Boots in the Field Journal- Volume 2
Boots in the Field Journal- Volume 2
As I have mentioned in previous posts, not only do I have sled dogs, I also have Karelian Bear Dogs, and I have taken clinics on how to handle the dogs and use them to confront bears and try to push them out of human inhabited areas to keep them from becoming habituated to us, and then getting in trouble. There is a saying in Montana, “A fed Bear, is a Dead bear”. This means, eventually bears that become accustomed to human food and/or garbage will end up having to be destroyed because they will get in trouble frequenting areas that humans live.
Last night I got a call from a neighbor telling me had seen a black bear on a carcass pile up the road from my house- just about a mile away….Although he was in the Nat’l Forest, we felt it was a little close to be setting up shop, because this time of year bears are scrambling around frantically trying to pack on calories before the winter. My neighbor and I thought my place might be really attractive to a bear in the vicinity, since I store huge quanities of dog food and frozen meat.
So, I packed up my backpack, got all my equipment and got ready to go looking for a bear!
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Equipment List
- Wookey Designs- Camo Backcountry Pack
-Lifeline First Aid Kit
-Fire Starting Kit
-Elk antler whistle ( I use it to call the dogs back)
-12 gauge Bennelli “Super Black Eagle” shotgun ( I use it to shoot in the air over the bear and hopefully scare it away)
-Box of shells
-Mora knife w/home made leather sheath
-CRKT folder
- UDAP bear spray
- Mammut head lamp and spare batteries
- Hunter Orange goose down vest (it is hunting season right now)
-Marmot shell jacket
- Simms Fleece Jacket
- wool winter hat
- ball cap
- handy andy gloves
- Swarovski binoculars
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To be continued……..
