Apparently our dog came face to face with a garter snake today. The Shih Tsu (sp?) backed down....stupid dog.
Is there such thing as a black and red garter snake?
Is there such thing as a black and red garter snake?
Pffft, It's "no geese flying in a vee".
the San Francisco garter snake has markings like that, but it's rare and on the wrong side of the continent for you
maybe it was a milk snake?
http://herp-pix.org/lampropeltis/milk1.htm
I'm guessing it is a coral snake placed by DRB.
my wife says it was one of these
What could be more exciting than a confrontation between a shihtzu and a harmless snake?
A clash of the titans!
A clash of the titans!
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The best thing you can do if you ever find yourself in that situation is to wait for the grizzly to get really close, then SMACK her right on her nose. She'll get the message loud and clear.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
You can also put it in "time out"
rubber buckshot sounds like a great way to piss a bear off. You are probably better off smacking the bear in the face with the butt of the gun.Me?
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how about a barbed condom? That'd work for sure!
I came across some shifty looking squirrels today on the trail...shivers.
but once obama takes away ever ones guns then the bears will be able to attack whenever they want!!! someone quick, call glen beck and rush limbaugh...we must spread the word
Chipmunks jacked us up.... Never saw them coming. Rained down a punishing barrage of chipmunk on our asses! They were like little marsupial ninjas....
Never go into the bush without a partner and a .22 pistol. And some running shoes. See a bear, shoot your buddy in the leg, empty the rest of the pistol @ bear...leave area at a slow jog.
really? rubber buckshot is a good deterrent?
On Sunday I came across 2 coyote cubs playing on the trail and a huge red headed woodpecker all in the span of a couple of minutes.
I did that with a rowdy St. Bernard once when I was young enough that its nose was at about eye level. It worked.
I once saw a massive grizzly on the way home from work while I was up in Tumble Ridge, BC. It reared up on it's hind legs to give the air a sniff. It had to be around 10' tall.
We stayed in the pickup.
On my first night up in James Bay, my new colleagues thought it would be fun to drink a few beers, then go out to the dump to "look at the bears". I didn't believe there would be bears so close to camp. We were all a little tipsy and could see no bears from the usual(?) spot, so we decided to go through the hole in the fence to get a little closer. As we reached the top of the crater shape of the dump, we heard a growl. Took an about face and headed back to the pickup. Drove around to the other side for a better view and saw 8 bears (black) all munching away on garbage.
We stayed in the pickup.
We stayed in the pickup.
On my first night up in James Bay, my new colleagues thought it would be fun to drink a few beers, then go out to the dump to "look at the bears". I didn't believe there would be bears so close to camp. We were all a little tipsy and could see no bears from the usual(?) spot, so we decided to go through the hole in the fence to get a little closer. As we reached the top of the crater shape of the dump, we heard a growl. Took an about face and headed back to the pickup. Drove around to the other side for a better view and saw 8 bears (black) all munching away on garbage.
We stayed in the pickup.
Used to shoot nuisance bears with frozen paintballs. It would scare em the first few times but after that they would just ignore it. Always had a 9mil just in case, but I doubt it would be easy to drop a charging bear before it got to you.
Well obviously it depends on the behaviour of the bear....a charging grizzly with intent certainly wont be stopped, but for "nuisance" bears we use a combo of dogs and the rubber buckshot or the rubber ball for chasing them off property or site. It works. I've only ever once had to use a rubber buckshot on a bear charging forward, and I would have guessed the bear would have stopped about 1-2 meters short of me, but I wasnt taking that chance. (FYI - first 2 shells are rubber, the rest of 'em are real deal slugs if necessary). Most charging bears - and im including the one in the OP video - will stop within a few meters during a charge. Certainly tests the bowels
Edit - While typing this message my computer desk/chair were shaking a bit...didn't think much of it, figured it was the cat messing around...just found out we had an earthquake!
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"It's coming right for us!"
Did anyone read any of the comments to the story?
Im having a little trouble with this one.
Darwin is either god or the grim reaper?
I wonder if if he has a noodly apendage...