren't there laws about that? Didn't anyone check his ID before he bought the paint? Inquiring minds, you understand.

 

[amazingflapjack]

900 lbs...

Tennessee back bear are smart enough to stay away from a hunter toting a bow weighing 900 pounds.

I would like to know what kind of arrow that thing slung!

 

[Skeet 028]

a 900 pound bear is a tremendous size critter. As big as most Kodiaks...or larger. A bow would not be my arm of choice for any bear. A fellow killed a grizzly that was attacking his son. One shot with a bow(elk hunting). It just wasn't that bear's day. Cut a carotid artery. Fish and game still accused him of using his son as bait so he could kill a bear...Yeah..right

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I would like to know what kind of arrow that thing slung!

This guy could probably tell ya.

 

[TomkinsSP]

Just a reminder. The National Park Service reminds people not to take 'selfies' with Bears. (I am NOT making this up.)

 

[Skeet 028]

They warn people out here also. Don't mess with the Buffalo. Last summer some Chinese fellow got his wife up next to a big Bull Buff and he stuck a horn through her side..Darn near killed her. 2000 lb critter..go up and pet it!? yep Darwinism at work. I won't even get up close and personal with a 1200 lb cow that knows I feed it...or even a 150 lb deer.

 

[steelslaver]

They warn people out here also. Don't mess with the Buffalo. Last summer some Chinese fellow got his wife up next to a big Bull Buff and he stuck a horn through her side..Darn near killed her. 2000 lb critter..go up and pet it!? yep Darwinism at work. I won't even get up close and personal with a 1200 lb cow that knows I feed it...or even a 150 lb deer.

Yup, far more people killed by cows and horses than bears. Years back some Frenchman got killed by elk in Yellowstone, bunch of idiots taking pictures, basically surrounded a herd in a meadow and they stampeded down his piece of trail. Morons. I got some whitetail does that hang out close around my place. Basically ignore me, but, I am careful never to corner one or spook them. Anyone who has ever seen the does fighting would give them respect.

Funny buffalo story: Guy I know bought a bull buffalo calf and raised it up. Him and mamma get a divorce. She gets the place and the buffalo. Along a comes new boy friend with new truck. The bull don't like the new truck and trashes it. Guy tells me how bad he feels about that.

 

[billwill]

Are you wearing your bigfoot slippers again?

Put up a deer cam and lay out some of that sticky flypaper sheets.
That will be as fun to watch as masking tape stuck to a cat's paw.

 

[TomkinsSP]

Funny buffalo story: Guy I know bought a bull buffalo calf and raised it up. Him and mamma get a divorce. She gets the place and the buffalo. Along a comes new boy friend with new truck. The bull don't like the new truck and trashes it. Guy tells me how bad he feels about that.

You MUST tell us 'guy' named the calf "Karma".