Bobert, Ol' Dan'l Boone and other folks who passed that way used ta hunt b'ars with a big ol' knife. They'd light inta the b'ar an' go at it. Saved powder an' ball.

'Course, the other folks who passed that way usually passed that way, iffen ya git ma drift. So iffen ya feel ya gotta shoot 'em, stand back an' aim straight an' keep shootin' until the suckers down and then shoot some more. Holes in the rug kin be patched up, holes in you are another story.