How's this for a narrow escape...

johngalway

>Holy Tearing Tents Batman<

foxshooter243

If I were hunting in that spot, I would be carrying a seriously big revolver:D

johngalway

foxshooter243 wrote: »

If I were hunting in that spot, I would be carrying a seriously big revolver:D

Yeah, and it wouldn't be in the pistol safe bolted to a stout tree within sight of the tent, unloaded and taken apart as the minister would no doubt try and direct ya!

blackbetty69

jaysus, brave man he was to shove the bear away

westwicklow

"Who's hunting now" thinks the bears!!

Hunter hunting, hunted!!

tikkamark

Thats incredible:eek: There lucky lucky lads to be still alive after that-i would have imagined after the bear bit and smelled blood it wouldnt have stopped!

dwighet

now that sounds like fun..Hunt and be hunted...
Im sure they will be packing a Desert eagle .50 for there next trip up the mountains...

thedragon

F**ckin hell, serious s**t. A little bit on the same lines as the Mrs opening the hotel room door only to find you burried in her best friend. The only difference here is, if it was the Mrs, your man wouldnt be looking so good, at least that'd be the case with my one anyway.

dwighet

thedragon wrote: »

F**ckin hell, serious s**t. A little bit on the same lines as the Mrs opening the hotel room door only to find you burried in her best friend. The only difference here is, if it was the Mrs, your man wouldnt be looking so good, at least that'd be the case with my one anyway.

Now thats Funny....I ve just got back from the local after 5-7 jars of portar and that has just cracked me up....

Nice one Dragon...I like your humour.;)

Shoot2kill

Holy sh#t...

Id definately have kacked my pants if i was in that situation....

Sparks

foxshooter243 wrote: »

If I were hunting in that spot, I would be carrying a seriously big revolver:D

You wouldn't need a seriously big revolver, a .22lr would do fine.


After all, you're thinking of shooting your hunting partner in the foot and then outrunning him, right?

It wasn't me!

That's what this is for.

EPointer=Birdss

Sparks wrote: »

You wouldn't need a seriously big revolver, a .22lr would do fine.


After all, you're thinking of shooting your hunting partner in the foot and then outrunning him, right?

Don't mind your .22. A jar of honey wood be enough. When he's asleep hide it at his side of the tent haha
I hear bears like picnic baskets also! Well thats if all those years of Yogi Bear cartoons are anything to go by! Who am I to question TV!

Sawn off shot gun would do the trick! Wouldn't leave much of a trophy though! Man shivers when i read that story! Worse you'd get here is randy farmer that smells like a bear trying to get into your tent! :eek::D

Sparks

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Wouldn't leave much of a trophy though!

When a thousand pounds of ten-foot-tall predator with teeth and claws and a top speed of 30mph* comes knocking at your tent, I don't think the quality of your trophy is going to be much of a concern



*Usain Bolt, by comparison, clocks in at 23.5mph...

Valmont

When I was in Alaska I always slept with my rifle loaded but I would have more confidence in deterring a bear with some common sense or some pepper spray. It has been proven that pepper spray works better than any sort of rifle; I'll post the link up if anyone wants to read it.

A friend of mine had a bear swat his tent over last July and although he knew it was a bear, he refrained from shouting and stayed quiet until it left. He had no gun or anything.

homerhop

Valmont wrote: »

A friend of mine had a bear swat his tent over last July and although he knew it was a bear, he refrained from shouting and stayed quiet until it left. He had no gun or anything.

You sure it wasn't the smell coming from his underpants that scared the bear off???;)

rrpc

Here is what can happen to even the most prepared of campers. Just shows how lucky the other two guys were.

shannonpowerlab

I hope he had tetanus injeciton...

thedragon

dwighet wrote: »

Now thats Funny....I ve just got back from the local after 5-7 jars of portar and that has just cracked me up....

Nice one Dragon...I like your humour.;)

Ya should try tellin that to the Mods

shannonpowerlab

I meant for the man who survived....

Valmont

homerhop wrote: »

You sure it wasn't the smell coming from his underpants that scared the bear off???;)

These guys unwittingly camped on a bear's trail. Early morning when the bear was moving from his bedding area to start feeding by the river, he walked right into their campsite.

I think the story rrpc posted showed how important it is to look for bear signs before setting up camp.