Why don't we just exterminate all bears?

[Red Slinger]

Why build a protoype when there are already some in place?

https://www.thesudburystar.com/2018/...at-tim-hortons


https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...48e460b49.html


And of course, the most popular of all time:

[Sliver]

Hah, what I have in mind is less cumbersome. You know those crazy noise makers riot control people are using against crowds? I think a small version of that should be tested on bears. Other thing is a powerful handheld strobe light with, like, a bazillion lumens.

Neither option would really hurt the bear, but I do want to test them. Even the sound one would be good to set up outside your tent with a motion-activated situation. Could have saved that couple a couple years ago.

[BigThief]

Blindness doesn't technically hurt I suppose.

You're at your best when you're being subtle my man, this was bad.

[Fuzz]

I think you are irrationally scared of bears, and should maybe just spend the rest of your days at a community lake. I'd hate for you to have a heart attack from all this stress and time you spend worrying about something that has so little chance of happening you may as well buy a lottery ticket every time you get scared.


Some people just aren't made for the mountains, and that's OK. It's you, not them.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Blindness doesn't technically hurt I suppose.

You're at your best when you're being subtle my man, this was bad.

Still got Fuzz, tho.

[troutman]

So many suspended and missing posters in this thread.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Still got Fuzz, tho.

I'm a sucker for telling Sliver to stay out of Canmore. He hates that.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Y'all looking in the wrong direction. Opening up the Crowsnest Pass, and creating a tourist destination in Sparwood, between Frank and Fernie, would see a massive benefit to the entire southern part of the province. Lethbridge and Pincher Creek would double their traffic.

Proximity to the border, and general geographic location, Alberta should focus on growing this region. It helps that the UCP have been forced to put the brakes on completely leveling the area for mining. It's beautiful down there, and would provide a bridge between Waterton and Banff, with easy access to skiing and (during the summer) one of the best drives to BC that there is.

How times have changed. Now I live here, and the UCP could allow a mountain top removal coal mine, which will be bad for bears.

[Russic]

The only thing more terrifying than being eaten alive by a bear would be if it was soundtracked by a speaker blaring riot-control noises while your last moments are lit-up by a strobe light.

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Hey I've sort of been planning out some bear defenses. I haven't funded any prototype builds yet as I would want to be sure I can test them before taking the leap. Does anybody have any contacts at the zoo I could reach out to? I'd like access to the bears (in a controlled environment), so I could experiment with my deterrents. Would be ideal to get some videos of bears reacting to what I have in mind for proof of concept/marketing.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the zoo isn't going to let you antagonize their bears to test your bear defenses.

[topfiverecords]

Does anybody have a contact on Canmore's council they could pass along? I've got this prototype I'd like to test out that could be placed at all entry points to the town that would deter unwanted people. I won't give away too many details since the Chinese are already working on stealing my idea but it's pretty much bear shaped.

[ResAlien]

Here's a good place for anyone to start

https://grizzlybearfoundation.com/pa...rtas-grizzlies

[Icantwhisper]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Hah, what I have in mind is less cumbersome. You know those crazy noise makers riot control people are using against crowds? I think a small version of that should be tested on bears. Other thing is a powerful handheld strobe light with, like, a bazillion lumens.

Neither option would really hurt the bear, but I do want to test them. Even the sound one would be good to set up outside your tent with a motion-activated situation. Could have saved that couple a couple years ago.

So the number one reason people camp is to get away from the lights and noise of the city, this will be motion activated?
I'm willing to bet for every 100 times it goes off, on average less than 1 would be for a bear.
Sounds like you just ruined camping, make it compatible with a speaker you can hike with to blare music.

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I think you are irrationally scared of bears, and should maybe just spend the rest of your days at a community lake. I'd hate for you to have a heart attack from all this stress and time you spend worrying about something that has so little chance of happening you may as well buy a lottery ticket every time you get scared.


Some people just aren't made for the mountains, and that's OK. It's you, not them.

Lake community filled with dogs, which he also has an irrational fear of.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

So the number one reason people camp is to get away from the lights and noise of the city, this will be motion activated?

That’s why losers camp. When Sliver camps, it’s all about the loud tunes, edibles, and snack trays of skittles and doritos.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

So the number one reason people camp is to get away from the lights and noise of the city, this will be motion activated?
I'm willing to bet for every 100 times it goes off, on average less than 1 would be for a bear.
Sounds like you just ruined camping, make it compatible with a speaker you can hike with to blare music.

It might work better if it was just on his person, feces activated. So he has to be ####ting himself with fear before it goes off. Should avoid a lot of false triggers.

[edslunch]

Unintended consequences. Remove the apex predator and the population of their natural prey will explode.....berries everywhere!

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Icantwhisper

So the number one reason people camp is to get away from the lights and noise of the city, this will be motion activated?
I'm willing to bet for every 100 times it goes off, on average less than 1 would be for a bear.
Sounds like you just ruined camping, make it compatible with a speaker you can hike with to blare music.

I'm sure AI could take care of that.

[Old Yeller]

I'm into this whole bear rave thing we got going here.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Blindness doesn't technically hurt I suppose.

You're at your best when you're being subtle my man, this was bad.

No offense at all, but you come across as beyond stupid to think it's trolling.

I hike with bear bangers and every single person in my family has bear spray. We carry it when walking to our dumpster in Canmore let alone going anywhere else. I fire off a bear banger before a hike to clear the trail.

My hiking stick is a literal spear.

I have a knife in a sheath on my front backpack strap.

I've been stalked by a mother bear with two cubs.

My daughter encountered a grizzly behind our condo by the golf course and I had to run over there to retrieve her.

I own four shotguns, one of which is a stubby (legal) for bear encounters.

You can't use shotguns in soooo many places and I don't trust bear spray 100%.

I get emails basically daily from "bearsmart" warning/notifying people of where bears are in the bow valley.

So...stfu about insinuating I'm trolling. I don't want to get eaten by a bear. Congratulations you don't go out in the woods or mountain bike around bear country. Or, maybe congratulations you haven't encountered catastrophic life-changing/life-ending events in your family so you think the world is a safe place. Let me handle the bear defenses and I'll leave you in charge of bad internet comments.