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u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. #9267526 10/19/14
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 99 S squesh OP Campfire Greenhorn
OP squesh Campfire Greenhorn S Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 99	according to the ASPCA, 5 million people per year in the US are bitten by a dog. 800,000 of them, badly enough to seek medical attention. You can bet that for at least every one of the 5 million, as many more came very close to being bittern. About 100 people per year, in the US, get torn up by bears (if the human didn't precipitate the event). Yet everyone is worried about having a "bear pistol", instead of a dog pistol.

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Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. squesh #9267540 10/19/14
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Rancho_Loco Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 20,379 The Bozone, Montana	I'm not worried about having either. Originally Posted by captain seafire I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. squesh #9267541 10/19/14
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Buck_ Campfire Member B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 362 Fairbanks, Alaska	People often fear the wrong thing. Alone in the Fortress of the Bears 70 Days Surviving Wilderness Alaska: Foraging, Fishing, Hunting

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. Buck_ #9267572 10/19/14
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Rancho_Loco Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 20,379 The Bozone, Montana	This idiot sounds like the daniel boone guy that got run off awhile ago. Originally Posted by captain seafire I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. Rancho_Loco #9267632 10/19/14
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antelope_sniper Campfire 'Bwana A Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 30,954 Colorado	Well, yea. How many bears do you see a year? How many dogs do you encounter each year? You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it. You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell

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Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. antelope_sniper #9268078 10/19/14
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Siskiyous6 Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,237 Josephine County, OR - State o...	How many bears have an owner who can be sued by a lawyer? Ignorance is not confined to uneducated people. WHO IS JOHN GALT? LIBERTY!

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. Siskiyous6 #9268101 10/19/14
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MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,059 Canyon Ferry, Montana	That's nice. I'll bet the ASPCA didn't work out the odds of bear attack vs dog attack while hiking/hunting/camping in bear country.

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. MontanaMarine #9268360 10/19/14
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pabucktail Campfire Tracker P Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,323 Tropical Alaska	I know for a fact a .375 will sort out either quite nicely.

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. pabucktail #9268418 10/19/14
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HawkI Campfire Ranger H Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21,953	I'm currently in the market for a Velo-Dog revolver.....

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. HawkI #9268420 10/19/14
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huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	phugg that. I need a velo-grizz revolver.

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Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. huntsman22 #9268434 10/19/14
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HawkI Campfire Ranger H Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21,953	Am I the only Lance Armstrong type that NEEDS the Velo Dog? LiveStrong......

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. HawkI #9268441 10/19/14
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pabucktail Campfire Tracker P Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,323 Tropical Alaska	I just pedal with a .375.

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. pabucktail #9268448 10/19/14
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HawkI Campfire Ranger H Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21,953	Good. I have a Dan Wesson 375 I'll tote for the dogs.....and some earplugs. Will a 230 LBT, heat treated, running at 1,400 ps or so go through a mobile home trailer lengthwise?

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. HawkI #9269168 10/20/14
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Shodd Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2014 Posts: 1,122	Other day I was walking down the Street with my little girl and what appeared to be a ridgeback or pit bull of some sort came viciously running at us. I proceeded to excersize a terminology known as STOMP THE DOG [bleep] OUT OF IT. Seemed to work rather nicely. Don't think I'd want to try that one on a Bear! Shod Last edited by Shodd; 10/20/14. The 6.5 Swede, Before Gay Was Ok

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. MontanaMarine #9269381 10/20/14
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rattler Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 28,605 NE Montana	Originally Posted by MontanaMarine That's nice. I'll bet the ASPCA didn't work out the odds of bear attack vs dog attack while hiking/hunting/camping in bear country. not a hell of alot of dogs in griz country....few griz though Last edited by rattler; 10/20/14. A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. squesh #9269445 10/20/14
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280shooter Campfire Outfitter 2 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,663 Boise,ID	Originally Posted by squesh according to the ASPCA, My PC automatically filtered out anything that followed. Broncos are officially the worst team in the nation this year.

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. HawkI #9269634 10/20/14
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jpb Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,651 Sweden	Originally Posted by HawkI I'm currently in the market for a Velo-Dog revolver..... Cool! A serious cartridge collector once showed me his Velo-Dog ammo boxes & cartridges. Until then, I didn't know the company offered a number of different bullet types. No, not roundnose types, not hollowpoint types... types of bullet materials! He had the usual ones with lead bullets, but he also had ones with wood bullets (which he said were olive wood), yet another box with wax bullets, and (for dogs that you were not very really angry at!), cork bullets! None of the boxes were in great shape, but just to have any kind of boxes with at least a few of these obscure bullets rattling around inside impressed the hell out of me. I recall at least 2 of the boxes were in French. And that concludes our "Trivia Tonight" -- we now return you to the bear/dog thread -- while we anxiously await the "pit bull" war to begin! John

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. jpb #9269810 10/20/14
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bellydeep Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 4,638 E of the Rockies, W of the res...	Those stats are pretty useless. Yes, probably true in their most basic sense. But I, unlike millions of Americans, will be walking up an over-grown trail on the edge of the Bob Marshall Wilderness two hours before light on Saturday (opening day). Suppose my odds will be a little higher then? Originally Posted by shrapnel I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. Originally Posted by JohnBurns I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. bellydeep #9269826 10/20/14
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cra1948 Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,793 The Palmetto State	Statistics are numbers twisted by rascals to confound fools Mathew 22: 37-39

Re: u r 10,000x more likely to be killed/bad-hurt by a dog than a bear. cra1948 #9271346 10/21/14
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RelodR Campfire Member R Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 223 Tn	"Statistics are like whores - they answer to those who pay for them". Sir Winston (more or less) Take a kid hunting!!! Old member name - Reloader - joined 2001

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