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#289162 - 05/31/18 01:03 PM Re: Defending against cougars, the bears of the woods [Re: gonewiththewind]
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And this - a bear wandering around in a peaceful oceanside socal community:

http://www.keyt.com/news/ventura-county/large-bear-found-wandering-ventura-neighborhood/747805069
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#289163 - 05/31/18 03:59 PM Re: Defending against cougars, the bears of the woods [Re: Bingley]
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Registered: 03/19/05
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Loc: Channeled Scablands
Looking at the last few years, Wyoming is the state that has the most deaths due to lightning. Yet more people have been killed by bears in Wyoming in the same time frame.

Alaska of recent decades, Lightning 0, bears 16

Yellowstone since it's creation

"To put it in perspective, the probability of being killed by a bear in the park (8 incidents) is only slightly higher than the probability of being killed by a falling tree (6 incidents), in an avalanche (6 incidents), or being struck and killed by lightning (5 incidents)."

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/05/bears-or-lightning-which-is-more-deadly/#axzz5H5xFhlNw

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#289189 - 06/04/18 04:46 PM Re: Defending against cougars, the bears of the woods [Re: Bingley]
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Registered: 05/05/07
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Loc: Ontario, Canada
Mountain Lions are here and they scare me. There have been no sightings in my city but one has been caught right next door and another spotted even closer. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/big-cat-caught-officials-nab-cougar-in-southern-ontario-town-1.1910607

I prepare as if they are here already. Walking sticks, whistles, staying together as a group. We have coyotes, and expect bears not too far from home, so many of the same precautions are at play. The kiddos and I practice getting big and loud and scaring them away every time we hit the trail, trying to instill good habits young. It makes me more seriously consider how far I let them roam when we're out in the wilds. Their situational awareness is limited to what other people are playing with or eating, so mine is already on hyper-drive. wink
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