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re: Wyoming hunting guide fatally mauled by grizzly bears
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:04 pm to jchamil
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:04 pm to jchamil
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There is no way you really believe this
What are my chances as a healthy male in my 30s of dying from cardiovascular disease on a daily basis? Now if I hike in the back country, what are my chances of dying from a grizzly attack?
If you never swim in the ocean you'll never die from a shark attack and if you never play the lottery you will never win the lottery.
I'm saying you can't take statistics from a daily population of 325 million people and compare it to an activity that occurs a couple days a year in a specific area of the country.
Certainly bear attacks are very rare. But for someone doing back country hiking or elk hunting in bear country, its greatly increased.
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Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:29 pm to baldona
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What are my chances as a healthy male in my 30s of dying from cardiovascular disease on a daily basis? Now if I hike in the back country, what are my chances of dying from a grizzly attack?
Your chances of dying of cardiovascular disease as a 30 year old are infinitely higher than being killed by a grizzly bear even if you live right next to Yellowstone and hike there every day
Posted on 9/19/18 at 4:59 pm to baldona
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Certainly bear attacks are very rare. But for someone doing back country hiking or elk hunting in bear country, its greatly increased.
Yes it is higher.
But I looked at bear caused deaths since 2000 in North America. I was surprised how may occured not in what I would consider back country. Many were in somewhat developed areas. So you really don’t need to be 5 miles deep in the mountains.
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