We've taken a Beretta 92FS stainless while camping. Not for protection against bears or other four legged animals but against the two legged variety. Camping in the wilderness puts you a long way from a 911 call and the police. My wife prefers the peace of mind of knowing we can defend ourselves against "predators". To actually stop a bear would take a very large caliber rifle. The best way to handle bears is to not do anything to attract them. Follow all of the normal bear camping rules. I have also found a drybag that is triangular shaped and perfect for the pistol. The pistol goes in the bag in a hatch during the day. The extra few pounds is negligable. At night it is out of the bag and in the tent. To those who say why would you take a pistol for protection when you wouldn't have one at home let me say that the pistol regularly resides by the bed. Call me paranoid but I have had someone try to break into my house while I was there at night. Yelling scared them off, but you can't always bank on that. Mel --- There are three types of people, those who can count and those who can't. --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Share what you know. Learn what you don't. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
From: Mel Grindol > We've taken a Beretta 92FS stainless while camping. Not for protection against bears or other four legged animals but against the two legged variety. Camping in the wilderness puts you a long way from a 911 call and the police. My wife prefers the peace of mind of knowing we can defend ourselves against "predators". > while paddling/camping in a MD state park with a friend from Belgium, our evening calm was disrupted by a group of middle aged drunk couples who were camping at the adjacent campsite. one fellow was nasty and started into wife beating. the others bearly protested. i checked, no rangers in the park and one of the phones had recently been removed. things continued to go downhill, however we thought that it had ended when he left -tearing out in his pickup at 2am. 'aren't you afraid he'll return?'... she replies 'no, i got a gun in my bag' ====== i think that more remote campsites are better.....especially with less human contact. sorry for the poor experience for a visitor to the US. neither of us can forget that bastard. bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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