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Re: What not to do..... elkhunter_241 #6267789 03/08/12
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 431 Too far east Diyelker Campfire Member
Diyelker Campfire Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 431 Too far east	Originally Posted by elkhunter_241 During archery season dont leave your sidearm at camp, no matter how heavy it is. I only did this twice in a 20 year span and as luck would have it, I ran into a bear both times, the second one got the point across REAL well, it was a grizzly at 15 feet. +1. My exact reasoning was "it's too heavy and I'm just too tired to carry anything extra today". My first mountain lion experience. We were told that we'd never see a lion and the black bear would be scared of us, so we werent too worried about it. In fact a gentlemen who we talked to later said that he had hunted the area for 20 years and he'd never ran across one in there. We walked up a steep ridge and when we got to the top, there was a mountain lion 20 yards away staring at us. After a brief "holy chit!" moment, I slowly reached for my pistol, which then I remembered was nicely tucked away in the tent. The nice lion turned and trotted off thankfully. I'll never leave my sidearm again. It all happened quickly, but we stood there for ten minutes afterwards replaying the situation not believing what just happened. What happens when you get scared half to death...twice?

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What not to do.....	sreekers	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	MuleyFan	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	elkhunter_241	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	Diyelker	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	elkhunter_241	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	snubbie	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	rayporter	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	Big_W	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	snubbie	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	AB2506	03/23/12
Re: What not to do.....	patbrennan	03/23/12
Re: What not to do.....	las	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	las	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	Calvin	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	Calvin	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	Kurt52	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	elkhunter_241	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	280shooter	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	16bore	03/14/12
Re: What not to do.....	jockc	03/14/12
Re: What not to do.....	docdb	03/15/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/15/12
Re: What not to do.....	Maverick940	03/17/12
Re: What not to do.....	elkhunter130	03/21/12
Re: What not to do.....	KC	03/08/12
Re: What not to do.....	Kevin_T	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	rob p	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	Diyelker	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	rayporter	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	Field_Hand	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	snubbie	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	MuleyFan	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	KC	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	GreBb	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	KC	03/15/12
Re: What not to do.....	stantdm	03/16/12
Re: What not to do.....	redfoxx	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	T_O_M	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	yukonal	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	EricM	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	rayporter	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	redfoxx	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	PeaEye	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	halflife65	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	halflife65	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	snubbie	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	T_O_M	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	superdave	03/10/12
Re: What not to do.....	KC	03/15/12
Re: What not to do.....	MuleyFan	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	halflife65	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	Field_Hand	03/09/12
Re: What not to do.....	ironbender	03/17/12
Re: What not to do.....	pointer	03/17/12
Re: What not to do.....	ironbender	03/17/12
Re: What not to do.....	Maverick940	03/17/12
Re: What not to do.....	NM_elk_chaser	03/18/12
Re: What not to do.....	bbright	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	varmintsinc	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	IslandAlpine	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	gt50	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	snubbie	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	arffdog875	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	sollybug	03/19/12
Re: What not to do.....	sreekers	03/20/12
Re: What not to do.....	Maverick940	03/20/12
Re: What not to do.....	Jcubed	03/17/12
Re: What not to do.....	Walker6	03/21/12

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