Man, you know you don't have to be the fastest runner but you have to be faster than the guy next to you. Does that apply to swimming too?

Spend enough time in the wild and you get a real apprieciatiton for how we really fit into the wild

Oh, and just a day or two earlier we were diving this sunking ship again in 100 ft water and as I was swimming up the side from the bottom as I came up over the side to the deck this Eel stuck his WIDE OPEN MOUTH right in my face. Now he was only about a foot and a half away from my face and his mouth looked like it was about 4 foot across and filled with about a thousand teeth each about 6 inches long! I won't say I was scared, but my bud heard me holler and he was about 20 feet from me! (And below i might add, the lucky bugger)!

I am feeling a little bad. I have not done anything with my patch Dan gave us. I need to get some velcro and attach it to the backside so I can put it on a hat or bag. Problem is the hat is dirty and worn out, the shooting bags are dirty too. Maybe I need to run by the sports store this week and see if I can find a new hat.

Sumo, to answer your question YES!!!!!

That is the truth. We as humans feel so powerful and high in the animal kingdom, but when it boils down to it we are so low we are worm food.

Oh, and when you are well lets just say excited, you would not believe how fast you can suck an air tank dry!

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I have always loved the outdoors and this year's health problems I have had took a real toll on me. I am getting better, and I need to start working out again so I can enjoy the outdoors after wrestling season is over. I roll around on the mat but it kills me at the end of practice but soreness is going away a little quicker each day. Yesterday, when I was shoveling snow, with a spade shovel btw, I figured I would be really out of it but it was not too bad. I guess I am getting there slowly. I did enjoy that shoveling even if it was below 32 degrees and a wind blow of 30 mph.

Sumo, you're right. We have NO claws, small teeth, a not very powerful bite, No fur to help protect us from teeth and claws or to keep us warm. Can't run very fast compared to other critters and If we couldn't make tools, we would not have lasted this long.

Some people really like bear meat, I don't.
I've had a black bear tag for years, don't ever plan on shooting one, just figured if I had to off a nuicence bear while hunting or camping (if the bear is in season) then I wouldn't have to go through the hassle of reporting in. I've got friends that would eat the meat.
I have seen dozens if not well over a hundred black bears in the wild, but they look like nothing when compared to a grizzly.
I have no desire to hunt a grizzly and would only shoot one if I had to.
One day I plan to go to Churchill Manitoba in the fall when the polar bears are migrating through.

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