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Originally Posted by Crowbob

On Tuesday last I missed hitting a BLACK BEAR at 45 MPH by inches! Fortunately, the wimpy little beep of a horn in the Samurai scared the beast enough to cause him to hesitate as I swerved into the oncoming lane.

Because this happened within a mile of my house, I started looking around the yard as I mowed and lo and behold! two piles of bear scat!

Yikes! That's trouble that I don't need.

Originally Posted by LWJ

^^^I had a close call with Momma Bear and two cubs on Sunday. Sort of remote single track on my Dirtbike. Couldn’t stop thinking about getting mauled until I was nicely away.

Back to the deer. Brake, don’t swerve. A swerve and loss of control almost killed me and some buddies years ago.

My dad worked with a guy years ago. He was driving home one night and hit something. His car was totalled. A highway patrol came along and asked what happened. The guy told the HP "I hit a dog." The HP was incredulous because of the damage to the car. The HP asked the guy "where's the dog." The guy pointed into the bush at the side of the road, "it went over there." The cop walks over to where the guy pointed. Then pulls his gun and backs up away from where "the dog" went. THat's when he tells the guy, "you didn't hit a dog. You hit a bear."