We currently have 2 bears and 2 cougars living near us. The chicken stay in the coop. It is a little disconcerting to find bear scat in our driveway, but the animals were here first. I believe we can co-exist, as long as they don't mess with me.
Eastern Oregon has the "Three 'S' Rule" for dealing with those critters who might be otherwise protected by law, but who threaten us law-abiding citizens. The rule is: Shoot it, shovel it, and shut up. Most people do OK on the first two and no one here really cares about the last one. Now, if I only had a gun...
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If you need a gun and a concealed weapons permit to ward off the scary animals from your place, talk to my mom. She has both -- so she can put her handgun in her fanny pack when she walks up the hill...(She did not think the holster on her hip matched her exercise clothes well enough--the holster was brown and the gun was black and her clothes were neither-- thus the fanny pack and the concealed weapons permit). :).
Sadly, we are not going to be home for Thanksgiving, and probably not Christmas either. I used up too much vacation time on maternity leave...I am bummed. We will make it back for huckleberry season, though. -- Heather
Several of my sisters and brothers-in-law are armed, if not dangerous. I just have a hard time with the lethal potential of a gun. Spooky thoughts for an East Oregonian.
Just use a pellet gun ... and make sure you paralyze the beast.
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