[QUOTE]ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 22-year-old Alaska woman said on Wednesday she punched a black bear in the face to save her small dog from being carried off and possibly eaten.
Juneau resident Brooke Collins said she hit the bear Sunday night to save the life of her dachshund, Fudge. She said she discovered the bear crouched down, clutching Fudge in its paws and biting the back of the dog's neck.
"It had her kind of like when they eat salmon," Collins said Wednesday. "I was freaking out. I was screaming at it. My dog was screaming. I ran up to it ... I just punched it right in the snout and it let go."
Collins said her boyfriend then scared the bear away. "I think it was more startled than anything," she said.
Collins, a hairdresser who has lived in Juneau most of her life, said she is accustomed to bears and knows how to take precautions around them.
She also knew about this particular bear before Sunday's attack because it has been hanging around the neighborhood.
In this case, however, Fudge darted out the door before anyone checked the vicinity, she said.
The dog, an older female, was not seriously hurt in the attack, but Collins said she is tending to the animal's wounds and keeping her inside for now. Collins said she is also taking other precautions with her second dog.
Black bears frequently roam the downtown section of Alaska's capital city, which rests against a steep mountain slope and is surrounded by a dense rain forest.
Bear encounters are on the rise this year, despite efforts by local residents to lock away garbage and remove items that might attract the animals, said Neil Barton, a Juneau-based biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
"This year, I think, is a lot worse than last year. I would attribute that to lack of a berry crop," Barten said.
Production of berries around Juneau has been poor this summer, removing a key food source from the bears' diets.
"If they are not available, the bears look for other sources of food," he said.
Bears and dogs sometimes snarl at each other, but actual attacks on dogs are unusual, he said.
Collins said her dog Fudge has chased bears but never been attacked before.
The black bear she punched returned Tuesday, she said, because it was a trash pick-up day.[/QUOTE]
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She's a real life facepuncher!
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down.
Ain't too much of a big deal.
Respect!
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She's a real life facepuncher![/QUOTE]
I think that dog deserves to die.
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[QUOTE=areolop;32060496]I think that dog deserves to die.[/QUOTE]
You're horrible and should feel bad.
This thread's title pun was [I]unbearable. [/I]
I always heard that you just had to make yourself as big and as loud as possible to scare the bears off. I've heard this, has she?
She brought us together to fight the bear.
It was a smart move by the bear to back the fuck away when a human started screaming and swinging at it.
[QUOTE=Cutts;32060535]I always heard that you just had to make yourself as big and as loud as possible to scare the bears off. I've heard this, has she?[/QUOTE]
You generally aren't supposed to.
Brown bears will be unimpressed and will see it as a sign of aggression. They will kill you and leave your corpse to rot in the woods.
Black bears MIGHT be deterred, but you are better off slowly backing away while facing them to show that you aren't prey, but you have no intention of attacking them either. Once a black bear has actually attacked you, then it is time to fight. Appearing big won't matter, you just have to hurt them enough to prove you aren't prey.
So no, stealth and submissiveness are the words of the day when dealing with bears. With BLACK bears you can fight if they have begun to attack. With BROWN bears you curl up into the fetal position and cover your neck if they have actually begun to attack you.
Or you just pull a gun to their face?
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;32060621]Or you just pull a gun to their face and fire a warning shot right beside their ear?[/QUOTE]
If a bear is that close, you had best shoot the bear and hope and pray that the close range will allow your pistol to penetrate their skull.
My dog is also called Fudge. I haven't punched any bears recently though.
Poor bear, it just wanted a meal.
Most attractive Alaskan. She doesn't weigh 351 pounds!
[QUOTE=gazzy_GUI;32060516]You're horrible and should feel bad.[/QUOTE]
I just dont like that type of dog. Yes its heroic of her to save it but, its an ugly dog.
[sp]Box's for unpopular opinion[/sp]
[QUOTE=areolop;32060956]I just dont like that type of dog. Yes its heroic of her to save it but, its an ugly dog.
[sp]Box's for unpopular opinion[/sp][/QUOTE]
No, boxes for thinking a dog deserves to die because it's "ugly".
