My bear encounter (not for the weak)

[Brandy]

[chickwhorips]

it was super scary. still makes me weak in the knees when i think about it all. i don't look out the window the same way i use to, thats for sure.

bubba got fake duck and fake brant (actually fake duck that was painted to look like fake brant) and also real brant. he was fat and happy.

it is really hard to get veggies here. we have new owners at the store and the veggie supply isn't there. we get good veggies when someone from town comes in and hand carries it. veggies here are worth more than gold. i scrounge around for roughage. found some high fiber bars that help.

we didn't have a camera (if we did it would've been left behind in the bags) but i did have someone at work ask me if i got pictures. i definatly wouldn't have had to use the zoom feature!

slinkedog no chickens here. bears would probably get them. though we are testing other birds (brant and pintails and steller's eiders) for the avian flu. so if the bears and the avian flu don't get me, who knows what will.

[mimitabby]

you might try sprouting beans for bean sprouts?
I can't imagine living without fresh veggies!

sorry you lost your duck dinner.

[horsemom]

Holy Batpoop!!! That is an amazing story--a grizzly, I presume? I raised an 18 month old 'hit by car' black bear for 10 months before he was released, but they are nowhere near the size or danger of the grizzlies.

Have you seen the docu of the guy and his GF who were eaten by bears up there? Timothy Treadwell, I believe. I have not seen the film, but have read several articles about him. He actually lived out there in the bear fields 'studying' the bears and thought that they wouldn't hurt him....nuts. There is an actual voice recording of him getting eaten--gross.

Anyway, I love the stories of your life...

Laura

[donnambr]

Have you seen the docu of the guy and his GF who were eaten by bears up there? Timothy Treadwell, I believe. I have not seen the film, but have read several articles about him. He actually lived out there in the bear fields 'studying' the bears and thought that they wouldn't hurt him....nuts. There is an actual voice recording of him getting eaten--gross.

The coroner in that docu is my coworker's dad.

CWR - so glad you lived to tell the tale. On another note, the only thing that offends me about your hunting is that you don't live close enough for me to trade you some great vegetables for some venison. Yum, venison.

[latelatebloomer]

More proof that TE women are tough as nails. That "cool head in emergency, fall apart later" can really pack a wallop, but I'm so glad you held it together when Bubba came a-calling.

[Kitsune06]

oh my god. *hug* CWR- that's scary! I'm so glad you're okay! I can't imagine two loads of bird shot and he wasn't even fazed. Scary, SO scary.

[Cassandra_Cain]

OMG - wow, how scary is that!

I'm glad you made it ok and even had the wherewithal to make chocolate cake. Good idea.

Stay safe

[Denise223]

That's just too scary for me -- I'm happy to hear that you & your BF kept it together!

Stay safe.

Peace & Love,

Denise

[Duck on Wheels]

Guess the bears don't get to the corner store all that often either. Worked out how to use you guys as the duck delivery wagon. I'm glad you handed over the birds and didn't wait for a tip.

[Thistle]

omg you are amazing!!!!

[snapdragen]

See CWR? You are the president of Team Danger! Amazing and scary story, so glad you kept it together and got away safely.

[Fledgling]

Sheesh! That's extreme! Way to keep collected. Glad you both walked away unharmed.
Hope that the cake made you feel better.

[caligurl]

HOLY SH!T!!!!!!!!!

glad you are OK!

[chickwhorips]

yup very large grizzly. they are mean buggers.

i have heard of the story of treadwell. BF said that's all he could think of with that bear coming at us.

snap you had to wait a bit but you did get your bear story. at least it was a good one with a happy ending.