I've never been close enough to one to give you anything more than a guess, but I suspect your butt would need to be 3 or 3.5 feet off the ground for you to not get bumped. Honestly don't know,...
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I've never been close enough to one to give you anything more than a guess, but I suspect your butt would need to be 3 or 3.5 feet off the ground for you to not get bumped. Honestly don't know,...
I have zero experience with them which is probably why I'm still a little scared of them; ignorance = the boogeyman and all that. I know that several of the hog hunters here have lost dogs hunting...
Those pics are GREAT! LOL
They don't like hikers/campers. Wild boar actually scare me more than the alligators down here. I have not seen any, but have heard bad stories. The good thing about them is they can't climb trees.
Well said.
How about that guy that killed a bear last week with a log. I don't remember exactly, but pretty sure it was an AT shelter where it happened. The bear came into camp and was going after a young kid...
Agreed, but that is kind of my point. Assuming that you're able to keep a clear head when an angry animal is sprinting towards you with malicious intent, you have to wait until the bear is about...
If I came back to camp from getting water to see that cute bear taking a nap in my hammock, I'd be breaking the LNT code cause my hammock would be left right there! :eek:
Bear spray: Pretty much useless with an aggressive bear, particularly if it has been sprayed before. Pepper spray works once, from what I've been told by a lot of backcountry folks while living in...