Travelling in Bear Country.... Experiences and advice sought.
I'm doing an extended canoe trip this summer through the Yukon territory and the Alaskan interior....
BEAR COUNTRY...
I'll be doing a lot of camping and trying to live as close to nature as possible. There is real chance that I could run into bears which I have NO experience with at all. Being a lilly livered European, it concerns me a little.
I've been reading up about bear encounters etc and these websites and pretty much attempting to scare to poop out of me lol.
Are there any hardened Canadians/Alaskans here that can give me some sensible 'Real world' advice here ???
Also, is it going too far to consider buying a firearm when I get to Canada ? I don't really want to but it might be useful for food hunting anyway. A lot of websites say "You'd be crazy to go without a firearm" etc.
Just for the record, I am not a hunter or interested in sport hunting AT ALL. (I don't even know if I can legally buy one anyway)
Cheers, Ted
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