Re: [CH] Need help with chipmunk problem.
Doug Irvine (dougandmarie@shaw.ca)
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:03:56 -0700
Babs Woods wrote:
>
> Pods,
> > > -babs
> >
> > Gotta' be careful with those damn bears. Just ask Doug... I'd bet he
> > knows a bit there. They say that the chile-based bear sprays work
> > when sprayed into/onto the sensitive bits (again, Rael, stop it....
> > shame, shame); but if applied to a non-bear surface
>
> Ohhhh, Douuuug? (Mind you, we have yet to see a bear on our block, but how
> long will that last?)
>
> -babs
Gad.....when everyone is calling me into this fray, gotta respond! First
about the bear spray, when it was sprayed on the pontoons of the float
planes while they were tethered to the dock up northern BC, those
critters were licking the stuff off and biting the pontoons, next thing
was the plane sank at the dock! We don't see many bears here in Nanaimo,
but the heat being what it is there are lots of bares around mostly bare
anyway, covered only in the tender spots....when I was travelling
between Alberta and BC I often stopped in a spot where the last spike
was pounded in BC and I would park my Winnibago in the little turn off,
cook dinner, and listen to music. Pretty soon, the bears would show up,
and I would very carefully crack a window and toss out cookies. One old
momma left and came back with her two cubs. I decided that discretion
was the much better part of valour, and I took off, leaving my slop pail
behind! Never fuss with a momma bear if the cubs are with her....for
that matter, even if they aint! Cheers, Doug in BC wassat, Erich? Youve
changed yer mind?