Lovely! I haven’t been out in the woods yet this season…Too many bears and I have to find somewhere to get some bear spray. We have had a wet, cool season so far, so I suspect there might be lots out there to see, but I don’t want to run into Teddy at all!
I don’t think bear spray would make me feel more secure. If you need to use it…for instance you’re being attacked by a big bear that is running at you way faster than you can get away…it may be too late. For it to belp you, the bear has to be within a few yards of you, so imagine a big nasty bear running toward you. Oh shit, you think, I’d better get out my bear spray. So let’s say you manage to get it out and you bothered to learn how to use it. The bear is charging at you and you’re peeing yourself in fear, but you hunker down and take aim and wait for the charging bear to get close enough. He’s got a full head of steam on but you’ve aimed well and you hit him. His momentum carries him forward and he’s some pissed off. Now what?
In my mind the best thing to do in the woods is make lots of noise so any bears know you’re there, giving them the option of steering clear of you. After that, I think you just have to hope you don’t come between mother bear and cub.
The bottom 2 pics appear to be Russula decolorens a tasty edible if you are one of those folks who are confident enough to eat russulas. I am not one of those people.
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Lovely! I haven’t been out in the woods yet this season…Too many bears and I have to find somewhere to get some bear spray. We have had a wet, cool season so far, so I suspect there might be lots out there to see, but I don’t want to run into Teddy at all!
I don’t think bear spray would make me feel more secure. If you need to use it…for instance you’re being attacked by a big bear that is running at you way faster than you can get away…it may be too late. For it to belp you, the bear has to be within a few yards of you, so imagine a big nasty bear running toward you. Oh shit, you think, I’d better get out my bear spray. So let’s say you manage to get it out and you bothered to learn how to use it. The bear is charging at you and you’re peeing yourself in fear, but you hunker down and take aim and wait for the charging bear to get close enough. He’s got a full head of steam on but you’ve aimed well and you hit him. His momentum carries him forward and he’s some pissed off. Now what?
In my mind the best thing to do in the woods is make lots of noise so any bears know you’re there, giving them the option of steering clear of you. After that, I think you just have to hope you don’t come between mother bear and cub.
Do you know what the one in the top photo is?
nope…it’s hard and dry…maybe it looked more like something I could identify some time ago.
The bottom 2 pics appear to be Russula decolorens a tasty edible if you are one of those folks who are confident enough to eat russulas. I am not one of those people.
I would say it was a Russula of some sort for sure…very brittle.