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Ok, Even I have to admit that's cute. Dangerous, but cute.

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goddamit people are so stupid

/and easily amused

Awwwww look honey! How cute is th.....
BAMMM!!!
no more traffic jam...

This Wenum guy sounds like a douche.

Called this.

People are looking up at the bears. What scared the bears up into the tree?

/Gona be lots of available free cars in a little while!

In Hawaii they have this same problem with tourists and whales.

There is no gun that can take out a whale from a cliffside roadway half a mile away, so instead they have minimum speed limits and no shoulder.

The tourists still cause problems.

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That weapon is not powerful enough for bears. I think the most powerful round for that model is a .44 Rem Mag and you really want something like a .500S&W or a .30 caliber rifle. It will just aggravate them enough to come down.

/ I do not agree with shooting them btw

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That weapon is not powerful enough for bears. I think the most powerful round for that model is a .44 Rem Mag and you really want something like a .500S&W or a .30 caliber rifle. It will just aggravate them enough to come down.

Oh I don't know....
I bet it could break the skin!

I thought it was supposed to be 15 birds in 5 fir trees?

cevk: I thought it was supposed to be 15 birds in 5 fir trees?

Today's economy. What can you do?

Big Man On Campus: There is no gun that can take out a whale from a cliffside roadway half a mile away, so instead they have minimum speed limits and no shoulder.



These signs went up in my district earlier this month. Stupid tourists kept stopping on the sea-to-sky highway to feed and play with the bears. Caused major problems with traffic AND with tourists putting themselves in serious harm's way AND with habituating bears to come sniffing at the highway for a free meal.

I ran into a bear last night. I fed him some abuse and hurled a rock at him.

Their fur was fanned, by a fiery breeze


Beorn isn't gonna like this

Fano: Their fur was fanned, by a fiery breeze


Beorn isn't gonna like this

That's what I'm Tolkien about!

Bill_Wick's_Friend: I ran into a bear last night. I fed him some abuse and hurled a rock at him.

YES. Good! Haze bears, and they learn to stay away from people.

Baloo Uriza: YES. Good! Haze bears, and they learn to stay away from people.

It's mid-October. I run into black bears almost every night while walking my dog. They're gorging themselves on whatever fruits are still in the trees and anything else they can stuff into their bellies before they go to sleep in November. It's a bit intimidating but I'm pretty used to it by now.

Shouting at them and chucking something heavy in their direction is S.O.P.

"...causing a hazardous "bear jam"..."

...bor-ee?

/so old I remember this

"Bear jams" wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for stupid tourons stopping *in* the road, parking their vehicles where they stick out into the road or so close to the road they might as well be in the road.

/dens in the Great Smokies, has seen elk and bear jams

I love the environment...especially when it is "target rich"...


Target rich environment....it's a joke

The bears are not cute, they are just targets, ...
BAM!...got one...not crying...

Help me get this to my prius....dam itz heeeeevy...

Santa Maria!! My Sciatica!!

Man down!!...must...get...to..prius...too...weak to capitalize....

help...words getting smaller...hel...can only communicate in binary...1FZ1001.....

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: "Bear jams" wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for stupid tourons stopping *in* the road, parking their vehicles where they stick out into the road or so close to the road they might as well be in the road.

/dens in the Great Smokies, has seen elk and bear jams

Bears aren't exactly the most stable or predictable critters (I should know). People put themselves in danger when they stop and get out to watch bears next to the highway, not just from traffic, but by the wildlife. Bears get a little nuts when they're bugged all the time, for about the same people foreigners tend to find it a little disturbing that everyone stares at them in Japan.