Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Jeepers" <moomesa@INVALIDfnbnet.net> wrote in message
news:moomesa-8CEC47.09552120042006@cnews.newsguy.com...
> Didn't you have a white Christmas a couple years back? We did!

There was about a quarter inch of some sort of white stuff on the ground...
I hear they call it 'snow'... <grin>

Only happens ever 20 years or so around here... I don't think I let the dog
come into the garage for that one...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Jeepers" <moomesa@INVALIDfnbnet.net> wrote in message
news:moomesa-8CEC47.09552120042006@cnews.newsguy.com...
> Didn't you have a white Christmas a couple years back? We did!

There was about a quarter inch of some sort of white stuff on the ground...
I hear they call it 'snow'... <grin>

Only happens ever 20 years or so around here... I don't think I let the dog
come into the garage for that one...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> gee, i hope he doesnt bite your child playing innocently in your yard.

Given a choice of rats or snakes, I'll take snakes... Once their food source
is gone, they leave... I've known people who would throw a Texas Rat Snake
up in their attic to get rid of mice... Once it finished off the mice, it
left... Of course, a rat snake is not poisonous... Don't think I would throw
a rattler up there... A rattler or cottonmouth, I would just release back
into the wild...

On the other hand, I kill armadillos and 'possums on sight... Not because I
enjoy killing 'em and having to dispose of their bodies, but just because
they're ugly... Well, that plus they either dig up my yard or get in my
dog's food...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:qPZ1g.67$Wx4.17490@news.uswest.net...
> gee, i hope he doesnt bite your child playing innocently in your yard.

Given a choice of rats or snakes, I'll take snakes... Once their food source
is gone, they leave... I've known people who would throw a Texas Rat Snake
up in their attic to get rid of mice... Once it finished off the mice, it
left... Of course, a rat snake is not poisonous... Don't think I would throw
a rattler up there... A rattler or cottonmouth, I would just release back
into the wild...

On the other hand, I kill armadillos and 'possums on sight... Not because I
enjoy killing 'em and having to dispose of their bodies, but just because
they're ugly... Well, that plus they either dig up my yard or get in my
dog's food...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:qPZ1g.67$Wx4.17490@news.uswest.net...
> gee, i hope he doesnt bite your child playing innocently in your yard.

Given a choice of rats or snakes, I'll take snakes... Once their food source
is gone, they leave... I've known people who would throw a Texas Rat Snake
up in their attic to get rid of mice... Once it finished off the mice, it
left... Of course, a rat snake is not poisonous... Don't think I would throw
a rattler up there... A rattler or cottonmouth, I would just release back
into the wild...

On the other hand, I kill armadillos and 'possums on sight... Not because I
enjoy killing 'em and having to dispose of their bodies, but just because
they're ugly... Well, that plus they either dig up my yard or get in my
dog's food...

Re: the reported bear attack
 

Would you feel the same way about shooting a T-Bird or is it only
Lincoln-Mercury products you want extinct?

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4448720A.40551E0@cox.net...
>> I don't believe we may kill an established breed into extinction
>> without putting a bounty on their head and using poison.
>
> sure is fun to try. i have no desire to shoot deer or elk, but the only
> thing more appealing to me than shooting a wolf is shooting a cougar.
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://UtilityOffRoad.com
> http://7SlotGrille.com
> http://InlineDiesel.com
> http://BighornRefrigeration.com
> http://ConcealedCarryForum.com
>

Re: the reported bear attack
 

Would you feel the same way about shooting a T-Bird or is it only
Lincoln-Mercury products you want extinct?

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:Vw_1g.70$Wx4.18693@news.uswest.net...
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4448720A.40551E0@cox.net...
>> I don't believe we may kill an established breed into extinction
>> without putting a bounty on their head and using poison.
>
> sure is fun to try. i have no desire to shoot deer or elk, but the only
> thing more appealing to me than shooting a wolf is shooting a cougar.
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://UtilityOffRoad.com
> http://7SlotGrille.com
> http://InlineDiesel.com
> http://BighornRefrigeration.com
> http://ConcealedCarryForum.com
>

Re: the reported bear attack
 

Would you feel the same way about shooting a T-Bird or is it only
Lincoln-Mercury products you want extinct?

