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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div>Not necessarily so. If you shoot a bear with the RIGHT gun in the RIGHT place, it'll be dead. And you'll probably spend at least a week trying to explain the "authorities" why you shot it. A week is a lot of hiking time to be spending on paperwork. </div><div><br></div><div>RIGHT gun - is one that's heavier than you want to carry. </div><div><br></div><div>The RIGHT place - isn't visible if you're being charged by the bear. </div><div><br></div><div>OTOH - it IS legal to carry the gun, just not advisable. Or smart. </div><div><br></div><div>Also - the question (Are you carrying a gun?) has probably been asked of every thruhiker in history. Multiple times. Deal with it. </div><div><br></div><div>Jim<br><br>http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/<br><br><br></div><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: bcss@bresnan.net<br>Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 20:13:04 -0600<br>To: dthibaul07@gmail.com<br>CC: cdt-l@backcountry.net<br>Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Cdt-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 7<br><br><div>If you shoot a bear with a gun it's going to get really pissed off. <br><br><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">best wishes,</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jerry Brown</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bear Creek Survey Service, LLC</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a target="_blank">3065 East 2nd Avenue</a></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a target="_blank">Durango, CO 81301</a></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a target="_blank">(970) 403-3527</a> cell: <a target="_blank">(970) 317-1398</a></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a target="_blank">bcss@bresnan.net</a></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a target="_blank">www.bearcreeksurvey.com</a></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><div><br>On Aug 9, 2015, at 5:47 PM, DayLate07 . <<a href="mailto:dthibaul07@gmail.com">dthibaul07@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Sad to hear about this, it is really tragic. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But especially since now I will get asked yet again by all my concerned friends and co-workers if I plan to carry a gun when I hike thru this section of the CDT (sigh)....</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Day-Late</div></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 10:00 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdt-l-request@backcountry.net" target="_blank">cdt-l-request@backcountry.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Send Cdt-l mailing list submissions to<br>
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