I've got some of these critters at my cabin, never seen one yet, but see their footy-paw prints on the trails.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8df_1345427463
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8df_1345427463
This guy "bearly" escaped.
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Exactly what I was thinking. I was waiting for mama bear to bitch slap him back to the dirt and eat his bike.
But Buck, they have a nasty side to them. Last summer I brought my "Paradise Island" on to the beach to wash and a bigarse Blackbear attacked it and sliced it up like a Julienne salad. Fortunately for me, I had just read Bruce Lee's self help book entitled, "How to roundhouse kick a blackbear in the throat".... I won't say anymore at the risk of boasting................
My cousin who is (or was) a black bear (bow) hunting guide in the NorCal, Oregon, Washington areas... I think he'll tell otherwise that they're just pooozies. he cayy's a hand canon on his side and it aint for snakes and squirrels.
There's a reason he started the story about guiding a "flatlander" one time up into the woods, chasing his Russell hounds calls to the point of stopping, taking off his backpack and changing his hiking boots into his running shoes. The client asks him why, he says can't ya hear, they treed a bear and he just might drop out of the it so I need to be prepared... the guy starts laughing... histerically
then says to cuz, you can't out run no bear!!!! 
cuz says nah..... I can't, I just have to out run you. 
Now lets go get that sumbish...
There's a reason he started the story about guiding a "flatlander" one time up into the woods, chasing his Russell hounds calls to the point of stopping, taking off his backpack and changing his hiking boots into his running shoes. The client asks him why, he says can't ya hear, they treed a bear and he just might drop out of the it so I need to be prepared... the guy starts laughing... histerically
then says to cuz, you can't out run no bear!!!! cuz says nah..... I can't, I just have to out run you. Now lets go get that sumbish...Trust me, black bears are chicken shit. They are like deer. They are as hard to hunt because if they get a wiff of you, you will never see them. If they see you, even a 400+lb bruin will run away faster than you can believe a creature can run through brush and the woods.
The odd ball is the black bear that frequents camp-sites. Now, I've had to bounce a .22 off a skull of a bruin that was used to raiding campsites. Truth! Good tale to be told here!
The odd ball is the black bear that frequents camp-sites. Now, I've had to bounce a .22 off a skull of a bruin that was used to raiding campsites. Truth! Good tale to be told here!
I tell you what if I hit a bear I would be back on that bike before it was done sliding and getting the hell outta dodge. I dont play with wild animals because they are just that WILD. Being from vegas we don't have shit like that around here. The two things I have to look out for on the trails are jack rabbits and desert turtles. Every now and then a fox or coyote, but out here we are still somewhat at the top of the food chain. And I like it that way.
But Buck, they have a nasty side to them. Last summer I brought my "Paradise Island" on to the beach to wash and a bigarse Blackbear attacked it and sliced it up like a Julienne salad. Fortunately for me, I had just read Bruce Lee's self help book entitled, "How to roundhouse kick a blackbear in the throat".... I won't say anymore at the risk of boasting................
Ah HAH! You have a flaw in your logic and execution! Which surprises me, as you are a Cannuck and should be more experienced at this at your age.
Let me explain it to you.
If you are a proclaimed student of the Japanese art of Kung-Foo, you would already know that you can defeat foes with...an evil stare! The eyes are key! And the pursed eyebrows!
I have dispersed many a black bear, even bull moose! with this technique.
I have it on DVD. Send me $19.95 CANADIAN, and I'll hook you up.
I respect you, but it's easier than full contact dude!
It's worth the coin. I don't want to see you get hurt.