Cotter Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Hi Folks: Well, I think most are in agreement that if/when a BF decides to exercise its right to defend itself and/or territory, the recipent of such exercise doesn't bode well. Have any of you put any thought as to how you would react/what you would do if you encountered a BF that was agitated and potentially ready to attack? Are any of you taking prevention measures to assure this doesn't happen or at a minimum help dissuade any assault? If you are being charged, what do you do? If rocks are raining down on you, what do you do? I thought this might be fun thread to discuss the prevention/survival tactics preceding/during a BF attack.
EABiker Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Take a camera, and try to get a photo; that always seems to work well to repel them! 1
Guest Luckyfoot Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Beyond what EABiker said, what could you do ? Load up the elephant rifle I suppose.... Pray to your preferred deity.... that's all I got.
Guest VioletX Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I always bring a spare Zagnut with me when I am out and about ; ) I dunno...I am not sure what their Achilles heel is.
Guest Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I'm a big fan of bear spray, although I hear someone did a study and discovered that BF are immune to capsaicin... Snuff and coffee worked for Ostman, yes?
1980squatch Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 If you are charged, hope it is a bluff and stay put or back away a bit, avoid eye contact and appear meek. Just guessing. That assumes you could think while being charged, which would not hold up...
Guest Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Well, in all seriousness... since they are hominids, if it's a male, you could strike him in the nads. That might work well.
Cotter Posted January 31, 2013 Author Posted January 31, 2013 I've often gone into the field with bear spray and occassionally a pistol or shotgun (i like the pistol b/c I can conceal it). Well, you can't outrun em, I wouldn't think climbing a tree would help at all. Would speaking to them help? Would learning some native american sign language be advantageous? Personally, at the first sign of possible aggression, I would leave the area quickly and respectfully and hope that they don't elevate their response. That seems to work well when considering the 'escort' encounters that are reported. Put yourself in a situation where you are at your camp, far into the woods it's about 2 AM, and 'something' is circling your camp, breaking branches/small trees, and reeking to high heaven......
Guest crabshack Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Well, in all seriousness... since they are hominids, if it's a male, you could strike him in the nads. That might work well. ....with buckshot
Guest Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I imagine if a very large Sasquatch decides he wants you dead, there isnt much you can do.
Guest Druid Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 IMO, most "aggressive" behaviors are done to get your unmistaken attention. Granted you may have found a BF having a bad day, bad tooth (abcess sp?,) with child, juvi male in the depths of a hormone dump.. Most higher primates will bluff / bluff charge, so it is up to us as the intruder to back off, and or be as non threatening as possible. That said, my personal limit is or rather would be 20yds. I mean a hard charging BF. I would treat it (not distance) like bear or cougar. If it is going badly let them know you're there, backing off,if need be a warning shot, after that.. two in the chest one in the head. The chances of that actually happening are very slim, but its good to think all scenarios through. mentally being prepared. just my 2cents..
Guest crabshack Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I imagine if a very large Sasquatch decides he wants you dead, there isnt much you can do. More than a few stories of dead squatches that tried. Ape Canyon and that incident at Honobia are two that come to mind with out even looking.
Guest Cowlitz2 Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I think of it like trying to stop a charging bull elephant, not much one can do without extreme firepower and a backup shooter to help.
JDL Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 I figure that there are three cases: Case 1: Defensive Aggression: "Hey, you're poking around in my territory so I'm threatening you". Best response: Leave Case 2: Enraged Aggression: "You hurt one of us so I'm going to rip your head, arms, and legs off". Best response: It's enraged, so your options are limited. Fight for your life if you have the means. Look as dangerous as possible by brandishing anything you might have that appears unpredictably dangerous. Get it to pause long enough for you to withdraw. Case 3: Predation: "You'll never see me coming, and it'll be over before you have a chance to do anything about it." Best preventions: Stay in groups of three or more within mutually supporting distance and keep your eyes on each other. Carry some kind of electronic noise-maker that emits an exceptionally loud, piercing sound. Be prepared to trigger it to startle the squatch and make it worry about people assembling rapidly. If it snatches a kid with this kind of noisemaker on his person and the kid has the chance to activate it, the squatch may drop the kid rather than carry it along while it is making noise. 1
Cotter Posted January 31, 2013 Author Posted January 31, 2013 ^^That's pretty good advice there JDL. After thinking about it as well, there have been reports that bright lights hurt the BF's eyes, perhaps a couple of those tactical LED flashlights would be handy. Heck, they have warnings on em that they will damage the eye... 1
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