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| Anonymous Prodigy |
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I went on a camping trip over the weekend with a couple of buddies from church (hence my absence).
We headed to Sharptop (in the Blude Ridge [of Virginia]) and proceeded to set up the camp and such. Just before dark, some folks drove by in a van warning us that a mother bear and her cub had just been spotted less than 2 miles away. Thankfully, our camp was not ravaged and we lived through the night. 
Next day, though, we proceeded to climb Sharptop (some 3,785 feet above sea level at the peak). About 10 minutes into the hike, I saw a black bear. He was a good distance away, though; about 20 or 30 yards away, and off the path. We returned to the foot of the mountain, and found out (from a couple of folks from the area) that he was a rather timid male, and weighed only 250-300 pounds. We waited a few minutes, and then resumed our hike.
Everything went smoothly, with no sign of bears and / or screaming hikers. Less than 10 minutes from the top, though, I ran into another bear.
The path took a sharp right around a rock, and I (who usually was first in the procession) rounded the corner and...
This bear was MASSIVE. Caps cannot desribe it. This black beast was less than 20 feet (no exxageration) from me. Much bigger than the previous bear, this thing weighed 400+ pounds, and would have easily been 8 feet tall if it had stood up.
Thankfully, the bear did not follow me when I retreated down the mountain. Everyone in our party survived the arduous trek to the pinnacle of the mount, thankfully. 
I have to be honest, though. That was the first time I have seen a bear in the wild (or in real life, for that matter) and I am rather blessed to have survived until lunch instead of becoming lunch. |
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| macheteman |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:45 am |
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| awesome! really, that is cool. i’ve never been faced by a bear in the wild, but that is neat. bring some pepper spray next time... (or a shotgun) |
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| Anonymous Prodigy |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:13 am |
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| I’ll go with the latter. |
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| sickofpalantirs |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:25 am |
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against a bear of the size you described a shotgun would be like shooting a Ak-47 wielding terrorist in the nards with a nerf gun  . It will only make him angry and want to kill you more. |
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| Anonymous Prodigy |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:37 am |
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sickofpalantirs wrote: against a bear of the size you described a shotgun would be like shooting a Ak-47 wielding terrorist in the nards with a nerf gun . It will only make him angry and want to kill you more.
Not really. A shotgun at that range would have taken the bear’s head off. |
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| sickofpalantirs |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:48 am |
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| if it was a 8 gauge |
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| Anonymous Prodigy |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:54 am |
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| Or a 12 gauge, and probably a 16 too. |
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| macheteman |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:52 pm |
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| 20 gauge with a slug or buckshot would have killed it too. |
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| NBarden |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:57 pm |
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| ingold55 |
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:58 pm |
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bears are cool. (but frightening at times) you were blessed AP. (I bet you thanked God after that one. )
As far as guns go, rifles are heavy. sometimes to heavy for a trip. a colt .45 would have been nice, mabey a bit to underpowered though.  |
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