Well, since beginnin' this thread, what, 4 years ago, I have learned to respect the bears but not fear them... I've have several encounters with them and with the exception of one where I had to detour all the rest ended up with the bear running away from me as fast as it could...

I mean, I like bears for the most part... Seein' as there are a couple million acres of woods behind our farm I have let about 3 or 4 people come up to hunt... One guy shot a 100 pound bear and it broke my heart to see that little bear dead on the back of his truck so I told him we didn't appreciate him killin' a bear and the couldn't come back...

B~