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Reply to: #942384 by Lake Dragoness
Mar 2, 2017 5:03am
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I haven't seen the actual bears, but there's a corner of Connecticut where they seem to enjoy biting down on letterboxes and leaving rather impressive teeth marks. One of the containers I found like this was stuffed pretty full, and when the bear bit down, it actually left a tooth impression in the stamp. Very cool stamp image in the logbook!
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Reply to: #942384 by Lake Dragoness
Mar 2, 2017 9:40am
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Not while boxing. But did run into one as a teenager with just a 22 rifle. Others while driving.
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Reply to: #942388 by LROSEM
Mar 2, 2017 9:43am
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I call that outdoor danger radar. It has kept me safe on many occasions. Always freaks the family out when on a trail and I stop and hush them to listen.

In reality I am far more worried about snakes than bears. However, when in Idaho/Montana I didn't feel very safe being in Grizzly country. Needless to say I didn't go looking for Huckleberries.
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Reply to: #942473 by IrishRef
Mar 2, 2017 9:48am
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Oh yeah forgot, I did see a whole slew of them while boxing in Waco, Texas.
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Reply to: #942384 by Lake Dragoness
Mar 2, 2017 6:43pm
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Nope! Thankfully! Don't want to either. I don't know if you've heard, but Alaska has lots of BIG bears.
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Reply to: #942463 by Trailhead Tessie
Mar 3, 2017 6:09am
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Going off what Tessie said, I did manage to see a black bear and her cubs in that area of CT. American Legion state park I came over a little hill and on the trail there was the mom bear, the cubs off trail to my right. Luckily, the mama bear had her back to me.
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Reply to: #942474 by IrishRef
Mar 3, 2017 6:30am
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I feel the same way about danger radar. When you get that feeling you are being watched, you probably are!
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Reply to: #942463 by Trailhead Tessie
Mar 5, 2017 7:17am
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Or was it a Sasquatch? We'll never know!! That is amazing.

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