BEAR!!!

[torch]

Went to pick up NoAngel this am. His rotwieler and lab have been missing for 2 days. They showed up last night and had been mauled by a bear. We have seen this bear a couple of times earlier. The lab caught one blow on the shoulder and has some deep wounds. The rot has gashes in about 4 places. I have seen dogs that have been in fights but nothing like this. I can put my thumb in most of the gashes and they are deep.

[CBU93]

Are you sure it ain't from a hog???

[torch]

With the tooth the vet removed from the dog it is a bear. We think the bear might be dead going to look for it this afternoon.

[Wingman]

Dot your i's and cross your t's, torch. Bears draw attention from important people.

Hope the dogs are doing alright.

Wingman

[Gman]

Call the Natural Science Museum in Jackson and ask for Brad Young.
He is a Black Bear biologist with the state.

[hawkeye]

I can back up torch, I have seen bears pretty close to his Napa shop. They are there.

[Coot]

I've seen two black bears in Mississippi, both at ranges of less than 75 yards. I don't know how many are in the state, but we definitely have a least a few. I saw one near French Camp about three years ago and I watched a cub climb a tree near Baxterville back when I was in college a decade ago (boy, that hurts to say).

I read once about an Indian guide who said, "A bear gives you something to think about." True, especially if it's your woods.

[Meeka]

The Warden came by a camp in Claiborne County and reported a BIG black bear and warned DO NOT SHOOT THAT BEAR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. The Warden just caught a spotlighter who shot a spike on our place. Excellent job!