Meanwhile, in Alberta
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Have hiked that trail at least twice.
Black bears this time of year around Jasper can be more predatory. It’s only been a couple of weeks since they came out of their dens. They are grumpy.
I cannot speak to the ineffectiveness of the bear spray. Anyone I have known who used it against a bear attested to its effectiveness.
I note that the article is in the gun rights section of the website. Fine. If the hikers and their dogs were outside of a national park they would have had the right to carry either a slug/SSG loaded shotgun or a suitable rifle for protection. Since they were in a national park which is under federal regulation, they could not carry firearms. That is the way it has always been in national parks, firearms are prohibited for everyone other than law enforcement officers, i.e. Park Wardens and RCMP officers. No one, not even the gun rights lobbyists or activists in this country dispute or question the prohibition of firearms in the country’s national parks. It is not a gun rights issue here.
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I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to leash your dogs while hiking.
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@blondie said in Meanwhile, in Alberta:
I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to leash your dogs while hiking.
That's what happens when you're subjects and not citizens. First they don't let you take handguns when you go hiking. Then they force you to put a leash on your dog. A LEASH!!!! WHAT FURTHER SIGN OF OPPRESSION IS NEEDED!
Then a bear eats you. Or, if you're hiking in America, a bunch of mountain men will try to make you squeal like a pig and listen to banjo music, not necessarily in that order.
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Nah.
We'd have just shot the damn bear.
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@Jolly said in Meanwhile, in Alberta:
Nah.
We'd have just shot the damn bear.
Anything to avoid banjo music.
