And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I used to camp in the high Sierras. My trips were ten days, usually the first week of October, or at first heavy snow.
One trip while walking out, I crossed a set of fresh bear tracks. It was in open ground, a large bowl between low hills with long views all around. I spotted a bear about one mile away at my five o'clock. Predators will often circle back. I don't know if out of curiosity or for an easy meal of whatever is following them.
I doubled my effort. About one mile after crossing a low rise, I looked back. The bear was already on this side of the rise and heading in my direction. After another mile or so I did not see the bear. Im pretty sur e it was an old sow but I wasn't going to investigate. Another thing about predators, they prefer the quick kill. They won't spend a lot of energy chasing prey. Or so I believe.
You have to appreciate what they are, as long as you aren't on the menu. Nature in the wild is fascinating.
Maybe as plenty of dead partly eaten people in Alaska with firearms have shown. Occasionally a dead bear is nearby BUT human still dead. The destructive power of a large bear (or even a small black bear) is not to be underestimated.
I've helped replace a steel security door on a neighbor's log cabin after a small black bear decided it WAS coming in to snack when they were at church. Door was bent too badly before the hinges were ripped out to be reused.
I used to camp in the high Sierras. My trips were ten days, usually the first week of October, or at first heavy snow.
ReplyDeleteOne trip while walking out, I crossed a set of fresh bear tracks. It was in open ground, a large bowl between low hills with long views all around. I spotted a bear about one mile away at my five o'clock. Predators will often circle back. I don't know if out of curiosity or for an easy meal of whatever is following them.
I doubled my effort. About one mile after crossing a low rise, I looked back. The bear was already on this side of the rise and heading in my direction. After another mile or so I did not see the bear. Im pretty sur e it was an old sow but I wasn't going to investigate. Another thing about predators, they prefer the quick kill. They won't spend a lot of energy chasing prey. Or so I believe.
You have to appreciate what they are, as long as you aren't on the menu. Nature in the wild is fascinating.
slowly I turned and knew fer shur I were'nt alone no more
ReplyDeleteA man with a Winchester is the apex predator.
ReplyDeleteMaybe as plenty of dead partly eaten people in Alaska with firearms have shown. Occasionally a dead bear is nearby BUT human still dead. The destructive power of a large bear (or even a small black bear) is not to be underestimated.
DeleteI've helped replace a steel security door on a neighbor's log cabin after a small black bear decided it WAS coming in to snack when they were at church. Door was bent too badly before the hinges were ripped out to be reused.
When you see those tracks, you're not even the apex hors d'oeuvre.
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