tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post5515057715048611829..comments2024-02-16T06:03:12.489-06:00Comments on BrummellBlog: Churchill: Polar Bear SafetyTheBrummellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-25771007517599115542007-08-23T01:43:00.000-06:002007-08-23T01:43:00.000-06:00I'm an idiot...I posted that on another thread...D...I'm an idiot...I posted that on another thread...DUH....hurl insults thiss way...sorry.Necatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534126673638877858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-4669129804486159772007-08-22T15:23:00.000-06:002007-08-22T15:23:00.000-06:00WTF???Why did my black bear comment get deleted? M...WTF???<BR/><BR/>Why did my black bear comment get deleted? Maybe I was high...on gin and gatorade.<BR/><BR/>I concur that black bears are more likely to attack humans, though tangles with grizzlies usually result in more fatalities. Apparently male adolescent black bears are highly unpredicatble and the whole bo-janngling routine doesn't work very well. Last couple of years there were a few fatalities resuting from black bears that occured while campers were SLEEPING in Ontario.<BR/><BR/>I had a bit of scare in Algonquin once that put me off bears for a while. <BR/><BR/>That said, I heard that polar bears are indeed most dangerous...they actively stalk humans...and so do cougars apparently (the REAL ones, stop snickering)<BR/><BR/>So with grizzlies it's play dead, black bears it's look big and polar bears I guess it's just be dead.Necatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534126673638877858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-43025901935679865072007-08-14T11:03:00.000-06:002007-08-14T11:03:00.000-06:00Excellent post (and photo). Polar bears, in the wr...Excellent post (and photo). Polar bears, in the wrong situation, can be quite a bit of trouble (to put it mildly...). In fact I could see why deterrents would be better than deadly force, as a wounded polar bear is definitely one of the worst things to have to deal with. <BR/><BR/>As per black bears, there's a problem in northern New Jersey and there have been attacks now and then. A particular grisly one occurred about 2 years or so ago, where a bear snatched a baby off the front porch. Generally they're not much of a threat (I actually scared one while in Stokes State Forest last summer), but they can be dangerous in the wrong situation.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great stuff, and it'll be good to see the rest of your photos when you get them up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-70955187314008510352007-08-04T07:05:00.000-06:002007-08-04T07:05:00.000-06:00The army base at Churchill is no more; it was disa...The army base at Churchill is no more; it was disassembled some time ago. But the local children are protected by "volunteers" around town (equiped with some night-vision 'scopes) at halloween nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>Peak bear season around here is late October and November, putting halloween right in the middle of one of the largest concentrations of human-eating carnivores anywhere on Earth. I agree that this would be more fun (halloween is all about being scared, right?) if the patrols were signifciantly reduced, increasing the odds of meeting a REAL monster.<BR/><BR/>If I ever get to Hodgson, TX, I WILL get a picture of me with a gun and a big ol' can of some cheap, nasty American beer.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-64530262165344089812007-08-03T14:01:00.000-06:002007-08-03T14:01:00.000-06:00Martin, if you go to Texas, can you swing through ...Martin, if you go to Texas, can you swing through Hodgson and get a picture of the "welcome to" sign for me? That would be swell. I would love it if you were in the photo holding a large gun and some American beer. <BR/><BR/>Fun fact: when the kids go trick-or-treating on the army base in Churchill at Halloween, soldiers are put on perimeter patrol to discourage polar bears from eating the children. Where's the fun in that?Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019789958732918551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-38741582215783317622007-08-02T15:27:00.000-06:002007-08-02T15:27:00.000-06:00Martin, underage schmunderage, there are plenty of...Martin, underage schmunderage, there are plenty of convenient stores down here whose only requirement is that you're taller than the counter. <BR/><BR/>Just kidding. (No really, I'm kidding).<BR/><BR/>You'll probably have physically buy the beer, but I would pay for it. <BR/><BR/>Canada --> Texas roadtrip!Chris Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383092030160768244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-32636941984828607322007-08-02T09:01:00.000-06:002007-08-02T09:01:00.000-06:00No double-pistol dives (nor the much cooler double...No double-pistol dives (nor the much cooler double-crossbow dive), sadly. Polar bears seem disinclined to mess shit up in the grittier parts of New York's Chinatown, though, so perhaps it's for the best.<BR/><BR/>I did get to pump the shotgun and fire a second slug in what I thought was a very authoritative and rather manly fashion, though. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the invite to Texas, Chris. Now it's official - I have a clear invitation to go down to gunland and shoot stuff. I think you're probably still underage, Chris - do I have to buy beer for this event?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the beer offer, C-lo. I'll see what my (broken) schedule is like when I'm back in Guelph; we WILL get together, drink too much, and arrange pixels in psychologically damaging patterns before things get crunchy in September.<BR/><BR/>And now back to dissassembling corixids.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-65593184581409564682007-08-01T14:24:00.000-06:002007-08-01T14:24:00.000-06:00Oh man, whenever I get attacked by bears, I usuall...Oh man, whenever I get attacked by bears, I usually try to fend them off with sword and shield... though I've only ever encountered bears in video games.<BR/><BR/>Guns seem far more effective. Did you by any chance get to try out John Woo style dual pistol dives? No. Well you should sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I hope that you've been able to do all of the er, science you were required to do in Churchill before you've got to come back, because I've got a case of beer that says welcome back to 'civilization'!Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153076425887492166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-13138208630932020842007-07-31T15:53:00.000-06:002007-07-31T15:53:00.000-06:00Martin,You are correct, it is indeed a rarity for ...Martin,<BR/>You are correct, it is indeed a rarity for a bear (other than Polar) to treat a human as prey. My point was only that I thought you had Grizzly and Black bears mixed up.<BR/><BR/>BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-71030570847748273482007-07-31T15:42:00.000-06:002007-07-31T15:42:00.000-06:00Sweet!If you're ever down here in Texas, we'll hav...Sweet!<BR/><BR/>If you're ever down here in Texas, we'll have to go skeet shooting or something equally redneck. See how you do when the target is moving..Chris Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383092030160768244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-89485840613832976672007-07-31T14:54:00.000-06:002007-07-31T14:54:00.000-06:00Hi Ben,I had not heard of any incidents of black b...Hi Ben,<BR/><BR/>I had not heard of any incidents of black bears stalking humans as prey, but I wasn't really searching for such. Thanks for the update. My understanding is still that any polar bear is likely to treat humans as prey, whereas for other species it's only certain individual bears that undertake such behaviour.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-8685277337290435522007-07-31T11:30:00.000-06:002007-07-31T11:30:00.000-06:00I though it was black bears that were more likely ...I though it was black bears that were more likely to be scared off. I remember being told on several nature shows that if you're attacked by a black bear, make yourself look big and be loud, and it will probably run off. <BR/><BR/>Still, that means that if you aren't big and loud, there's no reason why it wouldn't hunt you. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, cool pic. Like most people, I've only ever seen polar bears in zoos. You don't get many polar bears wandering around southeastern Ontario.King Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785457928646226831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-50870637769086558362007-07-31T07:29:00.000-06:002007-07-31T07:29:00.000-06:00Hi Martin,Can I make a quick correction for you, b...Hi Martin,<BR/>Can I make a quick correction for you, black bears are more likely than grizzly's to stock a person. Check out the story from Panarama about a week ago, where a mountain biker was attacked and killed by a black bear.<BR/>BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com