Posted on 09/05/2023 5:27:36 PM PDT by rey
A camp for firefighters battling a British Columbia wildfire had to be shut down because of “persistent bear activity,” Canada wildlife officials reported.
About 160 firefighters at a camp near Goldbridge to fight the Downton Lake wildfire relocated to T’it’q’et First Nation and Lillooet community facilities, officials said on Twitter, now rebranded as X.
The British Columbia Wildlife Service said it ordered the closure to “ensure the safety” of firefighters.
Conservation officers are working to find a safe place for a new camp so firefighters can resume battling the wildfire, officials said. Officials did not provide details on the bear activity, but bears frequently enter campgrounds looking for food or trash.
Setting the actors politics aside one of the best movies ever made.
God forbid they just shoot a few bears. 🙄
What movie is that?
300 Winchester Magnum and the problem is solved. But Canada will not let you do this in most situations.
Bears are the apex predictors in the North. Human flesh is a delicacy to them.
I am not an advocate of just killing bears. I am an advocate of killing bears that are a threat. Leave me alone and I will leave you alone. Become a mortal threat and I will kill you.
Available in different calibers. Can go up to a .375 H&H. Winchester Model 70 Alaskan.
The 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson.
They didn't approach from the front, according to the news. They sneak up behind and jump up and clamp down on the back of the meal's neck. It would be impossible to bring your sidearm into play after that.
“Canada” is just a particular land mass with imaginary land boundary on a map. It isn’t Canada that prohibits this. I know you know this, but it is certain specific individuals that are disallowing effective bear control.
Too often everyone wants to blame “the system”, as if it has a mind of its own. These are all people, that should be voted out and removed from authority. Bureaucrats are the excuse why nothing ever gets done, nothing can even be attempted. A strict adherence to “procedures” and policies just makes everything retarded.
Like the situation described here.
This is correct. Often nobody will know what hit them. A chest rig is still adviseable. There are still several instances where the victim knew they were being stalked for quite some time. Yelling, throwing rocks, swinging a stick is not always effective. What has always impressed me, is how weak humans are physically compared to even small animals if they are determined. Ever see what a goose can do? Even smaller birds.
I was dive bombed repeatedly by a certain species of bird when hiking out of a desert area in Utah for about a mile. I don’t think I was in particular danger, but it wouldn’t give up, wouldn’t leave me alone.
My favorite bit of “journalism”, you mentioned the mountain lion attacks on joggers in California. I remember reading one article that included the phrase “Authorities are still searching for a motive.”
As far as I can tell, they simply took the superstitions from the American Indian. I married a member of the Seminole Nation. Forgot what clan is hers but her family is very superstitious.
Back to the article you read, some pantheistic bureaucrat probably wants to talk to the lion before they draw any conclusions.
Also, it was interesting that when such events occurred, a referendum would come up to take the puma (mountain lion) off the protected species list. Rural kalifornians voted yes, typically. But the referendum was always voted down by people in LA, San fran, Sac.
We know that.
Swivel heads and flashlights.
I'll use .348, when I can find it.
The rifle looks like the Winchester African which came in .458 only
Got it, I meant I would prefer my own Model 71 for Bears
Hornady makes a .348 in it’s LeverEvolution line of ammo.
I just looked up the ballistics on the .348 impressive.
+1
That could be, or some variant of air-head. I thought it might be just an ordinary crime scene template that got left in there because and nobody caught, because “nobody” proofreads.
“Persistent rifle activity will take care of that. Bunch a wankers”
No kidding! Let thousands of acres of bear habitat burn because of some bears. That makes zero sense.
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