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manaboutown 10-09-2020 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1844993)
10 Things You May Not Know About Davy Crockett - HISTORY

A little trivia about a famous bear hunter-- Davy Crockett.

I think you would need something as powerful as an elephant gun to take down a bear though.
A guy I know took one down at very close range with a .357 Magnum handgun. Very scary as it did not stop the bear for some time although one shot had hit the bear in the heart. The guy was camping in a tent and had not properly stashed his food away from the tent. The bear awakened the guy when he stuck his nose under the tent and sniffed. Fortunately the guy had a loaded revolver right there with him. This happened in the mountains in NM.

cmj1210 10-09-2020 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by dnobles (Post 1844787)
Ha ha Funny that you know what bear poop looks like������
If you have ever hiked in the woods you would know what is looks like. It’s scat not poop.

Charlie'sDad 10-09-2020 10:01 AM
A friend took a picture of a bear walking down Rt 466 east of Rolling Acres. Remember they were here before we were.

Mjborr 10-09-2020 10:39 AM
Your Papillon has a bow hunting brother.

Curtisbwp 10-09-2020 11:13 AM
Wow, you must be an avid outdoorsman. I lived in Maine for 20 years and i would not know a bear **** from a moose ****. As far as the gun goes, were you a police officer? I was a combat soldier and am very familiar with firearms yet i would NOT bring a firearm with the intent of killing a bear..not a happy ending. As soon as you pull the trigger the police will be there. Probably confiscate your firearm, put the cuffs on you and bring you to jail. Be hyper vigilant.

Rapscallion St Croix 10-09-2020 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Curtisbwp (Post 1845060)
Wow, you must be an avid outdoorsman. I lived in Maine for 20 years and i would not know a bear **** from a moose ****. As far as the gun goes, were you a police officer? I was a combat soldier and am very familiar with firearms yet i would NOT bring a firearm with the intent of killing a bear..not a happy ending. As soon as you pull the trigger the police will be there. Probably confiscate your firearm, put the cuffs on you and bring you to jail. Be hyper vigilant.
I would know bear poop. I was dragged through some shortly after this picture was taken. That is not as embarrassing as the Daisy Dukes.

Rodneysblue 10-09-2020 11:57 AM
Maybe we could allocate some of the new apartments as bear habitats.
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1844812)
The more natural resources removed for development, the fewer places local animals have to call "home." They have to go somewhere. If you take their back yard for your lanai and birdcage, don't expect them to have gone far.

Also - if it's a Florida Black Bear, reconsider walking your dog armed to protect against it. First of all - it lives on an 80% vegetarian diet. It's not all that interested in meat. Second, and more importantly, it is protected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is illegal to kill them.

If you come across a bear, either be completely still, or make a LOT of loud clanging obnoxious noise to scare it away. Take that big AR-15 of yours and bang it against the sidewalk, instead of shooting it. It'll get the bear to leave you alone, and it'll keep you out of jail.

CoachKandSportsguy 10-09-2020 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by coconutmama (Post 1844892)
When our house was built 3 years ago, there were wild pigs here too.
In June, I hit a wild pig crossing 75/florida turnpike at about 1AM - they are still here. Having grown up in a rural area i don't mind the wild animals living among us. . . though reptiles brain are so small that they are hard to relate to.

TCNY61 10-09-2020 01:21 PM
Don't worry they just like to say hi!

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Bertram00 10-09-2020 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1844786)
I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.
This just begs the question "Does a bear sh!t in The Villages?"🤣🤣🤣

kcrazorbackfan 10-09-2020 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cmj1210 (Post 1845034)
If you have ever hiked in the woods you would know what is looks like. It’s scat not poop.
Well, excuse me for not being from your part of the country. Everyone I’ve ever been around in the south normally would call it bear s#%t but I tried to tone it down by calling it poop.

kcrazorbackfan 10-09-2020 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bertram00 (Post 1845087)
This just begs the question "Does a bear sh!t in The Villages?"🤣🤣🤣
It did night before last.....

bonniemanross 10-09-2020 01:56 PM
I'm sorry folks are giving you a hard time about this. A few years ago, there was a mama bear and her cub in the downtown area of Lady Lake. She ended up on CR 466 going west near the Village of La Zamora towards Cherry Lake Road.

kendi 10-09-2020 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1844786)
I was installing sprinkler donuts In the yard of our new home in Bradford and saw a pile of bear poop in the backyard that wasn’t there yesterday; it’s an eerie feeling when you see that in your yard.

I take our fur babies out at night before we go to bed; I will be going out armed from now on.
Interesting. And scary.

Funkman 10-09-2020 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bertram00 (Post 1845087)
This just begs the question "Does a bear sh!t in The Villages?"🤣🤣🤣
Is the poop Catholic?


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