MMMM, that would mellow out the taste of Bear Spray!:beer:

domestically i prefer killiens.. or a good micro brew red for steaks...

Tom, don't look now, but I think you are being followed by a Wolf and he appears to be a pretty tuff one too!

Wow, great ending to a great report. My grandmother always used to claim that her father was stalked by wolves in Minnesota in the 1870's and 1 story sounded remarkably like yours, however, he had an ax, not spray.:eek:

Maybe you'll believe Gramma now?:p

Can we call you "Wolf Man" from now on? :D

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/ind...lled_in_1.html

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Kenton_Joel_Carnegie

http://outside.away.com/outside/cult...attacks-1.html

Be careful out there!

but did you go back and get your food from the tree that's what i want to know.
man your one cool dude i would have freeked .

You can't freak out or run you're dead for sure. You gotta try something, since you'll be eaten anyway, you might as well try something. I'm glad it ended this way and yup, I'm getting bear spray too :)

If you don't mind Tom, how was the kid's trailer for touring? I'm looking at used Yaks for $200-250 or kids trailers that sometimes go for $30-50 and can be modified. How does it handle? How's the ride? Do you have any experience with dedicated touring/cargo trailers, such as Yak, to relate to? Thanks!

Adam

Right, organized camp grounds. I've heard the wolves refer to those as feedlots... Around here people have been chased by wolfotees right in the metro are, and those guys are big. I was chased by a fox last fall which seemed kinda cheeky.

This is the second report of a wolf attack in Michigan on this board, from what I recall.

Pepper spray is all we would be allowed to carry up here, if that. But it does make the case for guns also. The noise of the first shot might scatter all, and the rate at which one can move from target to target is faster, and there is essentially a bottomless can. One can also engage at far greater distance if there is a legitimate reason to do so. The noise may draw help. But pepper spray is what we have.

heh, three year old thread brought to life. Good read though.

I've been looking at getting some bear spray and have no idea what brand to get. Lots of choices.

I remeber reading this the first time. Does not seem like three years already. Probably my favorite story on Bike Forums.

Also from an earlier thread, my favorite bear warning sign.

that's brilliant gave me a great laugh.

Tom,

Just read your OP post. Dang.... I've always had a 'cop' mentality when it came to backups. Like most if not all cops carry a back up gun then thier service gun and I adopt that approach with the bear spray thing. What size bear spray did you have? I was thinking of having a smaller sized one tucked into the socks while moving about camp or always have one on me if I did not have the main one on me. If you had both it would have at least gave you a back up incase the main one ran out.

Damn... I need to contact the people at http://no-contact.com/index.html with that story and have them make a male jacket as well. To the best of my knowledge and from reading their site when it was first made a while ago it was made for females only :mad::notamused:and designed so guys can''t wear it (what? Never heard of buying 2 sizes up? :innocent:).

Protected from shorts if in rain as well IIRC. :thumb:

I wish we could have met. :) :(

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