scott7022
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I always take a weapon with me into the bush. My mind. Often overlooked and sometimes under utilized our minds, when situationally aware, are our greatest protection organ. For example Bear Spray. Some local nuisance bears in whistler BC have associated Bear Spray odor with tasty treats. Kind of like us smelling the taco truck food wagon. So the application of the irritant has to actually hit the mucus membranes of the animal for it to be physically effective. This takes the above situational awareness and brain to achieve, as well as a decent set to wait till he is close enough.
I don't routinely travel with a gun, but I always have camp tools. But if a situation doesn't 'feel" right I listen to the mind and leave.
Situational awareness helps answer the confusion of the broad question as well. In Africa I never put my rifle down while in the bush and often had someone else come with me to take a pee to watch the other direction while my weapon was slung. In BC I've rested soundly in a hammock, 10 feet off the ground, watching bears sniff about the camp for garbage they wouldn't find and move off. A Streamlight flash or an m80 firecracker lit from my cigar more than sufficient and often funny as hell.
Whatever "tool" you take remember the the greatest tool is the one behind your eyes.
While this thread has descended into forum rule pushing boundaries. Lets try to pull it back into the OP's question. Every culture has it owns unique style. Living in Tbilisi recently I was often surprised to see someone in a bar playing pool and see a concealed pistol. The frequency of casual carry is huge. Legal or not legal is significantly difficult to determine in Georgia. But what is done was obvious. But the cultural landscape is different. After gaining freedom from the soviet union the country collapsed. No power, no reliable water, and white people starving to death. We don't often read about this. It was a tiny little culturally divided country that was left abandoned to the plight of this new found freedom. I am simplifying here significantly so please save the history lesson cut and pasted from Wikipedia. I lived in the country for two years with significant contact with the people that survived. Survive they did and even through the troubles, to borrow from the Irish, they maintained their cultural behavior to treat guests like gifts from god. What I took into the bush when we did a month long overland hunting trip was significantly different than what I take when I travel to the USA, Africa, Canada, Russia. The situation is different and so being aware of these differences the tools are different. I know in Georgia I can knock on any village door and tell them our truck is broke and can we park on their land till the delivery method arrives with a replacement and not be denied. Period full stop. You will also probably be invited for dinner and given the best wine they have. It is their culture. It is a great practice. It doesn't mean all is fine in Georgia. It is just one example of a cultural quirk that defines a difference between nations and people. All countries have them. You ignore them at your peril. They don't want to be compared to other countries in an attempt to show how better it is someplace else. No one likes this and recent posts here demonstrate this fact. Politics, Laws, Customs, Practices, are part of the adventure and knowledge base required to make you situationally aware and prepared for the AWESOME and Great things, people, and cultures we as richer nation citizens have the ability to experience. Living in Russia for the last two years and traveling its length has demonstrated this time and time again. To them Canadians/Americans are the same. The differences between our two countries are obvious to us, yet, to them we are the same. We are North Americans. This translation gets confusing in the Russian language. Focusing on what we have in common is so much better than fighting about how we are different or better than anyone else. We are humans.
I don't routinely travel with a gun, but I always have camp tools. But if a situation doesn't 'feel" right I listen to the mind and leave.
Situational awareness helps answer the confusion of the broad question as well. In Africa I never put my rifle down while in the bush and often had someone else come with me to take a pee to watch the other direction while my weapon was slung. In BC I've rested soundly in a hammock, 10 feet off the ground, watching bears sniff about the camp for garbage they wouldn't find and move off. A Streamlight flash or an m80 firecracker lit from my cigar more than sufficient and often funny as hell.
Whatever "tool" you take remember the the greatest tool is the one behind your eyes.
While this thread has descended into forum rule pushing boundaries. Lets try to pull it back into the OP's question. Every culture has it owns unique style. Living in Tbilisi recently I was often surprised to see someone in a bar playing pool and see a concealed pistol. The frequency of casual carry is huge. Legal or not legal is significantly difficult to determine in Georgia. But what is done was obvious. But the cultural landscape is different. After gaining freedom from the soviet union the country collapsed. No power, no reliable water, and white people starving to death. We don't often read about this. It was a tiny little culturally divided country that was left abandoned to the plight of this new found freedom. I am simplifying here significantly so please save the history lesson cut and pasted from Wikipedia. I lived in the country for two years with significant contact with the people that survived. Survive they did and even through the troubles, to borrow from the Irish, they maintained their cultural behavior to treat guests like gifts from god. What I took into the bush when we did a month long overland hunting trip was significantly different than what I take when I travel to the USA, Africa, Canada, Russia. The situation is different and so being aware of these differences the tools are different. I know in Georgia I can knock on any village door and tell them our truck is broke and can we park on their land till the delivery method arrives with a replacement and not be denied. Period full stop. You will also probably be invited for dinner and given the best wine they have. It is their culture. It is a great practice. It doesn't mean all is fine in Georgia. It is just one example of a cultural quirk that defines a difference between nations and people. All countries have them. You ignore them at your peril. They don't want to be compared to other countries in an attempt to show how better it is someplace else. No one likes this and recent posts here demonstrate this fact. Politics, Laws, Customs, Practices, are part of the adventure and knowledge base required to make you situationally aware and prepared for the AWESOME and Great things, people, and cultures we as richer nation citizens have the ability to experience. Living in Russia for the last two years and traveling its length has demonstrated this time and time again. To them Canadians/Americans are the same. The differences between our two countries are obvious to us, yet, to them we are the same. We are North Americans. This translation gets confusing in the Russian language. Focusing on what we have in common is so much better than fighting about how we are different or better than anyone else. We are humans.
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