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Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 12:53 PM
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"Of the strength and ferocity of the animal the Indians had given us dreadful accounts. They never attack him except in parties of six or eight persons, and even then are often defeated with the loss of one or more of their party."
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, The Journals of Lewis and Clark (1805)
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 01:04 PM
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hook_n_line
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Cleaning fish in Stag Cove up in Alaska. It woke the bears.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 01:34 PM
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angus1956
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Yes 100%. Have seen them when elk hunting in Wyoming and want nothing to do with them. They are the top of the food chain and will eat you.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 01:35 PM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 02:51 PM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
Me too, but I respect the hell out of grizzlies. Lewis and Clark had never met a polar bear.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
[Re: Texas Dan]
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09/25/20 03:00 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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That’s one big arse beaver.... feet look like paddles
Cool photo. Third snakes over bears
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 03:01 PM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
Maybe that is because you live an hunt in TX. In TX and OK, I'm not very afraid of Grizzlys either.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 03:03 PM
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That’s one big arse beaver.... feet look like paddles
Cool photo. Third snakes over bears Imagine how big the tail would be.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 03:04 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
Maybe that is because you live an hunt in TX. In TX and OK, I'm not very afraid of Grizzlys either. I’ve hunted grizz country a few times. I’m aware and respect them but just don’t have same spider senses about them. Rattle bug bites are still higher in ID, MT and Wy
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 03:05 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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That’s one big arse beaver.... feet look like paddles
Cool photo. Third snakes over bears Imagine how big the tail would be. Be a hoolahop !!
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 03:23 PM
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This is what scares the crap out of me when I'm elk hunting. Mama and junior, up close!!! Second cub hiding in the sage brush.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 04:50 PM
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The grizzly bear is the second most dangerous creature in America,the most dangerous would be the snow snake which is blind and has no mouth
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 04:59 PM
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The grizzly bear is the second most dangerous creature in America,the most dangerous would be the snow snake which is blind and has no mouth I remember how it kills now.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 05:05 PM
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The grizzly bear is the second most dangerous creature in America,the most dangerous would be the snow snake which is blind and has no mouth I remember how it kills now. Indeed
Don't know where I'm goin but I'm makin good time
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 05:41 PM
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Lewis & Clark never met polar bears.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 05:46 PM
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Lewis & Clark never met polar bears. They never met my mother-in-law either. At least bears for the most conform to predictable behaviour. My mother-in-law not so much.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 05:48 PM
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Lewis & Clark never met polar bears. They never met my mother-in-law either. At least bears for the most conform to predictable behaviour. My mother-in-law not so much.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 08:14 PM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
You can beat a snake with a stick, they don't make a stick big enough for a grizzly.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 08:18 PM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
You can beat a snake with a stick, they don't make a stick big enough for a grizzly. But snakes don't have legs, and that's just creepy
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/25/20 08:33 PM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
Maybe that is because you live an hunt in TX. In TX and OK, I'm not very afraid of Grizzlys either. I hunt all over the West Bears are to be respected but I don’t fear them. Snakes are from the devil. Remember, a snake gave Eve the apple, not a bear
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/26/20 12:35 AM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
You can beat a snake with a stick, they don't make a stick big enough for a grizzly. But snakes don't have legs, and that's just creepy Creepy don't kill and eat you bears do. I respect them and always bear aware.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/27/20 12:58 AM
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Snakes don't have a chance around me if I decide to kill them........Grizzly bear can come out of the brush faster than you could imagine and eat you if they decide to......
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/27/20 01:19 AM
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I learned very quickly on my trips to Alaska to have a healthy respect for Brown Bears. They are definitely one animal I feel almost completely helpless against. The worst times were when we were making our way down to rivers through the woods to fish and we could sometimes smell them. We couldn't tell if it was the actual bear we were smelling or scent they had left on trees and tall grass.
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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09/27/20 04:03 AM
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I’m way more afraid of water moccasins
Maybe that is because you live an hunt in TX. In TX and OK, I'm not very afraid of Grizzlys either. I hunt all over the West Bears are to be respected but I don’t fear them. Snakes are from the devil. Remember, a snake gave Eve the apple, not a bear Eve picked the forbidden fruit and ate it herself. The snake did not give it to her. The snake never had it. She knew she should not do it. She had been warned, but did it anyway. The snake just talked her into it. Gen 3:6
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Re: Nothing in North America demands more respect than the Grizzly
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Snakes don't have a chance around me if I decide to kill them........Grizzly bear can come out of the brush faster than you could imagine and eat you if they decide to......
Rationally, you're absolutely right. I understand what you are saying and agree with you 100%. Yet, that has no bearing on which one I am more scared of. To me, the best thing about the years I spent living in Alaska, was no matter what, I knew I wasn't going to run into a snake.
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