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    Car windows

    Are just not made strong enough to handle this.


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    Mama bear looked surprised when the window broke. I'm thinking she quickly checked to make sure the cubs were safe before she proceeded.

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    That is about a medium size sow---imagine what a biggin could do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    That is about a medium size sow---imagine what a biggin could do.
    That's about the standard size of the females that tend to terrify our tenants in some of our cabin rentals in the pigeon forge Gatlinburg area. In other areas they get much larger, especially in the Smoky mountain national Park. From what I understand also the further north they go and west these black bears get very large.
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    side windows on cars are meant to shatter easily, for rescue purposes. Only the front window is an impact resistant plastic laminate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    That's about the standard size of the females that tend to terrify our tenants in some of our cabin rentals in the pigeon forge Gatlinburg area. In other areas they get much larger, especially in the Smoky mountain national Park. From what I understand also the further north they go and west these black bears get very large.
    up here there are several bears every year taken during hunting season that are over 400 lbs, i've seen a few over 500lbs over the years but they are getting rare. the state record is 879lbs live weight, that was in pike county, a little over an hours drive from me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flaco View Post
    ...the state record is 879lbs...
    Impressive. Smallest female Polar Bear is 660 lbs but males can reach up to 1,760 lb. Either way, their existence entails me not being present to maul.

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    That bear was also taken with a bow and arrow

    The bear in that video I would guess to be about 250. There is a lot of fur on a bear! I kicked one that size in the butt---she was on the deck going for the bird feeder. I opened the slider and kicked one leg out and immediately closed the slider She also had two cubs with her.

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    I'm not sure if this is the same one---I think not
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    In checking out bear info, due to this thread, I encountered advice online regarding what one should do if they stumble onto a bear in the wild (or vice versa). First of all, don't run. Bears are faster than us. Don't climb a tree. They excel at that too. Make noise - particularly high-pitched sounds. If you have a metal object, bang it against a rock. Supposedly, they hate that sound and will leave.

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    I'll only comments on the "don't climb a tree". Black bears can climb trees----brown bears cannot. So if you have a brown bear after you and a handy climbing tree near by---go for it!

    I'll leave you with one other piece of advice---put a few of those little round Christmas bells on your shoe laces. The noise isn't important, but when they find those little bells in the bear scat they can stop searching for you
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