[QUOTE=areolop;32060956]I just dont like that type of dog. Yes its heroic of her to save it but, its an ugly dog.
[sp]Box's for unpopular opinion[/sp][/QUOTE]
You think that daschunds are ugly ? What the fuck man.
[QUOTE=Arvuti;32060972]You think that daschunds are ugly ? What the fuck man.[/QUOTE]
It's head looks like a shoe.
[img]http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/crazyforbargains_2172_8763217[/img]
See? I would almost slip my toes into these and would't even notice it's a dog!
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;32060621]Or you just pull a gun to their face?[/QUOTE]
You need a big gun to kill a bear. A standard handgun like a 9mm would typically just piss it off.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;32061082]It's head looks like a shoe.[/QUOTE]
your head looks like an ass.
I scared a bear off with a flaming stick at the summer camp I worked at, but there were about five other guys. Bears are fucking scary, this woman had balls.
[QUOTE=Tunak Mk. II;32061265]I scared a bear off with a flaming stick at the summer camp I worked at, but there were about five other guys. Bears are fucking scary, [B]this woman had balls.[/B][/QUOTE]
And now she seems significantly less attractive to me.
still. Bears are fucking awesome.
There even are albino ones on the westcoast of B.C.
they are called ghost bears!
Chuck Norris' "awesomeness" was just acting. Brooke Collins is [b]real[/b] awesomeness.
[QUOTE=GunFox;32060602]You generally aren't supposed to.
Brown bears will be unimpressed and will see it as a sign of aggression. They will kill you and leave your corpse to rot in the woods.
Black bears MIGHT be deterred, but you are better off slowly backing away while facing them to show that you aren't prey, but you have no intention of attacking them either. Once a black bear has actually attacked you, then it is time to fight. Appearing big won't matter, you just have to hurt them enough to prove you aren't prey.
So no, stealth and submissiveness are the words of the day when dealing with bears. With BLACK bears you can fight if they have begun to attack. With BROWN bears you curl up into the fetal position and cover your neck if they have actually begun to attack you.[/QUOTE]
What you're supposed to do while walking around in trails or wooded areas is make idle noise, usually bringing a friend and talking to them helps a bunch as it makes the bear aware of your presence. Bears aren't usually aggressive, and will generally only attack when they are surprised or threatened.
Black bears, while stronger than a dog, can usually be considered just a big dog in terms of how much you should worry. Younger black bears will usually go away if you're a certain distance away and just kind of shout at it to leave ( it won't understand, but it usually gets the gist from the shouting ). Black bears (at least here in Alaska) are notorious for their curiosity and garbage digging, so they'll usually just wander around looking at things and figuring things out, they'll even be curious about people. But all you have to do in that case is just speak, even speak at it, you have a 50/50 chance of it charging you or running away, so you might want to be somewhere safe depending on its' age and probable experience with other people.
When dealing with Brown Bears, without a gun capable of killing a brown bear in one or two shots, you should just cry, curl into a ball and cry more, because Grizzly Bears are the scariest land animal imho :(.
But really the best advice for bears and most other animals is to actually make them aware you are there while being a decent enough distance away, you're not food to them, so you generally aren't worth their time unless you threaten them with your massive cocks.
ALASKA represent!
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[QUOTE=Bat-shit;32060621]Or you just pull a gun to their face?[/QUOTE]
Most standard handgun rounds would have a hard time getting through their hide, much less their skull. There's a reason for bear rounds my friend.
That's how we do it in Alaska.
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[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;32060937]Most attractive Alaskan. She doesn't weigh 351 pounds![/QUOTE]
You sound like an asshole.
[QUOTE=GunFox;32060602]
So no, stealth and submissiveness are the words of the day when dealing with bears. With BLACK bears you can fight if they have begun to attack. With BROWN bears you curl up into the fetal position and cover your neck if they have actually begun to attack you.[/QUOTE]
You don't want to be undetected by a bear. In fact you want to be as loud as possible when near bears. Bears don't want to attack humans but if you just show up and startle them they might attack. If you are loud the bear will know you are around and try and avoid you.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;32060621]Or you just pull a gun to their face?[/QUOTE]
And steal their wallet?
