Best bear experience I had was when a guide, his wife(cooK), and my dad were heading into the Tetons on horseback for over a week. We didnt notice the fresh bearclaw marks in the tree until the horses got spooked. When we saw the marks and realized we were looking up at them on horseback we knew that being unarmed sucked.
We tied our horses far from our camp, and we tied our food high in the air. I learned to function throught the days with little sleep at night. By the last few nights I didnt fear the bears. They stink like nothing you have smelled if you get close, but you get used to them.
What I'm trying to say is that Furballers won this thread and also stole the OP's squad. 
"Furballers", "babynappers", "basetakers", "raiders-of-your-daughter's-innocence", "squadtakers"... which one is it now? Will the community make up its mind already?
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