[Ditter]

My sis in law has a summer place in Montana. She is out in the country near the Mission Mountains. She sends bear pictures regularly. She is in a grizzly bear preserve controlled by the tribe. They trapped a momma griz and 2 babies on her property. Yikes, I would not like that!

I live in the middle of Houston and we have rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, possums, armadillos, skunks and coyotes in our yard from time to time. That's enough for me, where are you?

[5th MEB]

Middle of the Trinity Alps in Trinity County, Ca.
No Griz in California since about 1850, but I have black bear and mountain lion thicker than mice in the corn crib.
Lady down in Weaverville found a lion chowing down on her little dog in her garage not to long ago, found another one just last week along Hwy 3, splattered by a logging truck probably.
No coyotes left in my area since the drought started 4 years ago, the mountain lions ate them all.
I have 7 dogs (none of them small) and even so, I never leave them out at night unless I am with them.
I am a firm believer in the fact that “When Gunpowder Speaks The Wildlife Listens”.
I don’t work any where around the farm without being armed with something heavy enough to do the job if necessary. Remington 12 gauge with slugs, Browning 338, Ruger Black Hawk 45 Long Colt.
I am pretty sure that it won’t be the first or last time I come around the corner of the barn, pump house, or workshop and find some large, hungry, four footed critter looking for an easy meal.