Campfire

exercise caution in the summer woods

My grouse hunting buddy was walking his German Shorthairs and his little house dog on a remote part of the national forest last Sunday, an area he frequently bird hunts, when he ran up on a sow black bear that obviously had cubs close at hand and was in a foul mood because of the dogs. When he came upon her, she made eye contact and false charged him. When she came the second time and dropped thru a deep creek channel, he grabbed the house dog and ran for all he was worth. He had no defensive firearm with him and assures me that he will not go into such a place unarmed again. Sadly, on his way out, he met a couple with three small children, out for a walk in the woods in the direction he just came from. He warned them of what was ahead of them and the father foolishly ignored his warning and went on. Be careful out there, one never knows what he or she might happen upon.