"Nathan W. Collier" <Nathan@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:Vw_1g.70$Wx4.18693@news.uswest.net...
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4448720A.40551E0@cox.net...
>> I don't believe we may kill an established breed into extinction
>> without putting a bounty on their head and using poison.
>
> sure is fun to try. i have no desire to shoot deer or elk, but the only
> thing more appealing to me than shooting a wolf is shooting a cougar.
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://UtilityOffRoad.com
> http://7SlotGrille.com
> http://InlineDiesel.com
> http://BighornRefrigeration.com
> http://ConcealedCarryForum.com
>

Re: the reported bear attack
 

> Nathan W. Collier" wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44483845.F2EE4E40@sympatico.ca...
> > You know, I really don't get the mind set of some 'hunters'.
>
> you dont even get the mindset of gun owners, so this doesnt surprise me.

You snipped the part where I described my gun. Single shot 20 ga. break
action shotgun with a 3" chamber.

>
> > Wolves and bears are a major part of the ecosystem, wolves especially.
> >
> > Since the US 'hunters' have killed off all it's wolves, the deer
> > population has gone mad so mother nature is putting a plague through
> > them so they can't be eaten and they are dying of starvation because of
> > overpopulation and on and on.
>
> the yellowstone elk herd is down by over 50% since the wolf was
> reintroduced.

Obviously the wolves are doing 'exactly' what they were put there to do,
first by Mother Nature, now by man.

>
> > Wolves have been 're-introduced' to the US to try to help with that.
> > The deer populations need a natural predator and clean up crew to keep
> > the herds healthy.
>
> yeah mike, go to http://utilityoffroad.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3232 pan
> down just over half way and look at what your wonderful wolves do.

Dog kill more likely. Dog packs are a much worse threat to wildlife.

>
> why is it that the folks who defend the wolf are the folks who dont have to
> live with them?

Bull, did you not read my other post in this thread about some of my
first hand bear stories? I have a bunch more....

Steve Seppala from this group got a photo of the wolf that walked up to
our RAMJ+W campsite last summer.

>
> > But I sure as 'Hell' won't 'shoot on sight' any critter just for the
> > shits and giggles of killing something 'I' think is a varmint
>
> wolves and cougars shot on sight, hopefully to total extinction.
>

As mentioned, I don't get the mind set of some 'hunters'.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: the reported bear attack
 

> Nathan W. Collier" wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:44483845.F2EE4E40@sympatico.ca...
> > You know, I really don't get the mind set of some 'hunters'.
>
> you dont even get the mindset of gun owners, so this doesnt surprise me.

You snipped the part where I described my gun. Single shot 20 ga. break
action shotgun with a 3" chamber.

>
> > Wolves and bears are a major part of the ecosystem, wolves especially.
> >
> > Since the US 'hunters' have killed off all it's wolves, the deer
> > population has gone mad so mother nature is putting a plague through
> > them so they can't be eaten and they are dying of starvation because of
> > overpopulation and on and on.
>
> the yellowstone elk herd is down by over 50% since the wolf was
> reintroduced.

Obviously the wolves are doing 'exactly' what they were put there to do,
first by Mother Nature, now by man.

>
> > Wolves have been 're-introduced' to the US to try to help with that.
> > The deer populations need a natural predator and clean up crew to keep
> > the herds healthy.
>
> yeah mike, go to http://utilityoffroad.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3232 pan
> down just over half way and look at what your wonderful wolves do.

Dog kill more likely. Dog packs are a much worse threat to wildlife.

>
> why is it that the folks who defend the wolf are the folks who dont have to
> live with them?

Bull, did you not read my other post in this thread about some of my
first hand bear stories? I have a bunch more....

Steve Seppala from this group got a photo of the wolf that walked up to
our RAMJ+W campsite last summer.

>
> > But I sure as 'Hell' won't 'shoot on sight' any critter just for the
> > shits and giggles of killing something 'I' think is a varmint
>
> wolves and cougars shot on sight, hopefully to total extinction.
>

As mentioned, I don't get the mind set of some 'hunters'.....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)