This scared me a good bit

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by swampman46

Duck, Just because there is no documented incident, doesn't meant the harmful/deadly potential isn't there. That's the problem today-it takes a tragedy to make a change. You may feel differently if it were you up a tree with a bear climbing towards you, or if you were unfortunate enough to have a face-to-face encounter when you least expected it. Let's not even think about what would happen if a person encounters a bear with cubs.

there is potential for danger every minute of every day. If we all got scared of what COULD happen we would never leave the house

You have a much bigger chance of getting hurt just driving to your hunting lease or by falling out of your tree than you have of getting attacked by a bear in Louisiana. Hunters are killed every year in Louisiana by a number of things and very few of them are inflicted by wildlife. When was the last time someone was killed by a wild animal in Louisiana?

for the record, if a bear gets up in the tree with me and acts aggressive, he is getting shot That bear was not being aggressive, only curious.