skiingislife725
Regular Member
Also, you're not alone in worrying about the 4 legged buggers. I carry my guns in the woods just in case the bear or cougar decides it wants a snack.
I think the reason so many of us are mentioning to not worry so much about bears is that statistically it's an astronomically low danger. In fact, you're ~13000x more likely to be the victim of a murder than you are to be killed by a bear. You'd be a lot better off carrying bear spray (at least based on the numbers of bear attack survivals with spray vs guns) and a bigger first aid kit or more clothes/water/food. And you'd probably still be carrying less weight. Just sayin'. But hey, it's a free country, do what makes you feel comfortable, not what makes you more safe from bears.
Related link, from a hunter dude who lives on Kodiak Island (probably one of the highest densities of brown bears in the world...and the biggest): Bearanoia will destroy ya
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